Uber May Contribute More Transport Pollution Than Solution
Ride-hailing pioneer Uber, rather than being part of the solution to urban transport, may be adding to related problems like pollution from diesel cars, a study showed Thursday.
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Texas Town Braces for Influx of Traffic as Mexico Weighs New Trade Route
Officials in the small west Texas border town of Presidio are preparing for a surge in traffic as the Mexican government considers rerouting drivers who haul scrap vehicles from the U.S. to Central American countries.
Read moreNYC Pursuing Hundreds of Miles of Protected Bike Lanes
The New York City Council approved an ambitious new street-safety plan Wednesday that includes 250 miles of new protected bike lanes as well as more space for pedestrians.
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Dutch Farmers Snarl Traffic in Latest Protest of Emissions Cuts
Backing up traffic for the second time in as many weeks, Dutch farmers driving tractors staged a nationwide protest Wednesday over the government’s attempt to lower emissions by limiting the number of farm animals.
Read moreOutrage Grows Over Preventative Power Outages in California
San Jose, Northern California’s largest city, had 68 inoperable traffic signals during the Thursday morning commute. It snarled traffic worse than usual, and San Jose’s usual is already terrible.
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Dutch Farmers Wreak Traffic Chaos in Tractor-Powered Protest
Tractor-driving farmers descended on the Dutch capital Tuesday morning, creating the worst traffic congestion in the county’s history to protest calls to reduce emissions by drastically cutting the number of farm animals.
Read moreUber v. New York
Uber et al. sued New York City, challenging its “cruising cap,” which limits the amount of time a car service without a passenger can spend in Manhattan south of 96th Street, in New York County Supreme Court.
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UK Government Downplays Its Own Brexit Warning
The British government on Thursday insisted that its assessment that there could be food and medicine shortages, gridlock at ports and riots in the streets if there is a no-deal Brexit is a worst-case scenario — not what is likely to happen.
Read moreLawmakers Debate Ways to Ease Traffic on US Roads
In 2017, people driving to work in the Washington, D.C., metro area each paid an average of $1,840 in extra costs related to being stuck in traffic, wasted 38 gallons in fuel idling on freeways and spent an extra 102 hours on roadways, for a total of 248 million hours lost to congestion delays.
Read moreRed Light Cameras
A federal judge affirmed an order in a consolidated case that New Orleans must refund to drivers all the Automated Traffic Enforcement System tickets issued from Jan. 1, 2008, through Nov. 3, 2010.
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US Deaths Caused by Red-Light Runners Hits 10-Year High
The number of people killed by drivers running red lights has hit a 10-year high, and AAA is urging drivers and pedestrians to use caution at traffic signals, and not use headphones while walking across streets or driving.
Read moreNYC Cap on Ride-Hail Vehicles Made Permanent
The New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission voted Tuesday to permanently freeze the number of Ubers, Lyfts and other ride-hailing vehicles that drive here.
Read moreUber
A California appeals court affirmed that Uber must comply with San Francisco’s administrative subpoenas for data and records provided to the California Public Utility Commission, as the city and county have broad authority to investigate entities they suspect of violating the law, and had reasonable suspicion that “transportation networking companies” were responsible for most of the city’s moving violations.
Read moreSpread of Electric Scooters Brings More Injuries and Deaths
Andrew Hardy was crossing the street on an electric scooter in downtown Los Angeles when a car struck him at 50 miles per hour and flung him 15 feet in the air before he smacked his head on the pavement and fell unconscious
Read moreParty’s Over: NYC Seizes 46 Heavily Ticketed Ice Cream Trucks
A ubiquitous sight and sound of the summer, New York City’s fleet of ice cream trucks saw their ranks cut by 46 Wednesday with a lawsuit alleging that they ducked nearly $4.5 million in traffic summonses through a web of shell companies.
Read moreCampaigners Against Heathrow Expansion Lose Legal Challenge
Campaigners fighting British government plans to expand Heathrow Airport lost a challenge in one of the country’s highest courts on Wednesday, in a decision which deemed the expansion lawful.
Read moreTel Aviv Deploys ‘Zombie Lights’ for Mobile-Obsessed Walkers
Taking a small step toward protecting the lives of “smartphone zombies,” Tel Aviv has installed special LED sidewalk lights to alert distracted pedestrians staring at their phones when they can walk and when they should stop.
Read moreUber Says NYC License Cap Hinges on Bogus Traffic Data
Contesting a limit on how many ride-share car licenses it gets in the Big Apple, Uber claims in court that New York City is blaming it for traffic-congestion problems, without supporting data.
Read moreDrivers’ Fight of Red-Light Cameras Likely Headed Into Skid
An 11th Circuit panel appeared highly unsympathetic Tuesday to Alabama drivers who argue a city ordinance unlawfully imposes fines on motorists caught by automated red-light cameras without giving them the right to confront their accuser.
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