The ITS Blog

June 09, 2022
Pete Goldin
ITSdigest

President Biden is jumpstarting the construction of a national network of 500,000 electric vehicle (EV) chargers by 2030, and the Federal Highway Administration announced a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on proposed minimum standards and requirements for projects ...

May 16, 2022
Pete Goldin
ITSdigest

The US Department of Transportation (DOT) announced that Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) discretionary grant program — a part of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law — is now accepting applications for grants totaling $1 billion in Fiscal Year 2022 funding. The best part is that projects eligible for the grants include a variety of Intelligent Transportation Systems ...

May 05, 2022
Pete Goldin
ITSdigest

Parking is a source of stress for most drivers, according to a survey of 1,000 US adult drivers, conducted by SpotHero ...

April 28, 2022
Pete Goldin
ITSdigest

"A majority of consumers are unwilling to pay more for advanced technologies in most global markets as they have been trained to expect new vehicle features as a cost of doing business for brands looking to differentiate themselves from their competitors" according to the 2022 Deloitte Global Automotive Consumer Study ...

April 14, 2022
Pete Goldin
ITSdigest

Reactions to autonomous vehicles remain mixed, according to the 2022 Global Automotive Study, conducted by Simon-Kucher & Partners. 45% of respondents indicated excitement about autonomous driving technology, while 32% admitted fear of autonomous technology ...

March 02, 2022
Pete Goldin
ITSdigest

Small business owners are adding electric vehicles to their service fleets, but they worry about cyber security when connecting them to public charging stations, according to a survey by HSB ...

January 27, 2022
Pete Goldin
ITSdigest

As the US faces a rise in traffic fatalities, the USDOT has a new strategy to address this urgent crisis: National Roadway Safety Strategy (NRSS) ...

November 24, 2021
Pete Goldin
ITSdigest

Wireless charging significantly increases the likelihood of a consumer purchasing an electric vehicle (EV) in the US, according to a new study conducted by TideWatch Partners, commissioned by WiTricity ...

November 02, 2021
Pete Goldin
ITSdigest

Stockholm, San Francisco, and Singapore top the 2021 Urban Mobility Readiness Index launched by the Oliver Wyman Forum and the UC Berkeley Institute of Transportation Studies (ITS) ...

October 04, 2021
Pete Goldin
ITSdigest

The US Department of Transportation (USDOT) has launched a new addition to the ITS JPO website for their ITS Cybersecurity Research Program ...

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