Transportation

The report, "America’s Workforce and the Self-Driving Future," recommends governments create an environment enabling companies to rapidly pursue deployment of automated vehicles, while simultaneously preparing the workforce to transition to future jobs that require new skills.

The potential appeal of solar roads — modified solar panels that are installed in place of asphalt — is clear.

"SpaceX option package for new Tesla Roadster will include ~10 small rocket thrusters arranged seamlessly around car. These rocket engines dramatically improve acceleration, top speed, braking & cornering. Maybe they will even allow a Tesla to fly …"

New traffic signals in Detroit are designed to help pedestrians, cyclists and ambulances get through intersections, while helping traffic planners test safety improvements quickly.

A new technology that lets passing cars equipped with parking sensors measure open spots and create a map for other drivers that shows where their car might fit.

Autonomous driving promises more than just saved time, it’s enough to make society reassess its concepts of time and space — after all, what’s a two-hour drive if you can work on the way? — and it could arrive in just three years’ time.

We unwisely continue to use the same old zoning tools that drove our city into today’s housing crisis and auto-domination while expecting more urban outcomes.

Japan prioritizes technological advancement to grow its economy.

There’s still a chance to help us make air travel more affordable for everyone! To add your company’s name to the list of Take Flight Missoula community partners and investors, please contact the Missoula Economic Partnership http://www.missoulapartnership.com/ today.

The county dusted off its plans last year and applied for a $19 million TIGER grant to complete the grid network between Mullan Road and West Broadway, a move that would open 400 acres of land for needed housing and light industrial development.