Greg Rogers
- Founder and Executive Director, Innovation Majority
East Coast United States, Washington, D.C.
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Is Fortran easier to optimize than C for heavy calculations?
From time to time I read that Fortran is or can be faster then C for heavy calculations. Is that really true? I must admit that I hardly know Fortran, but the Fortran code I have seen so far did not show that the language has features that C doesn't have. If it is true, please tell me why. Please don't tell me what languages or libs are good for number crunching, I don't intend to write an app or lib to do that, I'm just curious. asked Sep 28, 2008 at 16:02 The languages have similar feature-sets.
Treat the cause, not the symptom
As Colorado considers improvements to its oil and gas regulations, some will undoubtedly point to its idle well program as a beacon of success. That program currently requires the “riskiest” wells —those that are no longer producing oil and gas — to be individually bonded at $10,000 per well instead of being included in blanket bonds that cover an unlimited number of wells for only $100,000. Unfortunately, idle well bonds treat the symptom, not the cause.
The A-Z of the Energy Transition: Knowns and Unknowns
The 2019 report on the Speed of the Energy Transition by the World Economic Forum Global Future Council on Energy described two diverging trajectories for gradual or rapid change in the global energy system. This next report highlights some of the road signs that are pointing the way in this debate. Some facts about the energy landscape are increasingly clear; these are, therefore, the things we already know.
Congress Drafts First Sections Of New, Bipartisan Autonomous Vehicle Bill
02 May 2019, US, San Francisco: A self-propelled car of the General Motors company Cruise is on a ... [+] test drive in downtown San Francisco. Photo: Andrej Sokolow/dpa (Photo by Andrej Sokolow/picture alliance via Getty Images) picture alliance via Getty Images In the nation’s capital, it is a rare sight for all the players in an industry, large and small, to come together and ask for new regulations.
This Year’s Biggest Story In Mobility Is Oil, Not Technology
Amid all of the excitement around new mobility technologies, a single, inescapable reality often gets lost: modern transportation does not run on lidar, telematics, or any other technologies. That is why 2019’s biggest story in mobility is not about Waymo, Hyperloop, or Lime – nor is it about innovations coming out of Detroit, Silicon Valley, or Germany. It’s in the Middle East, and it’s about oil.
Summer Is The Most Dangerous Time to Drive - But It Doesn't Have to Be
All across the nation, Americans are gearing up for their first vacation of the summer over Memorial Day Weekend – many of which will involve the time-honored tradition of a road trip with family or friends. For many Americans, these vacations become cherished memories of setting out on the open road to enjoy time with their loved ones. Unfortunately, some of these trips will end in tragedy.
New Bipartisan Bill Would Strengthen U.S. Electric Vehicle Supply Chain
The rapid growth of the electric vehicle (EV) market has nudged virtually every automaker to embrace electrification, signaling a paradigm shift wherein batteries begin to challenge the dominance of oil, which currently accounts for 92% of the energy used in the U.S. transportation sector. However, upending more than a century of oil addiction is a complex undertaking that will not happen overnight.
Stigma Isn't Enough: How To Fight Drunk Driving With Smart Technologies and Smarter Policies
The United States is in the midst of an unspoken public health crisis that has been unfolding on our highways, country roads, and city streets for more than a century. In 2018, more than 40,000 American lives were lost on the road for the third straight year – but we have become so numb to these numbers, only a few of the most horrific collisions made their way into national news.
Robots Against Drunk Driving: Can Technology Prevent Automobile Deaths?
The United States is in the midst of an unspoken public health crisis that has been unfolding on our highways, country roads, and city streets for more than a century. In 2018, more than 40,000 American lives were lost on the road for the third straight year – but we have become so numb to these numbers, only a few of the most horrific collisions made their way into national news.
New Bipartisan Legislation Would Expand Federal Electric Vehicle Tax Credit
American consumers have increasingly transitioned to electric vehicles (EVs) in recent years, thanks in part to improvements in battery capacity, the availability of new models, and Tesla’s wildly popular line of vehicles. Another significant driver of this growth is a $7,500 federal tax credit that has mitigated the price premium for EVs, putting them within reach of more Americans.
Correcting Common Misconceptions about the AV START Act - The Fuse
Autonomous vehicle (AV) technology has the potential to enhance safety on the nation’s roadways, reduce fuel consumption and congestion, and expand the mobility options available to a wide swath of the American population, including senior citizens and people with disabilities.
How do you know if you can trust a website
There are crooks out there. There are people who make a vast amount of money from stealing and blackmailing people online. They lie, cheat and steal using every trick in the book and they invent new ways to fool people every day.It is not just about Nigerian folks who lie about secret fortunes, lost treasure or fake inheritances. There are organized criminal enterprises who use password cracking software to try to break into the 50 million or so websites that are online.
