Hacker News with Generative AI: Transportation

Tesla Cybertruck seized after being unlawfully driven on UK roads (news.sky.com)
A Tesla Cybertruck has been seized after being unlawfully driven in Greater Manchester.

Tesla, Electric Vehicles, UK Laws, Transportation, Law Enforcement

6 points by belter 12 hours ago | 9 comments

Driving blind: NYC subways steered by 1930s tech, paper maps and a lot of hope (gothamist.com)

Transportation, Technology, Infrastructure

13 points by haltingproblem 1 day ago | 2 comments

Driving blind: NYC subways steered by 1930s tech, paper maps and a lot of hope (gothamist.com)

Transportation, Technology, History

3 points by _zie 2 days ago | 2 comments

Penn Station Can Handle the Load: New York Is Ready for Through-Running (etany.org)
The recently funded Gateway Program, which centers around building two new rail tunnels under the Hudson to connect New Jersey to Manhattan's Pennsylvania Station, will enable a massive increase in rail passenger traffic. To handle this growth, ETA has continually advocated for through-running trains from New Jersey to Queens and beyond.

Transportation, New York, Infrastructure, Rail

70 points by Ericson2314 2 days ago | 70 comments

Trump's DOT pick wants EV owners to pay to use roads (techcrunch.com)
Sean Duffy, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to head the U.S. Department of Transportation, thinks owners of electric vehicles should pay to use roads.

Politics, Transportation, Electric Vehicles

7 points by rntn 2 days ago | 22 comments

NYC Congestion Pricing: Early Days (thezvi.substack.com)
People have to pay $9 to enter Manhattan below 60th Street. What happened so far?

Transportation, Urban Planning, Economics

10 points by paulpauper 3 days ago | 1 comments

Two auto-braking systems can't see people in reflective garb: report (streetsblog.org)
Pedestrians are often advised to wear reflective strips on their clothing so that car drivers can see them, but a new report says that such safety precautions are useless in the eyes of some automatic braking systems.

Autonomous Vehicles, Safety, Technology, Transportation

59 points by Kye 3 days ago | 84 comments

Making an intersection unsafe for pedestrians to save seconds for drivers (collegetowns.substack.com)
How the redesign of a street in a walkable college town reflects our broader values for cars over people.

Urban Planning, Transportation, Pedestrian Safety, Road Design

308 points by raybb 4 days ago | 442 comments

Norway on track to be first to go all-electric (bbc.com)
Norway is the world leader when it comes to the take up of electric cars, which last year accounted for nine out of 10 new vehicles sold in the country. Can other nations learn from it?

Norway, Electric Vehicles, Sustainability, Transportation, Government Policy

53 points by zfg 4 days ago | 87 comments

43K fewer drivers on Manhattan roads after congestion pricing turned on (gothamist.com)

Transportation, Policy, Data

158 points by pseudolus 4 days ago | 205 comments

Subway Stories (subwaystories.nyc)

New York, Transportation, Stories, Creative Projects

70 points by gaws 5 days ago | 21 comments

Detrimental Decibels: A Study of Noise Levels in Vancouver's SkyTrain System (2022) (library.ubc.ca)

Noise Pollution, Transportation, Vancouver, Public Transportation, Research

42 points by luu 5 days ago | 21 comments

How to Build a Better Bike Lane, According to Transportation Officials (bloomberg.com)
Over the past decade, protected bike lanes have gone mainstream in US cities. A new traffic engineering guidebook invites them to think even bigger.

Transportation, Urban Planning, Cycling, Infrastructure, Safety

18 points by Amorymeltzer 7 days ago | 1 comments

In Connecticut, towing companies can sell impounded cars after 15 days (propublica.org)
Melissa Anderson was trying to wrestle her squirmy 2-year-old daughter into a winter coat in December 2021 when she heard the neighbors yelling outside, “She’s coming right now!”

Law, Connecticut, Transportation

9 points by bookofjoe 7 days ago | 0 comments

Man trapped inside driverless Waymo car as it spins in circles (bbc.co.uk)
Mike Johns boarded a driverless Waymo taxi to an airport in Scottsdale, Arizona, but it began spinning in circles in a parking lot.

Autonomous Vehicles, Technology, Accidents, Transportation

66 points by whyleyc 10 days ago | 87 comments

NYC Congestion Pricing Tracker (congestion-pricing-tracker.com)

Traffic, Data Visualization, Transportation

361 points by gotmedium 11 days ago | 616 comments

Can American Drivers Learn to Love Roundabouts? (bloomberg.com)
They save lives, reduce traffic delays and cut emissions. Still, communities often resist them. Can cities get drivers to turn the corner on circular intersections?

