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Siemens chooses Ann Arbor as 1st Center of Excellence for Intelligent Traffic Technology

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Siemens has chosen Ann Arbor, MI as the company’s first Center of Excellence for Intelligent Traffic Technology. The new technologies and partnership will allow Siemens and the city to gather new real-world data and insight into the impact of intelligent traffic technologies on congestion and safety.

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Boeing-COMAC Center launches two new projects to support efficient air traffic management in China

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Boeing and Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC) announced that the Boeing-COMAC Aviation Energy Conservation and Emissions Reductions Technology Center will conduct two new research projects on air traffic management to support the long-term efficiency, capacity and safety of China’s air traffic system. Earlier post.)

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United Airlines and Archer to launch first commercial electric air taxi route in Chicago

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This site was selected as the takeoff and landing site for this airport to city center route because of its convenience, access and service. A similar trip by car can take upwards of an hour or more during rush hour traffic.

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UC Davis study: roadkill declines as COVID-19 continues

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Using traffic and collision data collected from California, Idaho and Maine, the researchers found that wildlife-vehicle conflict has declined by 21-56 percent from early March to mid-April, following government stay-at-home orders. —report author Fraser Shilling, director of the UC Davis Road Ecology Center. animals per day.

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DOT awards U-M-led hub $15M for connected and automated transportation

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The US Department of Transportation has awarded a $15-million grant to renew the Center for Connected and Automated Transportation (CCAT), based in Ann Arbor and led by the University of Michigan. million over its first six years, CCAT is one of 10 regional USDOT University Transportation Centers nationwide.

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TuSimple successfully completes driver-out, fully autonomous semi-truck 80-mile run on open public roads

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The run took place on 22 December and required TuSimple’s upfitted autonomous semi-truck to begin its journey from a large railyard in Tucson, Arizona, and travel more than 80 miles on surface streets and highways at night, safely arriving at a high-volume distribution center in the Phoenix metro area. Uncut video of the full trip.

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PNNL TranSEC tool uses UBER data to track and potentially alleviate urban traffic congestion

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Researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) have developed a new machine-learning-based tool to help urban transportation analysts relieve bottlenecks and chokepoints that routinely snarl city traffic. Currently, publicly available traffic information at the street level is sparse and incomplete.