WA, OR considering tolls for Interstate Bridge that will connect the two states
The Joint Washington State and Oregon Transportation Commissions met Tuesday in Vancouver, Wash., to discuss and adopt toll recommendations for the yet-to-be-built Interstate Bridge Replacement project that connects Washington and Oregon.
What’s next for Cedar Rapids, other cities with traffic cameras turned off?
Most of Iowa’s traffic cameras are turned off, and so is their revenue. The Iowa Department of Transportation this week, operating under guidelines put forth in a new state law, rejected most requests from cities and counties to operate fixed automated traffic enforcement cameras in their jurisdictions.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoes bill requiring speeding alerts in new cars
California Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill Saturday that would have required new cars to beep at drivers if they exceed the speed limit. In explaining his veto, Newsom said federal law already dictates vehicle safety standards and adding California-specific requirements would create a patchwork of regulations.
Congestion pricing lawsuits against Hochul allowed to proceed
A Manhattan judge has allowed two legal challenges against New York Gov. Kathy Hochul over her indefinite pause of the tolling program.
Cruise gets $1.5 million penalty for keeping pedestrian crash details from safety regulator
General Motors’ self-driving subsidiary Cruise must pay a $1.5 million penalty to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, after its initial reports to the safety regulator about last year’s pedestrian crash omitted that the company’s robotaxi dragged the woman 20 feet.