- Bay Area Toll Bridge Bike Lane Use Exceeds BATA Expectations
- FCC Endorses New V2V and V2X Networking Technology
- These are just some of the toll industry developments TRN is following.
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Bay Area Toll Bridge Bike Lane Use Exceeds BATA Expectations
Richmond Confidential reports, “Figures for just the first two weeks’ ridership of the three-week-old bike and pedestrian path across the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge indicate the path is most popular on weekends. It attracted some 950 daily riders the first week, and around 325 daily riders the second week, for an average of 660 daily bike trips from both the Richmond and San Rafael sides. Chris Lillie, project manager at Bay Area Toll Authority (BATA), said that overall reaction from bikers has been immensely positive. ‘The estimated 10,000 cyclists who used the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge in the first two weeks certainly exceeded my expectations,’ he said in a phone interview. However, he added, ‘I expect to see much lower usage through the rainy winter months.’”
Bay Area Toll Authority (San Francisco) (BATA) Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) San Francisco Bay Area (CA)FCC Endorses New V2V and V2X Networking Technology
CNET reports, “The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday [December 12] endorsed new networking technology called C-V2X [cellular vehicle-to-everything], which links cars to each other and to traffic signals.” The article notes that the unanimous decision stirred some controversy because the commission decided to free up part of the same frequency spectrum for unlicensed use, which some automakers and experts see as a safety risk. If the FCC’s action gets final approval, C-V2X would replace the existing DSRC Service that “for the last two decades has had exclusive rights to use the 5.9GHz band.”
Intelligent Transportation Systems Self-Driving Vehicles V2X and V2V TechnologyThese are just some of the toll industry developments TRN is following.
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