Category: Plans

Making CAV Deployments Compatible with Complete Streets Objectives for Safe and Efficient Operation

  • April 29th, 2026

Urban streets are increasingly complex environments where diverse transportation modes like cars, bicycles, pedestrians, micromobility, and emerging automated vehicles, interact within constrained spaces. Traditional design practices, guided by qualitative policies such as Complete Streets, often lack the quantitative foundation needed to evaluate trade-offs between efficiency, equity, and safety. This research introduces a data-driven framework to […]

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AI in Charge: Large-Scale Experimental Evidence on Electric Vehicle Charging Demand

  • April 29th, 2026

One of the promising opportunities offered by AI to support the decarbonization of electricity grids is to align demand with low-carbon supply. We evaluated the effects of one of the world’s largest AI managed EV charging tariffs (a retail electricity pricing plan) using a large-scale natural field experiment. The tariff dynamically controlled vehicle charging to […]

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Improving Virtual Public Involvement in Transportation Agencies 2026

  • April 29th, 2026

Virtual public involvement (VPI), defined by the Federal Highway Administration as “the use of digital technology to engage individuals or to visualize projects or plans,” is now an essential part of public participation in transportation planning and project development. VPI has reduced participation barriers for many people while creating challenges for others. Although VPI was […]

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EV fast-charging stations coming to Alabama

  • March 30th, 2026

Some Walmart customers in 19 states, including Alabama, will soon notice a change in their store’s parking lot. The nation’s largest retailer is stepping up the installation of charging stations for electric vehicles. First announced in 2023, the plan includes building EV fast-charging stations at Walmart and Sam’s Club locations coast to coast by 2030. EV […]

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Improving your Drug Impaired Driving Data

  • January 28th, 2026

Roadside oral fluid testing has emerged as a revolutionary tool in the realm of road safety and law enforcement. By providing quick and reliable results, this methodology has contributed to reducing impaired driving incidents while also safeguarding public welfare. Its implementation underscores a proactive approach to deterring substance abuse and improving the efficiency of roadside […]

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A Data-Driven Action Plan for Safer Roads

  • January 28th, 2026

A new report from the Governors Highway Safety Association and Cambridge Mobile Telematics urges public officials to support and advance predictive analytics to prevent traffic deaths before they happen, marking a fundamental shift in how road safety is approached. With more than 200,000 deaths on U.S. roads since 2020, A Data-Driven Action Plan for Safer […]

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EV buses now in operation for Jasper City Schools

  • January 7th, 2026

Jasper was selected in the 2023 Clean School Bus (CSB) Rebate Program, receiving $690,000 for two EV school buses to be operated by Transportation South, Inc. The funding was used to replace two older diesel buses. The new EV buses arrived in Jasper earlier this summer and have been used for about two months. EV […]

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