Transportation
How are cities changing the use and purpose of local roads in a COVID state?
Examples of local programs:
Governing | Cities Open Streets and Redefine Their Purpose and Focus
Where: California
The regulatory entity: California Air Resources Control Board
When do the new rules being? Phase in begins in 2024, with full implementation in 2035 which will require most new trucks in California to be zero-emission
Which trucking vehicles fall under the new rules?
States in line to adopt similar rules:
The numbers:
San Francisco Chronicle via Governing | California Enacts Nation’s First Electric Truck Requirements
What’s the name of the new, and only, U.S. based EV dealership network? Jolta
What types of EVs will be in the dealership umbrella? e-cars, e-bikes, e-scooters, e-motorcycles
What other features will Jolta dealerships include?
Why did Jolta form? To offer proper retail representation for EVs
Jolta LLC | Jolta, The World’s First EV Dealership Network, Will Launch In Miami This Fall
Who is involved with the Global EV Technology Competition? Kia, Hyundai, LG Chem, & New Energy Nexus
What is the Competition looking to reward? 10 startups creating electric-vehicle and battery technologies like battery construction and management, charging, business models, and EV components
Deadline to apply for the competition: August 28
Car & Driver | Kia, Hyundai, and LG Chem Launch Global EV Technology Competition
Who is adding EV chargers to its map feature? Apple
Will the mapping feature take into account range anxiety? Yes, by taking into account your current charge, elevation, and whether to automatically add charging stops along their route
Tech Crunch | Apple Maps gets electric vehicle routing to find EV chargers
The stakeholders: NHTSA, Beep, Cruise, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, Local Motors, Navya, Nuro, Toyota, Uber & Waymo.
The goal of the initiative: Create a formal platform for federal, state and local government to coordinate and share standardized information
Transport Topics | Democratic Senators Raise Cybersecurity Concerns About Autonomous Vehicles
U.S. Department of Transportation | Ensuring American Leadership in Automated Vehicle Technologies
NHTSA | (AV TEST) Initiative
We know the cost estimates continue to rise, besides COVID, what else happened this year to impact California’s high speed rail project? The California Assembly adopted a resolution to delay the contract.
What happened this week? The Board of the High Speed Rail Authority, for the first time, did not approve the 2020 business plan
The cost estimate for the California High Speed Rail system? $80 billion
What did the Chair of the Assembly Transportation Committee say?
Which COVID funds is Texas Central Rail seeking? Infrastructure stimulus funding via the Department of Transportation
What does the financing of this high speed rail look like post-COVID?
Total estimated cost: $30 billion
PJ Media | Texas’ ‘Privately Funded’ Bullet Train Project Seeks Taxpayer Dollars
KTRH | Losing Steam: Texas Bullet Train Project Seeks Federal Help
The State: Connecticut
What incentives is Connecticut considering for e-bikes?
What other state has e-bike incentives? Vermont
How does Vermont’s e-bike incentives work?
Have other e-bike incentives opened up in Vermont? Yes, Green Mountain Energy offers a $300 incentive for e-bike purchasing
Do other e-bike incentive program exist? yes, at Austin Energy in Austin, TX & a program in California
Energy News | In New England, declining car sales prompt call for electric bike rebates
Where: Seattle, Washington
How will hazard pay work?
What are the reasons for hazard pay?
Quartz | Hazard pay for gig workers is a choice—but in Seattle it’s about to become law
Which ride share company? Lyft
When will Lyft hit 100% Electric Vehicles? 2030
Who is Lyft partnering with to make 100% EV happen?
What is the Lyft President and Co-Founder saying?
What are watchers saying? The move comes at a time when research data shows ride share rides have a greater impact on the environment than other forms of transportation
The Verge | Lyft vows ‘100 percent’ of its vehicles will be electric by 2030
The State: New Jersey
What is a Turbine Port? New Jersey’s turbine port will be the 1st U.S. port dedicated to constructing the colossal turbines
What are the economic numbers behind the turbine port?
