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Uber are to resume testing their self-driving cars in Arizona after seeking permission from authorities to restart the program.

Billionaire Elon Musk has unveiled a 1.14 mile (1.8 kilometer) sample tunnel that he hopes will solve the problem of traffic congestion in California.

Google have announced they are partnering with bike rental company Lime.

BlackBerry has launched a security credential management system (SCMS) that will provide a mechanism for vehicles, infrastructure and traffic management centres to exchange information using digital certificates. It is based on BlackBerry’s own Certicom technology and offers a secure and reliable hosted public key infrastructure (PKI), managing certificates on behalf of an organisation or an entire ecosystem.

Commuters in LA will now have increased flexibility in how they choose to pay for travel, thanks to the new TAPforce smart card system.