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Mobility & Transportation

Insight into all things transportation and mobility, covering driverless vehicles, trends in public transportation, the rise of cycling, ride- and car-share, smart city developments, ITS, and more.

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‘Data for Road Safety’ Collaboration Launches in Europe
Several EU member states, vehicle manufacturers and service providers, have announced the start of a 12-month proof of concept designed to improve road safety by sharing data generated by vehicles and infrastructure between countries and manufacturers.
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Tesla vaunts creation of ‘the best chip in the world’ for self-driving
Tesla vaunts creation of ‘the best chip in the world’ for self-driving
At its “Autonomy Day” today, Tesla detailed the new custom chip that will be running the self-driving software in its vehicles. Elon Musk rather peremptorily called it “the best chip in the world…objectively.” That might be a stretch, but it certainly should get the job done.
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Bogotá, Colombia’s Ciclovía bans cars every Sunday, and people love it
Bogotá, Colombia’s Ciclovía bans cars every Sunday, and people love it
Spurred by environmental concerns, an experiment in Bogotá, Colombia, is spreading worldwide.
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Can High-Speed Rail Foes Stop a Texas Bullet Train?
Can High-Speed Rail Foes Stop a Texas Bullet Train?
A private company plans to break ground on a bullet train between Houston and Dallas in 2019. But opponents of the project have a new argument.
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Motus Ventures Launches Smart World Innovation Fund
Motus Ventures, a seed stage venture capital fund and business accelerator investing in early stage businesses is launching a Smart World Innovation Fund that is also targeting the transportation domain.
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GM Cruise raises $1.15B at a $19B valuation from SoftBank and Honda
GM Cruise has raised another $1.15 billion in new equity from a group of investors that includes T. Rowe Price Associates, Honda, SoftBank Vision Fund and its parent company GM, as the self-driving vehicle company pushes to launch a commercial autonomous ride-hailing service this year. 
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Tesla’s Deep Learning at Scale: Using Billions of Miles to Train Neural Networks
Tesla’s Deep Learning at Scale: Using Billions of Miles to Train Neural Networks
Tesla’s advantage in training data implies an advantage in object detection, prediction, and path planning/driving policy.
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Uber, Google, IBM, and others join Urban Computing Foundation to create tools for 'cities of tomorrow'
Uber, Google, IBM, and others join Urban Computing Foundation to create tools for 'cities of tomorrow'
The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit technology consortium that supports Linux’s growth, standardization, and commercial adoption, today announced a new industry-wide effort to create a common set of software required to “support the cities of tomorrow”: the Urban Computing Foundation.
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Waymo’s self-driving cars are now available on Lyft’s app in Phoenix
Waymo’s self-driving cars are now available on Lyft’s app in Phoenix
Lyft riders in the Phoenix area will soon be able to summon one of Waymo’s self-driving minivans for a ride, the companies said Tuesday. It’s the culmination of a partnership that was first announced almost two years ago exactly.
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A5: Germany is opening its first e-highway for trucks
A5: Germany is opening its first e-highway for trucks
Germany has on Tuesday opened its first e-highway, where hybrid trucks connect to overhead power lines while driving underneath.
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Bird is now selling its electric scooters directly to consumers
Bird is now selling its electric scooters directly to consumers
Bird, recognizing the growing possibility that people will want to own electric scooters rather than share them, is launching a new scooter model available for purchase: the Bird One.
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Ford’s Way to Finish Driverless Deliveries: Package-Carrying Robots
Ford’s Way to Finish Driverless Deliveries: Package-Carrying Robots
Autonomous vehicles will need a human-free way to get things to your doorstep.
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China’s Robocars Are Being Lapped By Their U.S. Competitors
China’s Robocars Are Being Lapped By Their U.S. Competitors
China currently ranks only 20th out of 25 countries in a KPMG index measuring their level of preparedness for autonomous vehicles. It could be a whole different story by 2030.
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Bike lanes need barriers, not just paint
Bike lanes need barriers, not just paint
Cities need to protect their cyclists as fast—and as safely—as possible.
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The Technological Culture of Ethical Transportation
The Technological Culture of Ethical Transportation
How can we move away from privately owned vehicles towards ethical transportation?
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Congestion Pricing Should Use Apps, Not Cameras
Congestion Pricing Should Use Apps, Not Cameras
The Technology That Could Transform Congestion Pricing: As cities like New York move ahead with plans to charge motorists to enter certain urban areas, we need to think about the best ways to manage road tolling.
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The California Legislature Is Getting Played by Micromobility Companies
The California Legislature Is Getting Played by Micromobility Companies
If the California legislature passes AB 1112, cities can’t require companies like Bird, Lime, and Jump to limit numbers, meet equity goals, or fully share data.
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Quadric.io raises $15M to build a plug-and-play supercomputer for autonomous systems
Quadric.io raises $15M to build a plug-and-play supercomputer for autonomous systems
Quadric.io, a startup founded by some of the folks behind the once-secretive bitcoin mining operation “21E6,” has raised $15 million in a Series A round that will fund the development of a supercomputer designed for autonomous systems.
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Citroen exec says autonomous driving and electrification will create design revolution
Citroen exec says autonomous driving and electrification will create design revolution
Pierre Leclercq has worked as a designer for Ford, BMW, Great Wall and Kia, before joining Citroen in November. Leclercq spoke with Automotive News Europe about his styling vision for the French automaker.
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Essential Stats For Justifying And Comparing Self-Driving Cars To Humans At The Wheel
Essential Stats For Justifying And Comparing Self-Driving Cars To Humans At The Wheel
This handy article provides in one convenient compilation many of the key stats used when justifying the advent of self-driving driverless autonomous cars, and offers explanatory insights about how to properly interpret and make use of the stats.
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Techstars Startup Digest Mobility & Transportation is curated by:
Sanathan Kassiedass Sanathan Kassiedass
sanathan.kassiedass@startupdigestmail.com
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