Crosspost: Mobility Podcast on Tempe Accident and Driverless Regulations in California - The Fuse
Blockchain isn't all about Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Oil companies are experimenting with blockchain technology, and see it as a disruptive data solution that will alter the logistics of trading. Despite forecasts for aggressive EV penetration in coming decades, only a handful of countries have so far seen substantive adoption. What's behind the current disparate global EV market? Foreign investment in Iran's oil fields was supposed to rebound after sanctions were lifted, but it hasn't.
USDOT Unveils Ambitious Multimodal Automation Initiative, Automated Vehicles 3.0
Last week, the U.S. Department of Transportation publicly announced the next phase of its bold initiative to encourage the adoption of automation technologies in transportation.
Week of February 12, 2018 Archives - The Eno Center for Transportation
Aviation, Budget, EAS, FAA, FY19 FY19 Budget Request: FAA Funding Levels Slightly Decreased, EAS Changes Sought February 15, 2018 The federal budget for fiscal 2019 released this week proposes $16.1 billion in funding in 2019 for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The budget, in its “out-years,” also proposes and assumes the splitup of the FAA, turn... Sorry - you don't have access to this item. Please log in below, or check [...]
Senate Inches Toward Unanimous Consent on AV START - The Eno Center for Transportation
This is a 6-page summary of a much longer draft outline of President Trump's infrastructure plan prepared by the National Economic Council. The document is not dated but the metadata in the PDF suggests it was converted from MS Word to PDF format on January 8, 2018.
Ahead of the Curb: The Case for Shared Use Mobility (SUM) Zones
Much ink has already been spilled about how the digital economy has transformed the way people and goods move around. But what is often missing from these discussions is the curb – the very place where many of these trips naturally begin and end. Transportation network companies (TNCs), like Uber and Lyft, have been both celebrated and disparaged as disrupters in the mobility sector.
Eno Aviation Insights: How Do Taxes And Fees Change If Air Traffic Control Is Privatized? - The Eno Center for Transportation
The Eno Center for Transportation released the latest entry in its Aviation Insight series this week, “How Do Taxes And Fees Change If Air Traffic Control Is Privatized?” This report examines the potential impacts of recent air traffic control (ATC) reform proposals from Congress and the Trump Administration on the current funding structure for ATC operations. A major aspect of the proposed reform is overhauling the current tax-based funding structure to one that is based on user fees.
USDOT Launches New Data Initiative to Predict (and Maybe Prevent) Fatal Crashes
January 19, 2018 Data, as the saying goes, is the new oil. The private sector is constantly collecting and processing data to better understand business operations, consumer preferences, and economic trends. Often, well-refined data leads to more efficient and more profitable companies. The public sector also collects a significant amount of data, but it often stops there.
FTA Launches 5-Year Research Initiative for Transit Automation - The Eno Center for Transportation
On December 5, the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) unveiled its 5-year agenda for researching the potential benefits of vehicle automation for public transit. Dubbed the Strategic Transit Automation Research (STAR) Plan, it will serve as a guide for the agency and transit stakeholders through FY 2022.
AV Bills Are Gathering Momentum Once Again - The Eno Center for Transportation
All year, Congress seemed to be struck with a case of automated vehicle (AV) fever. Both chambers held a flurry of hearings and roundtables, with politicians urgently asking transportation stakeholders how they could help to advance the nascent technology. The AV fever seemed to break after the SELF DRIVE Act (H.R. 3388) was passed in the House by voice vote in September and the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee unanimously approved its own bill, the AV START Act (S.
New Report Suggests Workforce, Safety Concerns for Automated Trucks Are Overblown - The Eno Center for Transportation
Commercial trucking is likely to be one of the first sectors that benefits from vehicle automation and connectivity, according to a new report from Securing America’s Future Energy (SAFE). While commercial trucks account for only 4 percent of vehicles on the nation’s roadways, long-haul trucks move more than 70 percent of all freight – and account for 13 percent of total U.S. petroleum consumption.
USDOT Preparing Sweeping AV Policy Update, 3.0, Including Trucks and Buses
Just two months after USDOT released the second version of the federal government’s automated vehicle (AV) policies, Secretary Elaine Chao and USDOT officials said yesterday that the department is already working hard on its next update. In September, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) released Automated Driving Systems 2.0: A Vision for Safety – also known as “2.0”.
Senate Prepares Its Own Autonomous Vehicles Regulation Proposal - The Eno Center for Transportation
On September 8, the Senate Commerce Committee circulated a preliminary draft of a bill that could create the nation’s first-ever laws around autonomous vehicles. The bill was written by a bipartisan group of senators over the...
What You Need to Know Before You Apply to Techstars
If you are thinking about joining an accelerator and Techstars is in your radar, here are some tips from our managing directors to get you started and make the application process go a bit smoother. If you’re not able to meet up with some of the managing directors at local campuses, roadshows or events, check out their FAQs here. Our current application consists of three parts: basic information, team information, and program specific questions.
