Bikes were a big winner in USDOT’s recent round of grant awards for the highly competitive Reconnecting Communities and Neighborhoods Program. By Martina Haggerty Senior Director of Local Innovation PeopleForBikes Editor’s note: This text was first published online by PeopleForBikes on April 4, 2024 and is shared in The Bike Lane with permission. The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) recently …
By Gopi C. Surnilla Business Development Consultant Valtech Detroit The technology landscape of vehicle safety has been evolving over many years. The initial safety solutions have been around the protection of the occupants in an accident. These solutions were designed for the ultimate condition that the accident does happen. Technologies such as seatbelts, airbags, vehicle crashworthiness, etc., are in this …
By Brock Aun Vice President, Communications & Public Policy HAAS Alert Among the many transformations unfolding in the automotive space today, autonomous vehicles have unquestionably captured the most public attention and reporting. From the proliferation of advanced driver assistance technologies like GM’s Super Cruise and Tesla’s Autopilot, to the arrival of driverless robotaxis and autonomous shuttles like Waymo, Cruise, and …
By Martina Haggerty, Senior Director of Local Innovation and Dave Snyder, Senior Director for Infrastructure PeopleForBikes Editor’s note: This text was first published online by PeopleForBikes on Feb. 23 and is shared in The Bike Lane with permission. PeopleForBikes works to empower businesses, suppliers, manufacturers, and retailers across the bike industry to help grow opportunities for more people to ride …
By Ken McLeod Policy Director League of American Bicyclists The Tesla Model Y is sold in the U.S. and Europe. It looks the same in both markets. It was the best-selling vehicle worldwide in 2023. If you’ve heard about Tesla’s active safety technologies, you’ve likely heard of “autopilot” or “full self-driving.” You may have heard that Tesla was prohibited from …
Podcast with John Quain Founder, Editor-in-Chief OntheRoadtoAutonomy.com Rolling into 2024, John Quain stops by to chat with host Jake Sigal about tech, trends, and services. John is the founder, Editor-in-Chief of OntheRoadtoAutonomy.com and has views on the rising popularity of subscription models as a funding path. His observations of the 2024 CES in Las Vegas has led him to opine …
By Roger C. Lanctot Director, Automotive Connected Mobility TechInsights The reports keep coming in from far and wide. Pedestrians – including cyclists – are dying in record numbers on roadways around the world and in the U.S. The figures are up for all times of the day, but particularly at night. Analysts have tried to parse the data to determine …
Podcast with Jocelyn Vande Velde and Kunal Kapoor Bosch eBike Systems NA Jocelyn Vande Velde, of Bosch eBike Systems, and Bosch’s Kunal Kapoor chat with host Jake Sigal about innovations in Bosch’s e-bike products and contemplate the company’s long-standing corporate philosophy, first stated by founder Robert Bosch in the late 19th century: “I have always acted according to the principle …
By Brian Cronin Director, Office of Safety and Operations Research and Development Federal Highway Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation In 2021, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) determined that there were 966 bicyclist fatalities and 41,615 injuries. NHTSA’s early estimates for 2022 show an 11% increase in pedalcyclist fatalities from 2021. The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is researching …
Podcast with Natalie Draisin Director, North American Office and United Nations Representative FIA Foundation FIA Director Natalie Draisin stops by The Bike Lane to chat with host Jake Sigal about Vulnerable Road User safety projects, toolkits, and discovering great safety implementations around the world that just plain work. She says the key is wise, well researched and well thought-out infrastructure …