The State: Florida
How did Florida Legislature build EV Charging Infrastructure into its Essential State Infrastructure bill?
Fresh take Florida via Governing | New Law Would Develop EV Charging Network in Florida
The question answered by the Texas Attorney General Opinion: Whether over-the-road buses traveling on interstate highways in Texas are subject to the tandem axle weight limitations established in Transportation Code ?
The answer: Yes they are subject to the tandem axle weight limitations . We don’t care if there is a federal exemption & the feds aren’t stopping us.
Which company: Alto
What is Alto? A Dallas based personalized ride share company that manages its own fleet of 65 vehicles
How did Alto adapt more quickly? By owning its own fleet, it quickly installed plexiglass shields, ensures sanitizing of its vehicles, and installs a security camera in each vehicle. + Alto did a quick conversion into a delivery service out of pure necessity.
How is Alto adapting to an economy that exalts companies that do right by their employees? Alto provides a salary, benefits, and sick leave to its approximately 130 drivers. Alto also provides masks, gloves, sanitation training, & temperature checks before each shift.
When will Alto expand? By August/September 2020 expansion to Houston & expansion to California by end of 2020.
Dallas Morning News | Unlike Lyft and Uber, Dallas-based Alto was built for a global pandemic
Port Technology | Port Houston purchases electric vehicles in eco-friendly initiative
Yes, Sterling County may call a bond election to cover the cost of improvement of Sterling municipal roads if:
This question has been subject of court opinions for decades, so what statutory authority is relied upon? Texas Constitution article III, section 52(b) or (c)
How will public transportation in Philadelphia be different after COVID?
What other options may be forth coming:
Philadelphia Inquirer via Governing | Philadelphia Transit Will Look Different Post-Coronavirus
Where: Wyoming
What tweaks to a miles driven vehicle fee are being considered?
Landline | Wyoming transportation panel looks at road use charge
Who: Tesla
What: Tesla’s last earnings call included information about its move to subscription pricing for its full self-driving package
What are financial analysts saying? Tesla is the only company that is ” fully monetizing its autonomous driving assets at scale“
The concern for financial analysts: REGULATION of the transportation subscription service
Electric | Tesla going into software subscription service could become big business
Where: Georgia
What does Georgia want to replace the sales tax on ride share with? A flat 50 cent per ride fee
The legislation: HB 105 (2020 | GA) (Article 8)
How did ride share start paying sales tax in Georgia? Via a market place facilitator bill. Making the 8.9% tax on ride shares in Atlanta, Georgia one of the highest in the U.S.
Would ride share fee revenue be dedicated? Yes, the fee revenue would be dedicated to public transportation funding
Where: Lousiana
What: SB 418 (2020 | LA)
How does Lousiana’s SB 418 offer tort reform and lower auto insurance rates?
The reduction in insurance rates that is estimated after 1 year? 10%
Insurance Journal | Louisiana Legislature Passes Auto Accident ‘Tort Reform’ Bill
Car & Driver compared EV and gas models of 2 vehicles.
The annual gasoline cost:
The annual EV charging cost:
Based on these 2 car models, annual cost is lower for gas models before tax credits are considered.
How can rail benefit from COVID Relief funding?
Freight Waves | Rail industry groups eye pandemic relief/capital investment funding
Where: New Jersey
Who is behind the electrification push? New Jersey Clean Cities Coalition
What are 6 examples of New Jersey’s investments into electrification:
ACT News | New Jersey Makes Significant Commitments to Transportation Electrification
Where: Cincinnati
How will its public transportation system get a funding boost?
What public transportation gaps does Cincinnati look to fill?
The COVID Angle: Need to connect frontline and essential workers to accessible and reliable public transportation
Smart Cities | Cincinnati voters raise sales tax to fund public transit
Who: Mercedes Benz
What will be covered under the insurance policy:
Electrek | Mercedes-Benz introduces EV insurance coverage to include charging stations
Where: Chicago
What are the new rules for food delivery in Chicago?
