Transportation

"The loss of the Pacific Electric is a big reason why L.A. has such terrible traffic."

There will be delays, but whether folks like it or not, the project will move forward. MDT is set to start construction next year.

These projects do more than repair roads and improve sidewalks; they really change the DNA of an area from a place to be driven through to a place to live.

If all self-driving vehicles were to do was eliminate traffic accidents, that would still be a huge accomplishment. 37,000 Americans die each year in automotive accidents, and over 1 million automotive fatalities occur worldwide.

"We’re trying to find solutions that will free up the traffic in town. We’re not looking for solutions that will degrade the tourism in any way."

Planners; harness the good that AV tech has to offer, and mitigate the bad.

The autonomous vehicle company, AutoX, is testing a pilot grocery delivery program in San Jose, California.

Lawrence Burns is a former vice president of research, development and planning at General Motors, who has been an advisor to Waymo (formerly Google’s self-driving car project) since 2011.

"This is great news for the University of Montana," said Mariah Welch, ASUM vice president. "These buses will reduce harmful emissions in and around the university. Our innovative student-run transit system was an early adopter of electric bus technology, and we were competitive in this grant application because of the entrepreneurial spirit of our student government."

The English mathematician and biostatistician Karl Pearson once said, "That which is measured improves. That which is measured and reported improves exponentially." The question is, how do you measure a street?