As part of the Green New Deal for Boston, Boston Public Schools (BPS) and the City of Boston’s Environment Department are launching an electric school bus pilot program in a bid to reduce vehicle emissions, Read More
Solihull – a large market town near Birmingham, England – is testing how connected autonomous vehicles (CAVs) may be integrated into the borough’s transport network. The Council-led initiative is using a 10-seater, zero-emissions, autonomous shuttle Read More
San Jose, CA is testing the use of lidar technology on local streets in an attempt to reduce the number of pedestrian deaths. The technology – from Velodyne Lidar – will augment the city’s camera-based Read More
Edinburgh, Scotland has received a £2.2m (~US$2.9m) award through Transport Scotland’s Switched on Towns and Cities Challenge Fund to install on-street electric vehicle charging. “I’m pleased to see the Scottish Government investment of £2.2m deliver Read More
Silicon Valley-based Cepton, a smart lidar solution provider, and Fibre Based Integrations, a fiber optics systems company, are partnering to develop lidar-based vehicle detection solutions in Cape Town, South Africa. Fiber will deploy vehicle classification Read More
The Brussels Capital Region in Belgium recently announced the relaunch of Bruxell’air – a sustainable mobility bonus to encourage more people to switch from personal vehicle usage to less carbon-intensive modes of transportation in the Read More
The City of Fremont, CA is integrating intelligent connected traffic technology into its Fremont Boulevard Safe and Smart Corridor project. The smart corridor project demonstrates: complete street design concepts; sensor-based infrastructure; communications systems; smart lighting; Read More
The city of Budapest in Hungary recently launched the country’s first-ever hydrogen bus line. The line will travel between the city and a nearby suburb and will run for about three weeks. The trial period Read More
The city of Amsterdam and The Transport Authority Amsterdam are working with the Amsterdam Bike City Bicycle Innovation Lab (ABC) to hold their first open challenge seeking solutions to create a safer traffic situation for Read More
The cities of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, MN are launching a network of 100% renewably powered on-street electric vehicle (EV) charging points. The new charging points will be able to be used by both private Read More
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