Why? Consumers want to maximize how much goes to the local restaurant over the delivery service
Other considerations by Chicago Council? Capping delivery fees like San Francisco did by Emergency Order
Crain’s Chicago Business | City has new rules on food delivery apps
Where: California
What stage is California in for AV delivery? Pilot Program + California Public Utility Commission Order for Comments
Which issues are percolating?
Who is submitting comments?
CPUC | ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE’S RULING ORDERING PARTIES TO COMMENT ON QUESTIONS REGARDING THE COMMISSION’S REGULATION OF AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES
StreetsBlogCAL | California Readying Rules for Automated Vehicle Ride-Hailing
What changes are coming to airports in the new, COVID normal?
Los Angeles Times via Governing | Airport Tech Will Now Screen for Coronavirus Symptoms
2Ways scooter companies are seeing growth in the new, COVID world:
San Antonio Express News via Governing | Scooter Companies Lose Momentum During Coronavirus
Where: San Antonio, Texas
How did scooter ride numbers differ after COVID?
COVID opportunities for scooters?
San Antonio Express News via Governing | Scooter Companies Lose Momentum During Coronavirus
Where: Seattle
How many miles of street are being closed to public traffic? 20 miles
What’s the name of the project? Stay Healthy Streets
Why is Seattle closing streets in response to COVID?
Who can continue to use the “closed” streets?
Seattle Times | Seattle Will Keep Some Streets Closed Even After Coronavirus
What smart city project? Toronto’s proposed sustainable community, Quayside project, a bid won by Sidewalk Labs, an Alphabet Company
What smart city transportation features would the project include?
The laundry list of contract issues:
Government Technology | Alphabet Calls It Quits on Toronto’s Smart Future
Wired | Alphabet’s Sidewalk Labs Scraps Its Ambitious Toronto Project
Where: France
What: France has added conditions to AirFrance’s COVID relief funds
What limits are being placed on AirFrance’s COVID funds?
Why?
What’s the big picture: Other jurisdictions have COVID relief funds to allocate and conditionally allocate
International Railway Journal | Air France ordered to curb competition with rail in France
Who is Moovit? a startup applying AI + big data analytics to track traffic and offer transit recommendations
Who is buying Moovit? Intel “at a price believed to be in the region of $1 billion.”
What are the implications for autonomous vehicles? reliable, real-time traffic data and intelligent routing is a challenging & crucial element of AVs
What’s the big picture? This is building on Intel’s autonomous vehicle work
Who: Uber
Who will be required to use masks/face coverings: Riders and Drivers
How will it be implemented? Technology will detect if drivers are wearing masks/face coverings before the driver goes online & starts accepting trips
How are masks currently being provided to drivers? By the company when drivers are providing rides to essential workers
What are other ride share companies, and Uber, also considering?
CNN | Uber will soon require drivers and riders to wear face coverings in the US
Who: Kuka Robotics, an Apple patent, and others
What: peer-to-peer EV charging while driving via telescopic charging booms
The data from testing:
Electrek | Peer-to-peer highway EV charging would use telescoping cables between moving cars
5 Ways COVID has impacted EV battery manufacturing:
Electrek | Pandemic threatens EV battery supply, giving power to South Korean battery-makers
Who: SkyCell
What does SkyCell do? builds hardware and operates a logistics network designed to transport pharmaceuticals
How does this transportation differ?
TechCrunch | SkyCell raises $62M for smart containers and analytics to transport pharmaceuticals
The State: New Jersey
Which agencies came together to fund state electrification?
Funding Source: VW Settlement Funds
How will funding be allocated?
Cole Schotz | New Jersey Firms Up Funding For Electrification Of Transportation Sector
Where: Los Angeles
Who is getting free COVID testing in LA? Essential Workers
How has LA defined essential/critical workers?
