Transportation agencies in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Michigan have formed the Smart Belt Coalition that will focus on automated and connected vehicle initiatives.
Montana, Mississippi and North Dakota have the highest fatality rates from road crashes per 100,000 people, researchers found.
Daily commuting and work related traveling has increased slightly while total travel time per person has decreased over the past 11 years, according to a study by the University of Michigan's Transportation Research Institute.
Navistar is the latest truck maker to get involved in autonomous vehicles, with its involvement in a project that aims to implement a connected and automated mobility system on the streets of southeastern Michigan by 2021.
Launched in 2014, the all-new 2015 Chevrolet City Express cargo van has already found a place in businesses across the country and across segments. Small businesses, in particular, are adding the City Express to their fleets.
Auto transportation has begun to undergo transformative changes because of advances in connected-vehicle technologies. Development of these technologies has the potential to save tens of thousands of lives each year in the U.S., and the University of Michigan campus will soon serve as a major test bed for this groundbreaking work. M City is due for completion in late spring. For the full story about the U-M testing facility, called M City, click here.
This summer will see construction of a simulated city on the north campus of the University of Michigan. Once completed, this fake municipality will serve as a testing facility for self-driving cars. Researchers will test how automated and networked vehicles respond to hazardous traffic events and road conditions. Here's a video report from NewsyTech. To read the story, click here.
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