Transportation

The Google car anticipated that the bus would slow down, while the bus driver believed the Google car would retreat from its effort to merge. There were no injuries, and the accident resulted in damage to the left front fender and some sensors.

Academic researchers have found that battery costs are falling even faster than the most optimistic analysts predicted just a few years ago.

A potential shift to a society of riders could reclaim roadways for green space and help reshape the public realm

Electrification of the transportation sector is one of the biggest opportunities to secure new revenue for utilities — and many are moving forward with related initiatives.

"I’m really enthusiastic that without any campaign to raise awareness about funding needs or funding challenges that there’s that much support," said Ward 2 City Council member Jordan Hess, who sits on the Transportation Policy Coordinating Committee. "That underscores our need to look at the state Legislature to diversify our sources of revenue."

The oil and gas industry may have thought it had killed the electric car, but sales — boosted by generous government subsidies — rose dramatically between 2010 and 2014, and energy giants are worried the thing may have come back to life.

Millennials are moving beyond the automobile and cities need to catch up.

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Every year in this country more than 30,000 people die on our roads, where 50 times more are injured, and where the mobility needs of many others are simply not being met. We can do better, and technology can help.

Copenhagen hopes to be carbon neutral by 2025, a goal that requires getting even more people out of their cars and onto bikes or into public transit.