Last | LA Expands Free Coronavirus Testing To Taxi, Public Transit And Rideshare Drivers
What new regulatory requirements are coming up for ride share? Sanitizing
What businesses are trending: sanitization methods for shared autos technologies are varied from UV light cleaning to utilizing the car’s HVAC system
Just Auto | COVID-10 will force rethink of shared vehicle hygiene
Where: Wisconsin
What transportation funding mechanism has been hit hardest? The gas tax with revenue estimated decline of $100 million
Add COVID to this list of limitations on a gas tax for a reliable revenue source:
Where: EU
Who: Honda Europe
How does Honda Europe propose to recycle EV batteries?
Other companies that have announced EV reuse and recycling programs? Volkswagen and Nissan
Auto Blog | Honda Europe reveals how it will recycle EV and hybrid batteries
Who is using blockchain to support the EV supply chain? BMW & Tesla
How does blockchain support the EV supply chain?
Forbes | How Tesla And BMW Are Leading A Supply Chain Renaissance With Blockchain
Where: California
Who: Contra Costa, Calif., Transportation Authority
What: Moved nighttime construction to daytime as traffic decreased during COVID isolation
What are the benefits to daytime construction:
Governing | Special Districts Adjust to New Realities During the Crisis
Which state regulator: California Insurance Commissioner
The California Insurance Commissioner Order: Bulletin 2020-3
Why cut car insurance rates?
Are other insurance lines also having rates cut in the order? Yes:
What information will carriers need to report to the regulator?
What: Dozens to Texas lawmakers wrote a letter to the U.S. Department of Transportation asking that Texas Central Rail stop moving forward
What reasons did the lawmakers give?
Sacramento, CA:
Los Angeles, CA:
Berkeley, CA:
Why use public right of way?
Government Technology | California Cities Install EV Chargers as Symbol of Future
Where are cameras being used to measure social distancing:
Who made this pivot? A Michigan based startup, Voxel51
How is this possible? Street cams are public, which allows the data to be pulled
Are people being identified? NO
The future regulatory/legislative issue: Will public street cameras permit the data to be used for other purposes? Will governments use that data? Could governments ticket if social distancing isn’t followed?
Governing | Company Uses Public Street Cams to Measure Social Distancing
Where: Miami Dade
How is Miami paying ride share when it stopped overnight public transportation?
Where: Utah
How did Utah increase out of state boating fees? a $20 fee for non-Utah resident boaters who launch watercraft in any of the state’s bodies of water
What does the fee increase support? eradication of aquatic invasive species
Is there an economic cost of aquatic invasive species? Yes, Idaho in 2009 estimated:
KSL | New out-of-state boating fees and 10 other signed bills related to Utah’s outdoors
Who: BLINK
What is the charging capacity of the mobile charger?
Yahoo Finance | Blink Charging Unveils First to Market Portable Emergency Electric Vehicle Charger
Pre-COVID daily passenger average: 2.2 million
Passenger averages after COVID: 108, 310
In California, signatures are being submitted for a ballot measure to defeat AB 5 that defined gig economy workers as employees and not independent contractors.
Supporters of the Ballot initiative: Protect App-Based Drivers & Services, funded by Uber, Lyft and DoorDash
Supporter messaging with COVID:
“The recent pandemic has highlighted just how important app-based services and drivers are – delivering food, medicine and supplies to those who are stuck at home, driving seniors and others to medical appointments, and helping workers who perform essential services get to their jobs,”
Sacramento Bee | ANTI-AB 5 BALLOT MEASURE SIGNATURES GET TURNED IN
A potential Post-COVID market for scooter rental companies is scooter sales as consumers may seek to avoid germs by buying scooters in lieu of renting scooters.
