After signing a state of emergency declaration for Massachusetts due to winter storm Nemo, the state’s Governor Deval Patrick issued an executive order banning motor vehicle travel throughout the state. The ban began at 4:00 pm EST on Friday (Feb. 8) and remains in effect until further notice.
Read More →WASHINGTON – NHTSA is giving $550,000 to the states of Connecticut and Massachusetts, $275,000 each, to train police officers to spot better texting drivers and to develop media efforts to warn the public of the dangers of texting while driving.
Read More →CAMBRIDGE, MA - In order to reduce the number of accidents at intersections, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have devised an algorithm that predicts when an oncoming car is likely to run a red light.
Read More →CAMBRIDGE, MA - A team of students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is busy testing a rapid-recharging system for electric vehicles, the MIT News Office reported.
Read More →CAMBRIDGE, MA - 24M Technologies has launched as a new venture focused on commercializing next-generation energy storage systems that use technology from lithium-ion battery developer A123 Systems and Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Read More →DEARBORN, MI --- Ford Motor Co. and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) are embarking on a plan to study driver workload and identify new opportunities to use in-vehicle technologies to improve driver safety by lowering stress.
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