Tag: transportation

WCTA Platinum Member Boeing and American Airlines showcased a Next-Generation 737-800 airplane known as ecoDemonstrator in Washington, D.C., to highlight testing of environmentally progressive technologies. The visit to the nation’s capital follows extensive flight testing in Glasgow, Montana, where it flew a series of missions designed to test and accelerate advanced technologies that increase fuel […]

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By Kathleen Petrich, Graham & Dunn, September 18, 2012. On September 7, 2012, Steve Marshall, executive director of CATES (Center of Advanced Transportation and Energy Solutions), Next 50, and Washington Clean Cities hosted the Beyond Oil: Transforming Transportation in Century 21 conference at the Seattle Center.  Amory Lovins, chief scientist at the Rocky Mountain Institute, […]

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Source:  Terence Chea, Seattle Times, September 26, 2012. California Governor Jerry Brown drove to Google headquarters in a self-driving Toyota Prius on September 25, 2012 to sign legislation to pave the way for driverless cars in California.  The bill, which was sponsored by Democratic Sen. Alex Padilla, will establish safety and performance regulations to test […]

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By Kathleen Petrich, Graham & Dunn I believe that we are on the cusp of the next great NW economy:  the transportation economy.  We have had a lumber/natural resource economy, an industrial economy, a software/information economy (of which we are thankfully still in), and we are about to witness the rise of a great transportation […]

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According to the American Petroleum Institute (API), Big Oil companies have invested $71 billion into zero-emission, low-emission, and renewable energy technologies.  The Federal government, by contrast, has invested about $43 billion during the same period. BP has invested $7 billion in alternative energy since 2005. ExxonMobil is spending $600 million on a ten-year project to […]

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INRIX announced a deal with the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) to assist the state in the utilization of data to return travel conditions to normal following inclement weather events.  ODOT will use INRIX traffic information and analytics to clear roads throughout the state  within three hours after major storms. Source:  INRIX, Press Release, July […]

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Source: Duncan Graham-Rowe, January 6, 2012 IBM professes a technology that sates the anxiety caused by an EV’s low range capability.  A newer type of battery, known as a lithium-air cell, is 1000x denser in energy than the Li-ion, leading to a 500-mile range potential. The drawback is the chemical instability during recharge that limits […]

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BMW of North America has selected INRIX’s traffic information for navigation systems in North America.  BMW and INRIX will provide drivers with real-time traffic, traffic-influenced, turn-by-turn directions,  and alerts on their routes.  The contract is multi-year. See the INRIX press release here.

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INRIX has announced an exclusive partnership with Brazil’s MapLink.  INRIX will integrate MapLink’s 10,000 kilometers of road data.  “Traffic congestion is one of Brazil’s biggest problems because the country’s infrastructure has not kept pace with its rapid economic growth,” said INRIX SVP Kush Parikh. “It’s come to a point where gridlock on the country’s roads […]

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INRIX introduced a new application for the iPhone and iPad that helps drivers avoid gridlock.  The app features: Fastest Routes Recommended Travel Times “We’re putting the power of 100 million traffic reporters into the palm of your hand,” said Kevin Foreman, INRIX VP of Consumer Applications. The new INRIX Traffic App is available free download […]

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