Bird & Lime: Layoffs, cost cutting
Wheels: Launched self cleaning handle bars & brake levers on their e-bikes
How does an e-bike self clean? By utilizing light that uses mineral nano-crystals to create an oxidation reaction that is stronger than bleach
Revel: Free rentals for healthcare workers in New York
Tech Crunch | The Station: Bird and Lime layoffs, pivots in a COVID-19 era and a $2.2 trillion deal
The pivot for auto manufacturers: manufacturing ventilators
How are auto manufacturers pivoting?
Tech Crunch | Ford, GM, Tesla given the ‘go ahead’ to produce ventilators, Trump says
Where: Missouri
How far as the legislation moved? Through the Missouri House
What will HB 1963 (2020 | MO) do?
The catalyst for the HB 1963? Missouri is in the top 10 of Virgin Hyperloop’s list of places it’s looking to build a 15-mile hyper loop test track
Missourinet | Missouri House passes bill aimed at transporting people in tubes
Who: Drive Electric
What is the Try Before You Buy program for EVs? In the UK, it allows businesses and public sector organisations to try an EV car or Truck for 30 days
Is the program limited to 1 manufacturer? No, it includes Hyundai Kona, the Kia E-Niro, Renault Kangoo and Nissan e-NV200.
Electrive | DriveElectric tests ‘try before you buy’ EV scheme
Who: The City of New York’s Taxi & Limousine Commission & out of work delivery drivers
What are they delivering? Meals as food pantries shutter
Additional State funding eyed? yes, an additional $25 million in emergency funding for food
Politico | As food pantries shutter, city partners with out-of-work drivers for home-delivered meals
Who: Congress
What: House Administration took action to move toward funding commuting costs, including for staff to take Uber and Lyft rides to and from work, citing risks associated with the spread of coronavirus.
Roll Call | House funds allowed for Uber and Lyft as virus spurs transit cuts
Who is taking an opinion on this? The Tax Foundation
What does the Tax Foundation think about applying rental car tax structures to peer to peer car sharing platforms? Nope, not the way to go
What tax structure should be applied to peer to peer car sharing? ” policymakers should consider ways for localities to replace the revenue they rely on from rental car excise taxes.” (the rental car tax unfairly burdens out of state visitors)
What did the Georgia State Legislature do to tax peer to peer car sharing? HB 378 (2020 | GA) applies the municipal rental car excise tax to peer to peer car sharing apps
Where: San Francisco
What’s the exception for gig economy workers ? Groceries and pharmacies are still open and delivering goods is within the exception to the shelter in place order
Is this triggering another policy issue? Yes, the enforcement and full enactment of AB 5 which classifies gig economy workers as employees
Gig Workers Rising | California Policymakers Must Protect Gig Workers During Coronavirus Health Crisis
Tech Crunch | San Francisco’s shelter-in-place order does not apply to gig workers
What COVID 19 measures has Uber taken?
Tech Crunch | Uber and Lyft suspend shared ride options to limit coronavirus spread
Who is asking for the TX Attorney General to answer a question? State Representative Tracy King
What is the question to be answered? Does TX DMV have authority to register and title three-wheeled, low speed, electric vehicles are eligible for registration and titling by DMV, so that businesses, consumers and tourism interests may utilize these vehicles?
What’s been happening in other states? Other states have relied on Federal Register definition of motorcycle to register and title 3 wheel vehicles as motorcycles.
Who is the stereotypical EV owner out there in the ethos?
What the numbers are saying:
2 Ways fintech and the auto industry intersect:
Fismes | Fintech-Powered Innovation In The Automotive Industry- The Latest Trends
Where? Kentucky
Who is in the coalition supporting a gas tax increase? The Kentucky Infrastructure Coalition
The legislation: HB 580 (2020 | KY)
The tax increase:
Where are we seeing EV battery recycling ? Finland
Which minerals will be extracted for recycling? chiefly nickel and cobalt
How did the EV recycling begin? A letter of intent from 3 businesses
Automotive Logistics | EV battery recycling base planned for Finland
What’s the rational for ride share contributing more to pollution?
