The Contra Costa Transportation Authority has a small staff with a big reputation.

Emerging technologies, including autonomous vehicles, are transforming traditional infrastructure roles

News about events, projects and companies from across the Mountain States region.

As Google, Uber, Amazon and Tesla work to transform transportation, there’s an important task that should be taken up by civil engineers: better informing the public about the risks.

City dwellers are accustomed to taxicab stands on bustling street corners, but what will happen to those stands if taxis start to fly?

Although on-street testing immerses AVs into real-world mobility environments, ensuring their reliability requires creating and evaluating as many “what if” scenarios as possible for a variety of vehicles. 

Although several state DOTs are investing in AV research and pilot programs, Colorado’s RoadX program may be farther down the highway than most. 

Building infrastructure for autonomous vehicles can smooth down some of the rough edges of the technology, but the real work of navigation happens in the cars. 

Autonomous vehicles promise to revolutionize mobility, but they’ll need the right infrastructure to do it