The city of Orlando announced on Jan. 19 that it has partnered with local academic, private sector and government agencies to form the Central Florida Automated Vehicle Partnership — a move that may made the region a hotbed for vehicle technology to be deployed around the world.

DENVER — Coloradans for decades have dreamed of a ski train that would transport them from their Front Range homes into the nearby mountain adventureland free from the hassles of driving. They’re now getting a connected-vehicle technology alternative.

A US$4.8 million over-height vehicle detection system has just been completed on two New York City parkways in a bid to minimise truck collisions, improve road safety and protect highway infrastructure. The infrared system identifies and alerts over-height vehicles illegally using the parkway to prevent the vehicles from striking low-clearance bridges, which are found on most parkways in New York. The system was installed at four locations on the Hutchinson River Parkway in the Bronx and one location on the Grand Central Parkway in Queens. 

The American Center for Mobility is taking another step toward developing a testing facility for automated and connected vehicles in Ypsilanti Township at a Willow Run site.

Pittsburgh will work with Penn State University as a federal proving ground for self-driving vehicle technology.

Cities and regions across Texas are partnering with the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI), the University of Texas at Austin’s Center for Transportation Research (CTR), and Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) to form the Texas Automated Vehicle (AV) Proving Ground Partnership. The statewide partnership will put Texas on the path to becoming the nation’s first state that aims to create a platform for innovation to address community challenges.

DENVER — Coloradans for decades have dreamed of a ski train that would transport them from their Front Range homes into the nearby mountain adventureland free from the hassles of driving. They’re now getting a connected-vehicle technology alternative.

In the second of our comprehensive updates on USDOT’s Connected Vehicle Pilot Program, James Gordon visits Wyoming, where winter 2016/2017 is bringing with it hope that, in the future, technology will help drivers to safely navigate a notoriously treacherous stretch of I-80.

Officials hope ‘V2V’ technology can help cut traffic fatalities

New rules designed to let cars talk to one another could help “avoid or mitigate” as much as 80 percent of the crashes that occur on U.S. highways, Transportation Sec. Anthony Foxx announced on Tuesday.

More than two years after the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) first issued an advanced notice of proposed rulemaking to mandate vehicle to vehicle (V2V) to communications in the U.S. the agency is finally ready to move forward.

U.S. auto-safety regulators on Tuesday proposed new rules requiring automakers to adopt crash-avoidance technology that allows all new vehicles to communicate with each other in a move that would accelerate self-driving cars.

The technology allowing cars to “talk” to each other on the road — known as vehicle-to-vehicle or V2V communication technology — may soon become a standard safety feature in all light vehicles, according to new rules proposed Tuesday by the Department of Transportation. 

The Obama administration released a long-awaited rule on Tuesday requiring all new vehicles to have communication technology that allows them to “talk” to each another, which officials say could prevent tens of thousands of crashes each year. 

Citing an enormous potential to reduce crashes on U.S. roadways, the U.S. Department of Transportation issued a proposed rule today that would advance the deployment of connected vehicle technologies throughout the U.S. light vehicle fleet.