Solutions:
Los Angeles Times via Governing | California Says Ride-Hailing Pollutes More than Regular Trip
Who: Go360
What: Go360 provides a subscription based new EV ride-share service
Cost: $250 a month for family & friends can take up to 124 rides/month, up to four rides per day
Sacramento Bee via Governing | Sacramentans Can Soon Have EV Chauffeurs for $250 a Month
Georgia’s HB 105 (2020 | GA) an omnibus tax bill, includes applying the state sales tax, 7% , to ride share.
Why? Equal and Uniform taxation. Taxis and limousines and long been paying sales tax for their services.
The revenue estimate from the sales tax on ride share in year 1? $24 million to $45 million
Fox 5 Atlanta | Georgia Senate panel eyes 50-cent tax on ride hailing, taxis
Where: Utah
What’s happening with personalized license plates in Utah? A brouhaha over a license plate that read: Deport Them.
How will the bill regulate personalized license plates? Prohibit license plates that disparage anyone based on race, color, national origin, religion, age, gender, sexual orientation, citizenship status or a physical or mental disability.
AP | Utah Legislature passes bill to tighten license plate rules
Excepting auto manufacturers with existing franchised dealers.
The legislation: SB20-167 (2020 | CO)
Automotive News | Auto Dealers Win Pivotal Change to COLO EV Bill
Where: Missouri
What? HB 2290(2020 | MO)
What regulatory parameters does Missouri want for delivery robots?
Other states that have adopted robot delivery legislation: Washington, Idaho, & Wisconsin
St. Louis Dispatch via Governing | Missouri Bill Would Regulate but Allow Delivery Robots
Which state has disclosed autonomous vehicle data? California
Where can I find the data? California DMV
Big Picture for the 2019 data:
Tech Crunch | California’s Self Driving Car Reports are Public
Consumer groups are pushing for data from autonomous vehicles be stored to the vehicle’s black box, and not sent separately to the manufacturer.
Why the push for auto pilot data on a car’s black box? So that causes of accidents can be more readily be known.
What other regulatory push for more autopilot information? Require accident reports to include information concerning auto pilot or autonomous features
Los Angeles Times via Governing | The Case for Black Boxes for Computerized Cars that Crash
Where: Colorado
The auto manufacturers: Tesla and Rivian
Their coalition: Alliance for Automotive Innovation
What did Senate floor amendments focus on? Securing existing franchise agreements
WJR | EV Direct Sales Fight Mounting
Automotive News | Colorado EV bill sparks rift among alliance members
What does the Electric Interstate Highway Standards Association say are reasons to support EV charing roadways?
How far in the future are fully wired roads in the US?
20 years down the road.
Courthouse News | Planners Envision an Electric Highway Future
Refreshing our recollection:
Where have EV Charging roads been installed? Stockholm Sweden
What does the partnership look like to develop the road?
How long of a stretch of road has EV charging? 2 kilometers
How does it work?
Clean Technica | 2 Kilometers of Electrified Road in Sweden — A Pilot for EV-Charging Roads
Where: Colorado
The bipartisan legislation, SB 167 (2020 | CO) , would:
What are autodealers saying?
What are supporters saying?
Automotive News | EV bill stirs direct-sales fear for dealers
Pew Charitable Trust recommendation to lessen the revenue hit from AV: Shift new taxes or fees to road use or vehicle miles traveled
The State: Connecticut
What is the background?
Why the 180 by CT Motor Vehicles? the dealer license law does not prevent Tesla from operating a leasing facility
Government Technology | Tesla Drops Vehicles Sales Lawsuit Against Connecticut
New Haven Register | Connecticut Concedes, Allows Tesla to Lease in State
2020 numbers for the Los Angeles to San Francisco High Speed Rail:
What are legislators trying to do to the project? Move funds to local commuter projects
Los Angeles Times | California Train Price ‘Bullets’ Up Another $1.3 Billion
Where: Los Angeles
What are the specifications for the EV fire truck?
