transportation
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February 5, 2018
Campus briefs
News from around the university.
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January 31, 2018
North Campus is first test site for hybrid transportation system
A first-of-its-kind, on-demand transportation system is being piloted at U-M as the RITMO Transit urban mobility system begins a limited test deployment on North Campus.
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November 13, 2017
Comparing emissions worldwide from gas, battery-powered vehicles
Gasoline vehicles would produce lower emissions than the average battery-electric vehicle only if their fuel economy was higher than 51.5 mpg worldwide, U-M researchers say.
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October 23, 2017
Detroit Connector to increase bus service’s time and scope
The Detroit Connector, a U-M bus service connecting the Ann Arbor campus to Detroit, will provide service seven days a week, starting Oct. 30, to faculty, staff, students and, for the first time, the general public.
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July 24, 2017
U-M invests $600,000 in advanced transportation technologies
Seven technologies demonstrating high potential to help solve transportation issues will receive $600,000 from a U-M program to continue their advancement into the commercial market.
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May 23, 2017
New way to test self-driving cars could cut most validation costs
Mobility researchers at U-M have devised a new way to test autonomous vehicles that bypasses the billions of miles otherwise needed to consider the vehicles road-ready.
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April 6, 2017
Survey explores why drivers don’t heed vehicle safety recalls
A new national survey from the U-M Transportation Research Institute explores why many consumers don’t heed vehicle safety recalls and what steps might boost compliance.
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January 6, 2017
SafeRide pilots new hours and unveils mobile application
SafeRide, a free transportation service available to all U-M faculty, staff and students, recently launched a mobile application and began piloting extended hours of operation.
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December 13, 2016
U-M leads new Center for Connected and Automated Transportation
A new $2.47 million center led by U-M and funded by the U.S. Department of Transportation will explore the full picture of how communities can best transition to connected and automated vehicles.
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October 31, 2016
University may begin testing new kind of on-demand transit system
Passengers could be trying out a new urban mobility system — using high-frequency buses and on-demand shared shuttles — on North Campus as soon as summer 2017.