University of Michigan researchers want to triple the number of so-called talking cars involved in an experiment they and government officials hope will lead to safer roads. Nearly 3,000 wirelessly connected cars, buses, trucks and motorcycles already are operating in …
University of Michigan officials have green-lighted a $6.5 million track for testing automated vehicles. The Ann Arbor News reports the Board of Regents on Friday approved the proposed 30-acre track. It will be located on the Ann Arbor university’s North …
The University of Michigan has received a $1.4 million federal grant to open a center to promote better transportation safety. The Ann Arbor school said Tuesday that the grant to its Transportation Research Institute comes from the U.S. Department of …
In events that could exacerbate sea level rise over the coming decades, stretches of ice on the coasts of Antarctica and Greenland are at risk of rapidly cracking apart and falling into the ocean, according to new iceberg calving simulations …
Women have passed men on the nation’s roads. More women than men now have driver’s licenses, a reversal of a longtime gender gap behind the wheel that transportation researchers say is likely to have safety and economic implications. If current …