California
As a historic 10-day heat wave threatened brownouts across California last summer, a small San Diego County school district did its part to help: It captured excess power from its electric school buses and sent it back to the state’s overwhelmed grid…
On Monday, 7/10, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law a package of infrastructure bills that aim to cut the red tape associated with building new projects, while also ensuring environmental protection…
In the heart of Silicon Valley, leaders are calling on the best and the brightest minds. San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan's office has partnered with tinyML Foundation, Sony and San Jose's Department of Transportation to launch a global traffic safety hackathon…
President and Administration
The world is on track to manufacture enough electric vehicle batteries to meet expected demand requirements in 2030 under a net-zero emissions by mid-century scenario, according to new tracking from the International Energy Agency…
On Thursday, 7/20, Politico Pro sat down with Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg to talk about matters before his department, including the fight over adding flights at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Tesla’s inroads into the electric vehicle charging industry and high-speed rail…
More major cities in the United States are letting public transit riders hop on board for free. Kansas City; Raleigh; Richmond; Olympia; Tucson; Alexandria, Virginia; and other cities are testing dropping fares on their transit systems…
Smartphone apps have become commonplace tools for travel and navigation…
Ridesharing has become a convenient way of life, but that's not so for everyone…
With billions of federal dollars in the hands of local officials to fix the nation’s roads, bridges and water systems, it is no surprise that infrastructure is at the top of many mayors’ agendas…
Congress
Four Senate Republicans are challenging the Biden administration’s waiver of Buy America rules for electric vehicle chargers, saying that the waiver would allow China to profit from the U.S. EV boom…
The backstop mechanism House Republicans inserted into last month’s debt ceiling package to ensure the completion of full-year appropriations would cause some collateral damage if triggered: cuts to bipartisan infrastructure law funding enacted two years ago…
After committees approved versions of a fiscal 2024 transportation funding bill, Congress is unlikely to clear the legislation before its August recess…