Where: Chicago What would the fee be? $3 tax on solo ride-share trips downtown The next highest ride share fee? $2.75 in the Manhattan core What are opponents to the $3 fee on ride share saying? proposed new fees will result in less demand tax specifically targets one of the most lucrative times, rush hour […]
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Anatomy of a Private Sector EV Partnership
Who: Ford Motor Company , Volkswagen, & Amazon What: largest EV charger plan in North America 12,000 locations more than 35,000 charge plugs Who is in charge of implementation? Volkswagen’s Electrify America + Amazon for home installations Reuters | Ford partners with Volkswagen, Amazon to build charging network for cars
Lege TREND. Adding Bikes and E-Bikes to Clean Air Programs
Where? California What? SB 400 (2019 | CA) What does SB 400 do? Adds bikes and e-bikes to the Clean Cars 4 All Program which provides funds to upgrade from older vehicles Streets Blog California | Legislative Update: New Laws on Transportation Policy, Funding, Planning
Lege TREND. Local Street Access Fees for Tourism
Where: California What? AB 1605 (2019 | CA) What would AB 1605 have allowed? Allowed San Francisco to create a toll for use of Lombard Street, the twisty and turney fairway. Creating a “a hyperlocal congestion charge.” Why did the Governor veto AB 1605? Inequitable to permit a fee like this Streets Blog California | […]
Business TREND. Bonjour Self Driving Scooters
Who? Tortoise , CtrlWorks, Ninebot, ScootBee Where? Singapore What are the benefits of a self driving scooter? independently move to a better parking spot independently leave a neighborhood independently move to a location with scooter demand drive themselves to pick up a rider ABC 7 | Self-driving scooters are coming to city sidewalks
Anatomy of a Self Driving Partnership
Who is partnering to advance self driving vehicles? Lyft Uber Ford GM Toyota Tesla What do they call themselves? Automated Vehicle Safety Consortium What do I need to know about the consortium? worldwide organized, this is no joke local yokel website standards development ride share contributes knowledge gleaned from its drivers vehicle manufacturers contribute knowledge […]
Lege TREND. Finance EV Chargers with a vehicle fee
Where? Washington What’s the fee? $75 electrification fee Is this in addition to a fee that offsets the gas tax? yes, this is on top of the $150 gas tax fee What will the electrification fee cover? EV Incentives Build out of the charging network in Washington State What did the legislation look like? HB […]
Port Moves to Zero Emission Equipment for 3 social responsibility reasons.
Where: Port of Long Beach Who funded the zero emission equipment? $5.3 million grant from the California Air Resources Board What are the Port’s 3 reasons for supporting zero emission equipment? reduce our impact on our neighborhoods increase trade reduce carbon impact to reach the Port’s zero-emissions goals American Journal of Transportation | Zero-emissions equipment […]
Lege TREND. Unintended Consequence of Over Crowded DMVs
Where: California The legislation: AB 317 (2019 | CA) signed by Gov. What it does: Prohibits people from selling their DMV line position to others who want a high position in line Sacramento Bee | Selling a DMV appointment is illegal under new California law signed by Gavin Newsom
Business TREND. Lobbying TREND. Hyperloop exploration in 9 states.
Who’s hyperloop project? Virgin Hyperloop One Which states? Missouri, Texas, Colorado, Ohio, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Washington, Illinois, & Oregon Automotive News | Cities, states want to be first with high-speed tube travel