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The competition, now in its fifth year, invites ‘disruptors and innovators’ to step forward with bold concepts to reduce the carbon footprint of the

The United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) awarded the Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT) $2 million through the Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation (SMART) grant program. This grant will fund a pilot program to develop a digital inventory of curb assets and regulations in the Downtown Los Angeles (DTLA)...

The federal government awarded Sound Transit and Seattle's Department of Transportation (SDOT) $2 million each in grant funds.

More than 380 loading zones in Oakland will be turned into smart zones, allowing for commercial fleets — like parcel and other deliveries — to seamlessly park and pay by the minute.

This year has been a challenging one for Boston’s transportation system, which has seen the long-awaited and much-delayed Green Line expansion, a month-long Orange Line closure, and a cutting federal safety report that cataloged the MBTA’s shortcomings.  But the city is also at the helm of the nation’s growing push for fare-free public transit. In March, newly-elected Mayor Michelle Wu – long a proponent of fare-free transit – announced that three of the city&r...

Boston’s Chief of Streets walks us through the ins and outs of Boston’s experiments with zero-fare public transportation.

The groups will receive a one-off addition to the Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Volunteering Award

Socio-economic background is having the strongest negative effect on employee promotions, according to research from KPMG.

As cars become computers, more bandwidth becomes vital.

KPMG class research: socio-economic background will have a greater impact on career progression than any other diversity characteristic.