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TREND. Taxing New Transportation Methods. Space Travel State Business Tax.

The state: California

The proposed rules to tax space income:

“gross receipts shall be attributed to this state based upon a mileage factor, weighted at 80 percent, and a departure factor, weighted at 20 percent ” California’s Porposed Space Travel Tax

Bloomberg | New Tax Frontier: California Offers Space Flight Rules

5 Issues Tech Companies have with Driverless Car Regulations and Laws

California is revising its driverless car regulations. Read the proposed regulations.

California’s proposed driverless car regulations prompted the following concerns:

elimination of language that holds the driverless car manufacturer liable for any crash its vehicle causes on a public road.
allow paying riders in test cars
rules should also cover the testing of freight trucks
rules should be expanded with protections for proprietary information
remove a requirement that data recorders…

TREND. Data Security Standards for Motor Vehicles. Self Driving Cars. Autonomous Vehicles.

Are there data security regulations on cars? Not so much

Is there any group proposing regulations? Yes, National Institute of Standards and Technology, a nonregulatory agency under the Department of Commerce

The Hill | Cyber official: Feds, companies need better dialogue on security of self-driving cars

What does Insurance look like for Driverless Cars?

What data is necessary for insurance rates for driverless cars? testimony from State Farm to the California Senate Insurnace Committee: Carriers need “data that shows driverless-car technology “actually does what it advertises it’s doing.”

What entities oppose the release of driverless car data? car manufacturers that fear the release, potentially through a hack, of trade secrets

The Recorder | Insurance Carriers Say Driverless Car Data Is Key to Rates

Regulatory Trend. Self Driving Cars. Golden State Moves Rules for Fully Autonomous Vehicles. Read the Rules.

State: California

Newly posted rules are business friendly. Consumer advocates not as pleased. Here’s what the new rules would do:

Removes provision that companies test autonomous vehicles for 1 year to fully deploy
Eases accident and autonomous vehicle-disengagement reporting requirements
No requirement for city approval for testing
Cities will have to be notified and companies will have to coordinate with cities

California’s March 2017 Autonomous Vehicle Rules Proposal

The Recorder…

Golden State HSR moves forward to lay rail. 2 Key Pieces of Info.

In 2008, voters approved $10 billion in bonds
On March 3, 2017 the California Finance Department approved the sale of bonds to spend $2.6 billion on rail work in the Central Valley.

El Paso Inc | California high-speed rail ready to lay some track

Regulatory TREND. Procurement Opportunity. Digital Pothole Tracking. 3 Pieces Info to be Informed.

Massachusetts is using technology to fix potholes: MassDOT Potholes Dashboard

Can the public participate? Yes

Benefits of the public input technology:

quicker response and repair times
safer, more efficient travel
helps the Department of Transportation to make capital investments that focus resources on roads and “areas that require consistent pothole repair”
helps the Department of Transportation to manage its assets in a “cost-effective manner that prevents emergency pothole repairs.”

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Procurement Trend. 3 Benefits of Drone Inspections of Bridges via Land of 10,000 Lakes DOT

The State: Michigan

The contract concerning drone inspections of bridges: Beginning with a study to support the goals of saving state funds and getting more through safety inspections.

The benefits of using drones to inspect bridges:

see the bridge in real time
detect temperature changes in the concrete
the ability to inspect portions of bridges that are difficult to access

The cost of traditional machinery bridge inspections: $675,000 + traffic problems

The cost of a drone bridge…