Technology

Santa Monica rejected a proposed 500 devices per operator cap on e-scooters and e-bikes while approving new shared mobility pilot regulations

Bird scooters removed from DTLA. Westside operations appear unchanged.

Santa Monica is proposing a 16-month pilot for three operators to run limited e-scooter/e-bike operations

What can we learn from the Arizona AV fatality and how should policy makers react?

In Shanghai streets, the most striking visual change were the thousands of yellow and orange and other color bike-share bikes in the streets.

Autonomous vehicles could make streets much safer, and/or could greatly increase miles driven and greenhouse gases emissions. Which future will it be?

While more millennials are moving to places like Charlotte, Houston and Austin, Los Angeles saw a 7.4 percent decrease in millennial residents between 2005 and 2015. This comes as no surprise to many. Urban planners have a right to be worried about this phenomenon.

Transportation consultant Bruce Schaller released a new report with valuable advice for states and municipalities as they work to ensure that ride-hail companies best serve the common good. Ride-hail, or TNCs (Transportation Network Companies), includes primarily Uber and Lyft. Schaller was one of Janette Sadik-Khan's key deputy commissioners in the New York City Department of Transportation. His report, titled Unfinished Business: A Blueprint for Uber, Lyft and Taxi Regulation, was the subject of a talk Schaller gave yesterday at the UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies.

Applications within public transportation for driverless vehicle technology should be much more than an afterthought. Yet public transit agencies seem to be slow to recognize the potential of autonomous vehicles (AVs) which could literally revolutionize how we think about and use public transportation.