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LADOT count shows a 22% increase in biking, 6% drop in walking in 2019 from 2017

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Thanks to this report, LADOT gained valuable insights into how people move through Los Angeles neighborhoods so that our investments can deliver the most effective improvements for people walking and biking. A 22% increase in biking citywide from comparable data in 2017. What gets measured matters.

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Mercedes-Benz and Bosch start San José pilot project for automated ride-hailing service; automated S-Class

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Mercedes-Benz and Bosch hope this trial will provide valuable insights into the further development of their SAE Level 4/5 automated driving system. The partners also expect to gain further insights into how self-driving cars can be integrated into an intermodal mobility system that also includes public transportation and car-sharing.

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LADOT partnering with GMV and ViriCiti for e-bus management and maintenance

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Better fleet performance data will provide valuable and actionable insights as LADOT looks to improve its transit services continuously as it moves to achieve a fully-electrified fleet by 2028. GMV Syncromatics has also supported the electrification efforts of LADOT since the department received its first electric bus in 2017.

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INRIX: shared bikes and scooters could replace nearly 50% of downtown vehicle trips

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Similar to Los Angeles’ Purple Line Extension, New York City has pursued rail expansion to address low transit accessibility via the 2 nd Avenue Subway Extension, with its first phase opening in 2017 and proposed second phase expansion to 125 th St. Leveraging big data to plan for micromobility services.

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How to make heavy-duty electric trucks work in practice

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Among its first announced customers, back in December 2017, was Pepsi, which reserved 100 of the trucks and plans to use them in the California regions of Modesto and Sacramento. The group’s final presentation lists 18 insights Volvo and its partners gained from the project.

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