Waymo's driverless vehicles were involved in 68% fewer police reportable crashes per vehicle mile traveled than human drivers in the same cities, according to new research from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety ...
Carriers and fleets are increasingly turning to AI-powered tools for route optimization ... 31% of carriers and LSPs use AI for driver scheduling and route planning. In addition, the top AI capabilities they prioritize include real-time rerouting (54%) and predictive route and load planning (53%). Neil Fernandes, Founder of EnrouteAI, built his company to leverage AI for route optimization, but he says it is not used the way you might think ...
AVs have driven more than 360 million miles on US roads, a 2.5x increase since June 2025, and have provided 21 million robotaxi rides to date, according to the State of AV report from the Autonomous Vehicle Industry Association ...
Awareness of fully automated, self-driving vehicles (AVs) continues to grow, but consumer confidence in the technology is not keeping pace, according to JD Power. Consumer understanding of AVs improves in 2026, with 58% of consumers correctly identifying full automation, up from 43% in 2024 ...
Senators Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio) and Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) introduced the Connected Vehicle Security Act of 2026 to defend the American auto industry from the existential threat of predatory Chinese automobiles by banning them and their connected components from the American market. ...
Transit agencies across the country are navigating shrinking budgets, pressure to attract new riders, and growing demands to bring on new technologies. With these challenges in mind, a new book from three veterans of Los Angeles Metro's Office of Extraordinary Innovation (OEI) offers a practical, honest account of what it actually takes to drive change from inside a large public agency ...
The USDOT released the 2026 National Freight Strategic Plan (NFSP), a multi-year strategy to modernize the nation’s nearly seven-million-mile freight network. This roadmap will enhance the safety, security, and efficiency of the multimodal network that moves more than 54 million tons of goods valued at more than $68 billion across America every single day ...
The Shared Autonomous Mobility (SAM) Act was introduced in the US House of Representatives by Rep. Kevin Kiley (I-CA). According to the ACES Mobility Coalition, the bill serves as a major step forward in advancing shared autonomous mobility partnerships with public transit agencies across the US ...
While volatility continues to impede the supply chain – from tariffs to geopolitical conflicts – third-party logistics providers (3PLs) are embedding AI in operations to combat the uncertainty ... AI is particularly useful for 3PLs — like C.H. Robinson and NFI — from the back-office to the warehouse to the fleet ...
The ITS America Conference & Expo 2026 unveiled its highly plenary speaker lineup. Taking place June 9-12 at Huntington Place in Detroit, Michigan, the event will feature two plenary sessions as the conference's centerpieces, bringing together national transportation leaders to celebrate 35 years of ITS America and chart the course for the next generation of mobility ...
