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Lege TREND Moving Trucking Regulators in the Indian Blanket Flower State

State: Oklahoma

The trucking proposal: Move trucking regulatory adjudication from the Oklahoma Corportion Commission to the Oklahoma Department of Public Safety

Oklahoma Trucking Association: Gave the appearance of opposition without stating opposition

Opposition included:

Linking the bill author to his role as a “oboard member of HELP, a non-profit that owns PrePass, which has developed products that enable trucks to be weighed by means other than the traditional weight station.”
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Lege Trend. Self Driving Car Framework Adopted in the Goldenrod State

Nebraska Legislature sent to final reading LB989 (2018) that will:

permit self driving cars anywhere in Nebraska
allows for no human driver as long as certain conditions are met
allows for consultation with railroads concerning self driving vehicles and railroad crossings

How did the bill begin? As a pilot project in Lincoln on a fixed route and was expanded to anywhere in the state.

NPR | Legislature Steps Toward Allowing Self-Driving Vehicles; Senators Give Up On Property Tax Measures

3 Ways the Saguaro Cactus Blossom Governor Actively Promoted Uber

Open records requests, after the self driving Uber fatality in Arizona, reveal the following ways Governor Ducey actively promoted Uber publicly:

He tweeted an Uber ad
He helped Uber deal with other state officials
He was open to wearing an Uber T-shirt at an official event

NYPost | Arizona governor, Uber kept self-driving car tests a secret

Business Trend: One Auto Manufacturer Calling for Clarity in Laws & Regs

Audi is “carefully evaluating” consumer acceptance of semiautonomous driving feature until there is better legal and regulatory clarity.

Wall Street Journal | Tesla, Uber Deaths Raise Questions About the Perils of Partly Autonomous Driving

High Speed Rail Opposition in the Bluebonnet State. Easter Trending.

Texas High Speed Rail opposition points from the week of March 15th 2018, are trending:

Government Technology | Is a High-Speed Rail Line Right for Texas?

Dallas Morning News | Dallas-to-Houston high-speed rail plan will make Texas’ I-35 corridor a loser, competitor says

4 Point Opposition to Houston to Dallas High Speed Rail. 3 Counterpoints of Support. High Speed v. Higher Speed.

Who is making these statements? SNCF America, Inc in written comments to Federal Railway Administration…

3 Reasons Texas Experts Say Self Driving Cars Still Safe After Arizona Death

CEO of The Alliance for Transportation Innovation says we’re “on the cusp of being able to accelerate deployment in a way that will transform society for the better”
Assistant director of connected and automated transportation strategy at the Texas A&M Transportation Institute points to humans being worse at operating vehicles, and that automation is better than humans
A senior research scientist at Texas A&M says we need to focus on the human behaior, that automobile automation is to make…

4 Point Opposition to Houston to Dallas High Speed Rail. 3 Counterpoints of Support. High Speed v. Higher Speed.

Who is making these statements? SNCF America, Inc in written comments to Federal Railway Administration (FRA) Draft Environmental Impact Statement (Draft EIS) for the Dallas to Houston High-Speed Rail Project

What is causing the impending “doom” on passenger rail in Texas?

1 Company benefits. The Texas Central Rail Project is “designed around the best interest of a single company, not what is best for Texans or the state’s rail transportation future.”
Limited Area. Modern rail is only…