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Awareness of fully automated, self-driving vehicles (AVs) continues to grow, but consumer confidence in the technology is not keeping pace, according to the JD Power 2026 US Mobility Confidence Index Study. 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 ...
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 ...
ITS America Conference & Expo will host three exclusive Tech Tours with direct, behind-the-scenes access to some of Michigan's most advanced intelligent transportation systems ...
ITS America Conference & Expo announces the launch of the Cybersecurity & Data Zone at the June 9-12, 2026 event to address the evolving connected industry and the management of data and cybersecurity.
USDOT recently released the fiscal year (FY) 2026 Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for the program.
AI is emerging as a key driver of innovation, vehicles are more software-defined, and automotive development teams are increasingly concerned about managing the quality of complex systems amid growing supply chain challenges and global economic impact on the auto industry, according to State of Automotive Software Development Report from Perforce ...
