Transportation

This week, we learned the future of the car is not owning one–at least not if Uber gets its way.

Public officials from Las Vegas and Pittsburgh — both hubs for autonomous-vehicle testing — talked this week about the deliberate work of creating smart cities and smart communities to support these autonomous mobility services.

"After the robocab on the ground comes the autonomous drone." Stark is convinced that the future has already begun: "We have already completed our first test flights."

"For me, understanding what some of the community priorities are based on this survey is the most significant takeaway." Missoula Mayor John Engen

A prospective plan by the South Dakota Department of Transportation would upgrade traffic lights on Aberdeen’s Sixth Avenue by replacing its current system with a more adaptive one that adjusts the length of signals by using real-time data.

MDT encourages
comments on this or anytime throughout the year as
various transportation issues arise, but comments must be
received
by May 18, 2018 to be
considered in the final
STIP document.

Cars can now run on electricity, be summoned by smartphone apps in cities all over the world, and are being developed to navigate without a human behind the wheel.

And now, they can be 3D printed too.

Once expanded, the electric roadways and highways in Sweden will make it convenient to charge electric vehicles and ease the country’s transition from traditional combustion engine vehicles.

Finding optimal locations for developing solar-powered charging stations at public locations and workplaces in Missoula, Whitefish and Bozeman will be studied, she said.

VanBuren Roundabout Discussion Open House

Tuesday, April 17 from 3 to 7 P.M. at the Missoula Children’s Theater, located at 425 E Broadway St, Missoula, MT 59802.