Transportation News Update: April 18, 2025

In this issue of our #TNU, we're summarizing articles covering topics including:

  • Transit. U.S. DOT has adopted the Public Right-of-Way Accessibility Guidelines for Public Transit Stops
  • Technology. Pittsburgh to begin using AI cameras to enforce parking, issue tickets – including to enforce street sweeping restrictions
  • Technology. Smarter traffic lights: Pittsburgh company aiming to reinvent the traffic light to more safely and equitably share streets among cars, bikes, buses, and pedestrians
  • Pedestrians. AAA reveals pedestrian fatalities up 80% over 15 years with almost entire increase occurring on urban arterial roads and after dark
  • Technology. New AI-powered crosswalk pilot program warns drivers and pedestrians at Georgia intersection as "smart crosswalks" are revolutionizing pedestrian safety and traffic flow nationwide
  • Ridesharing. Lyft to launch Mobileye-powered robotaxis 'as soon as 2026,' starting with Dallas
  • Innovators. Groundbreaking contributions of African American innovators in transportation that have shaped the way we travel and commute
  • Biking. Pittsburgh startup Velo AI is transforming bicycles into data collection tools to better support bike infrastructure improvements
  • Development. The evolution of minimum parking requirement mandates and how developers think about parking in the age of transit-oriented development
  • Urban Street Design. Urban Street Design Guide from NACTO offers a "blueprint for designing 21st century streets," addressing challenges city's face to deliver roadway and public space improvements in the near and long term
  • Regional. Uncertainty of federal funding jeopardizing long-delayed Amtrak improvements
  • Regional. Philadelphia's Zero Fare pilot program's success highlights importance of free public transit for under-served communities
  • National. Pedestrian traffic increased by nearly 5% in congestion-pricing zone as 1.2 million fewer vehicles travel south of 60th St in Manhattan and commute times drop by 48%
  • National. DOT suspends $5 billion electric vehicle charging network effort

 

U.S. DOT has adopted the Public Right-of-Way Accessibility Guidelines for Public

U.S. DOT has adopted the Public Right-of-Way Accessibility Guidelines for Public Transit Stops
Pittsburgh to begin using AI cameras to enforce parking, issue tickets – includi

Pittsburgh to begin using AI cameras to enforce parking, issue tickets – including to enforce street sweeping restrictions
Pittsburgh startup Velo AI is transforming bicycles into data collection tools t

Pittsburgh startup Velo AI is transforming bicycles into data collection tools to better support bike infrastructure improvements
New AI-powered crosswalk pilot program warns drivers and pedestrians at Georgia

New AI-powered crosswalk pilot program warns drivers and pedestrians at Georgia intersection as "smart crosswalks" are revolutionizing pedestrian safety and traffic flow nationwide
Revisiting: The future of open city streets could start with smarter, adaptive t

Revisiting: The future of open city streets could start with smarter, adaptive traffic lights – Pittsburgh company reinventing the traffic light in effort to realize vision of bustling city streets shared safety and equitably among cars, bikes, buses, and
Lyft to launch Mobileye-powered robotaxis 'as soon as 2026,' starting with Dalla

Lyft to launch Mobileye-powered robotaxis 'as soon as 2026,' starting with Dallas
Urban Street Design Guide from NACTO offers a "blueprint for designing 21st cent

Urban Street Design Guide from NACTO offers a "blueprint for designing 21st century streets," addressing challenges city's face to deliver roadway and public space improvements in the near and long term
Philadelphia's Zero Fare pilot program's success highlights importance of free p

Philadelphia's Zero Fare pilot program's success highlights importance of free public transit for underserved communities
ICYMI: Groundbreaking contributions of African American innovators in transporta

ICYMI: Groundbreaking contributions of African American innovators in transportation that have shaped the way we travel and commute
Uncertainty of federal funding jeopardizing long-delayed Amtrak improvements

Uncertainty of federal funding jeopardizing long-delayed Amtrak improvements
DOT suspends $5 billion electric vehicle charging network effort even after most

DOT suspends $5 billion electric vehicle charging network effort even after most of National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure funds had already been awarded
Pedestrian traffic increases by nearly 5% in January within congestion-pricing z

Pedestrian traffic increases by nearly 5% in January within congestion-pricing zone as 1.2 million fewer vehicles travel south of 60th Street in Manhattan and commute times drop by 48%
The evolution of minimum parking requirement mandates: How developers think abou

The evolution of minimum parking requirement mandates: How developers think about parking in the age of transit-oriented development
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