Traffic, Transportation, Engineering, Urban Planning, Public Safety

6 points by toomuchtodo 11 days ago | 17 comments

Federal U.S. grant pushes Pacific Northwest high-speed rail proposal forward (todayinbc.com)
Planning for an ambitious high-speed rail system in the American Pacific Northwest — with links to B.C. — will continue thanks to nearly $50 million in new U.S. federal funding.

Transportation, Infrastructure, Government Funding, Pacific Northwest

9 points by cf100clunk 11 days ago | 5 comments

Connecticut DMV Allows Tow Companies to Sell People's Cars (propublica.org)
A law intended to deal with abandoned vehicles is making it hard for low-income people to get their cars back after they’re towed. The consequences can extend far beyond the cost of the car.

Legal Issues, Government, Poverty, Transportation

18 points by OutOfHere 12 days ago | 3 comments

NYC Congestion Pricing Set to Take Effect After Years of Delays (bloomberg.com)
Congestion pricing will finally take effect on Sunday in New York City, though its long-term future still remains uncertain.

Traffic, Transportation, Policy, Economics

30 points by karma_daemon 13 days ago | 21 comments

Counterintuitive Effects of Minimum Prices (dynomight.net)
The Attorney General of Massachusetts recently announced that drivers for ride-sharing companies must be paid at least $32.50 per hour.

Economics, Minimum Wage, Labor, Transportation

9 points by dynm 14 days ago | 5 comments

Judge denies Uber's motion to block Seattle law regulating driver deactivation (geekwire.com)
A federal judge denied Uber’s effort to stop the enforcement of a new Seattle law that establishes labor standards for the driver deactivation process.

Legal Issues, Transportation, Seattle, Uber, Labor

8 points by rntn 15 days ago | 0 comments

New Japanese Maglev Bullet Train over 600 KPH (reddit.com)

Japan, Transportation, Trains, Technology, Speed

9 points by wslh 16 days ago | 0 comments

High speed "Avril" trains in Spain stop operating due to Y2K25 bug (rtve.es)
Renfe suspende la circulación de los trenes Talgo Avril por un fallo informático

Transportation, Software Bugs, Spain, Technology

5 points by asp1 17 days ago | 0 comments

How extreme car dependency is driving Americans to unhappiness (theguardian.com)
The United States, with its enormous highways, sprawling suburbs and neglected public transport systems, is one of the most car-dependent countries in the world. But this arrangement of obligatory driving is making many Americans actively unhappy, new research has found.

Transportation, Social Issues, United States, Happiness, Research

53 points by doener 17 days ago | 54 comments

Signalling chaos: Inside the Elizabeth line's two-day breakdown (ianvisits.co.uk)
Last month, the Elizabeth line suffered two days of problems when the signalling system broke down, and now a clearer timeline of what happened is emerging.

Transportation, London, Technology, Infrastructure

28 points by edward 17 days ago | 11 comments

Prepare to pay more if you drive to busiest part of Manhattan (apnews.com)
New York’s much-debated plan to charge drivers to enter the center of Manhattan is set to take effect Sunday, following years of bureaucratic and legal roadblocks.

Transportation, Policy, Congestion Pricing

12 points by geox 17 days ago | 2 comments

We've not been trained for this: life after the Newag DRM disclosure [video] (media.ccc.de)
You've probably already heard the story: we got contracted to analyze a bunch of trains breaking down after being serviced by independent workshops. We reverse engineered them and found code which simulated failures when they detected servicing attempts. We presented our findings at 37C3… and then shit hit the fan.

Software, Security, Technology, Transportation, Hacking

410 points by doener 20 days ago | 68 comments

Lots of driving is proof we have a healthy economy: Misuse of VMT and GDP charts (urbanismspeakeasy.com)
Motordom's defenders will frequently overlay vehicle miles traveled (VMT) and gross domestic product (GDP) as if the story must be "more driving equals more prosperity."

Economics, Transportation, Urbanism, Statistics

7 points by rntn 20 days ago | 0 comments

Where can you go in Europe by train in 8h? (chronotrains.com)
This map shows you how far you can travel from each station in Europe in less than 8 hours.

Europe, Train Travel, Mapping, Transportation

648 points by vortex_ape 21 days ago | 412 comments