The cost: Same as an aerial ladder fire truck for the $1.2 million on the Rosenbauer Concept Fire Truck, or CFT
LA Times via Governing | L.A. Invests in Electric Hybrid Fire Engine, First in Nation
Where: Arizona
What: HB 2817 (2020 | AZ)
Are there other limits on local fees on ride share in Arizona? Yes, a constitutional prohibition that AZ Attorney General says presents Phoenix from imposing a airport surcharge on ride share
AP via NPR | Lawmaker Wants New Uber And Lyft Fees Banned At Sky Harbor
What 3 elements moved Texas away from being a P3 tolling trailblazer?
Where did P3 investments move? to social infrastructure like buildings and university projects
Transport Topics | Texas No Longer a Trailblazer for P3 Tolling
The state: California
The economic benefits by 2030 to California for EV adoption:
Governing | Will EV Adoption Become California’s Next Economic Engine?
What entity approved self driving delivery vehicles? National Transportation Safety Board
What company received the first approval for a self-driving vehicle exemption? Nuro Inc., a robotics company based in Mountain View, Calif.
How many autonomous delivery trucks were approved? 5000
What do I need to know about the autonomous vehicles?
The Detroit News | Governing | Self-Driving Delivery Vehicle Receives OK for U.S. Streets
Who is proposing an environmental fee for ride share? The Transportation and Climate Initiative, a 12-state pact of New England and Mid-Atlantic states
What is the fee proposal? 17 cents per gallon of gas to fund public transportation
Would the fee hit all drivers and not just ride share? Yes.
What are opposition arguments?
New Boston Post | Climate-Change Carbon-Emissions Fuel ‘Fee’ Would Whack Uber and Lyft Drivers
Who developed a model act for peer to peer car sharing? National Conference of Insurance Legislators
What does the model act cover?
What is NOT covered in the model act?
Who: UPS
What:
Is there competition out there? Yes, 4 months ago Amazon added 100,000 electric vans from Rivian, a Michigan startup
Reuters | UPS buying 10,000 electric delivery vans, will test Waymo self-driving vehicles next month
Who is behind the studies about future EV charging station needs?
What do the numbers look like?
Governing | Lack of Electric Vehicle Charging Stations a Growing Concern
Where: Georgia
What: SB 159 (2020 | GA)
How:
What did Republican supporters say?
Was it a surprise? yes, the bill that moved last session was a bill that preempted local regulation of scooters.
Route Fifty | Leaving Scooter Regulation to Local Government
WABE | Georgia Senators Are Moving Toward A Hands-Off Approach On Scooter Rules
Where: Vermont
What: HB 866 (2020 | VT)
Is there anywhere on the globe that allows emoji license plates? Yes, a state in Australia
How would this work? The emoji(s) is/are in addition to whatever combination of letters and numbers the state’s Commissioner of Motor Vehicles assigns to a car or a driver picks for themselves
Engadget | A Vermont bill would bring emoji license plates to the US
Where: Massachusetts
What: A 20 cent fee split between the state and cities is used to support sustainable projects like:
Current legislation proposes to increase the 20 cent fee to $1.
Streets Blog | Fees On Uber and Lyft Accelerate Local Sustainable Transport Projects
The partnership: Corporate Electric Vehicle Alliance
Who is participating? Amazon, AT&T, Ikea, DHL, Siemens, Lime & the nonprofit Ceres
Why join forces?
Win-Win.
Morning Brew | Amazon, Ikea, and More Form Corporate EV Alliance
Where: Florida
What: SB 1352 (2020 | FL)
How does Florida’s SB 1352 regulate advertising in ride share?
Who is behind the legisaltion? Firefly, a company that makes and sells the advertising billboards for vehicles
Flapol | Digital advertising could be coming to an Uber near you
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