Success came in 2013, when the assembly approved a $6 billion transportation funding package — sponsored by then-House Speaker Bill Howell, R-Stafford, and supported by then-Gov. Bob McDonnell — much larger in scope than they originally sought. The final package included long-sought regional funding for transportation priorities in Northern Virginia […]
Month: October 2020
Three Gratiot County communities have formed a public transportation authority and are now looking to pass a millage in the Nov. 3 general election to operate it. Pine River Township, along with the cities of Ithaca and St. Louis are asking voters to approve a five-year, 0.96-mill levy that would provide […]
© Provided by Gulf News NAT 201010 shj beach-1602315591465 Sharjah: Sharjah Municipality has launched bicycle patrols for the beaches of the city of Sharjah and green spaces in order to educate its users and urge them to adhere to preventive measures. The movement aims […]
CLOSE Waymo is expanding the number of its driverless cars in Arizona. Arizona Republic PHOENIX – Waymo will allow the general public to download an app and catch a ride in a fully autonomous van – with nobody behind the wheel – in the weeks ahead. It will be the […]
Wildfire recently closed I-70 through Colorado for two weeks. It burned steep slopes above the highway, so future closures are likely due to rockfall and mudslides from climate change driven storms. STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Some of the effects of climate change are obvious and immediate – more intense wildfires, for […]
SAFETY HARBOR, Fla. — Why walk or drive when you can pedal, according to Forward Pinellas. The agency says the number of people bicycling in Tampa Bay has reached record numbers during the pandemic. “Since 1890, biking has not been as popular as it is right now,” said Angela Ryan, […]
Having spent years—and tens of billions of dollars—preparing for a shift in production toward electric vehicles, German car makers are expressing a new angst: that digitally “connected cars” could prove even more disruptive to their traditional strengths. This second leg of their race against Tesla could become a fresh excuse […]
Tyres are something that we rarely ever think about. When we buy a car we just kind of assume that they’re going to do the job, and we never really think twice about it. If you want to buy new ones, it really is as simple as going to a […]
NORFOLK, Va. – “It’s just an exciting experience,” said Dr. Bill Newell. An experience that gets Dr. Newell out of the bed every morning to City Hall. “If you are a citizen of this country and a proud citizen like I am; you want to participate,” he adds. The 74 […]
FLINT, MI — A 45-year-old woman has died after she was shot Saturday evening in a Flint neighborhood. © Jake May | MLive.com/The Flint Journal, MLive.com/mlive.com/TNS Police investigate a single-vehicle crash on Wednesday, April 29, 2020 at West Court Street and Downey Avenue in Flint. Officers with the Flint Police […]
SEATTLE (AP) – Denny Triangle’s iconic pink elephant soon will have a new home. The Elephant Car Wash on Battery Street near Denny Way will close permanently, the company announced in a news release Thursday, after rumors swirled surrounding a demolition permit for the site filed Wednesday. The pink elephant […]
© Provided by Twin Cities Pioneer Press Minneapolis police stock Three people in a stolen vehicle died after the driver sped away from police, officers pursued and the vehicle crashed in Minneapolis early Monday, according to police. They were 13- to 16-years-old, relatives told local television stations. Officers saw a […]
Last month, Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered California’s Air Resources Board to issue regulations requiring all new cars to be emission-free by 2035. The order creates powerful opportunities to accelerate the transition beyond polluting gasoline. It communicates to automakers, the oil industry, and drivers that the gas-car era has an end […]
Share this article: Two nonprofits in El Monte and Pomona are recipients of $50,00 grants for community transportation needs assessments in those communities. A total of 24 California nonprofits, local governments, transit agencies and Native American tribes in under-resourced communities were awarded up to $50,000 each by the Clean Mobility […]
Bethany Bruner | The Columbus Dispatch A 28-year-old man was found fatally shot inside a vehicle that crashed on the Northeast Side on Monday night. Roddale D. Garmany, of the South Side, was in the vehicle that drove into a ditch at the intersection of Joyce and Windsor avenues around 10:40 […]
While the COVID-19 pandemic shook the world and the e-bike industry with it, the pandemic also led to a huge surge in electric bicycle sales. Nearly every company that offered electric bicycles soon found themselves with empty shelves and warehouses. Between people being at home with more time on their […]
By Natalie [email protected] SALISBURY — Though the transition to phase three of the state’s reopening looks to have little impact on most local businesses, train rides at the NC Transportation Museum will become available and movie theaters will welcome guests for the first times in six months. Gov. Roy Cooper […]
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On October 5th from 6:30-7:30 p.m., the APICS Seton Hall Student Chapter along with the Greater North Jersey Chapter, will discuss the “Impact of COVID 19 on Global Distribution and Transportation.” The discussion will focus on the adjustments the DHL Group, the world’s leading logistics company, has had to make […]
Neither Covid-19 nor the Wirecard fiasco have sapped appetite in Europe to create a payments giant to rival U.S. and Asian peers. The latest merger paves the way for more. The $17.6 billion all-stock tie-up of Italian payments companies Nexi and SIA, announced Monday, wasn’t much of a surprise. Negotiations […]
DAVIS (CBS13) — A professor emeritus at UC Davis has died after she was struck while riding a bicycle out near Davis. The California Highway Patrol said, just after 10 a.m. Wednesday, a car was headed up County Road 100A in Yolo County north of Davis when a bicyclist […]
While the Canadians are now working on another “modern” Android device with a QWERTY keyboard, the company is also trying to explore other markets, including the automotive one. What BlackBerry wants to do is compete against the likes of Android and Linux to power the driving experience on electric vehicles, […]
ORLAND, Calif. – A man is waking up behind bars after being arrested on drug charges. Around 7:55 p.m. Wednesday, an Orland police officer and his K9 partner, Dutch, were returning to Orland when they said they found a 2011 Dodge Ram 1500 towing a horse trailer that did not have […]
Pedego’s most popular electric bicycle models usually fall in the $3,000+ range, but the company’s newest e-bike is priced at just half of those figures. Rolling into bike shops today, the Pedego Element is a shot across the bow of the major value-oriented e-bike companies. Pedego Element e-bike launched The […]
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