USDOT Will Revise Federal Automated Vehicle Policy Next Week - The Eno Center for Transportation
This is a PDF of the stenographer's transcript of the hearings held on October 7 and 8, 1954, by the President's Advisory Committee on a National Highway Program. (The panel was often referred to as the "Clay Committee" for its chairman, General Lucius Clay.)
Senate Autonomous Vehicle Bill Now Expected to Include Self-Driving Trucks
September 6, 2017 – 11:00 p.m. Earlier today, the House passed the SELF DRIVE Act – a bill that zoomed through the legislative process in a few short months with bipartisan support (almost) completely throughout.
Congress Faces Busy September On Spending, Debt, AVs, Aviation - The Eno Center for Transportation
Welcome back from recess and Labor Day (particularly to those of you who were up late last night watching college football.) Congress returns to the nation's capital today (the House at 2 p.m.; the Senate ...
USDOT Preparing to Revise Obama-Era AV Policies - The Eno Center for Transportation
USDOT appears to be preparing for the release of its first policy statement for automated vehicles (AVs) under Secretary Elaine Chao. Last week, the Office of Management and Budget posted a notice that USDOT and the National Hig...
House, Senate AV Bills Hit Recess Roadblocks As Skeptics Dig In - The Eno Center for Transportation
Shortly before Congress left for recess, the House Energy & Commerce passed an automated vehicle (AV) regulation bill by an almost unheard-of margin of 54 to 0. Legislators and the audience alike clapped and shook hands after the unanimous vote, which followed a healthy serving of bipartisan backslapping. The committee’s bill was ushered through by Rep.
Interview with Nat Parker, CEO of moovel - The Eno Center for Transportation
ETW recently spoke with Nat Parker, CEO of moovel, a Daimler-owned company that is works with city agencies to expand residents’ mobility options by seamlessly connecting them with public transit, TNCs, bikeshare, and other modes of transportation. The company has partnered with 17 transit agencies across the U.S. including TriMet in Portland, CTA and Pace in Chicago, and the Virginia Regional Express.
Congress Examines Intercity Passenger Rail Service - The Eno Center for Transportation
On June 22, the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee (T&I) held a hearing to review the state of intercity passenger rail in the U.S. The hearing, titled “Building a 21st Century Infrastructure for America: Challenges and Opportunities for Intercity Passenger Rail Service,” was a continuation of T&I’s #Building21 campaign – an effort to bring attention to 21st century methods and technologies to improve...
Senate Commerce Reviews Autonomous Vehicle Priorities - The Eno Center for Transportation
After months of deliberation and over 150 meetings with stakeholders, the Senate Commerce Committee is edging closer to introducing legislation to foster automated vehicle (AV) development. On June 13, Chairman John Thune (R-SD), Ranking Member Bill Nelson (D-FL), and Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI) announced a set of bipartisan principles that the committee will use in crafting AV legislation.
House, Senate Leaders Finalizing Automated Vehicle Bills - The Eno Center for Transportation
After several hearings on automated vehicles (AVs) this year alone, Congressional leaders are preparing to introduce legislation meant to accelerate the safe development of the nascent technology. After riding in a semi-autonomous Audi on Tuesday, Senate Commerce Chairman John Thune (R-SD) and House Energy & Commerce Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) informed Reuters that they were nearing completion of their chambers’ respective AV bills.
Chao Preparing Federal AV Policy Revision – What We Know So Far - The Eno Center for Transportation
This sets an ambitious timeline for USDOT, under the direction of a brand new secretary, to revise a document that not only sets the federal policy agenda for automated vehicles (AVs), but also impacts the nation’s continued leadership in developing this emerging technology. Compounding this issue, many political appointee positions remain vacant.
House E&C Considering 16 Automated Vehicle Bills – Here’s What’s in Them - The Eno Center for Transportation
This week ETW obtained a summary of the 16 bills on automated vehicles (AVs) that House Energy & Commerce Republicans are currently considering. A working draft of this summary has been circulated among Congressional staff and ind...
White House Unveils Plan for Air Traffic Control Reform - The Eno Center for Transportation
Today, the White House unveiled more details of its plan to modernize the nation’s air traffic control (ATC) system by spinning ATC operations off from the federal government and into a non-governmental nonprofit entity. “Today we’re promising to take ATC into the future. Finally. Finally,” President Donald Trump declared at the announcement event in the East Room.
Anthony Foxx, Robert Moses, and the Future of Mobility - The Eno Center for Transportation
“I just read the Power Broker,” former Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx told a packed room in Washington. “And I want to be the 21st Century’s Robert Moses who can figure out how to untangle the web of things that connect us.” The audience at The Atlantic’s event for Infrastructure Week rustled uncomfortably as Foxx smiled knowingly. “He did some good and bad things,” he conceded, peering across the crowd.
Sec. Chao's Self-Driving Gaffe is a Lesson, Not a Failure - The Eno Center for Transportation
For all of the hype generated around self-driving cars, there is an equal amount of confusion about the technology and its implications for drivers – even, as it turns out, for the nation's highest-ranking transportation official.
Washington Preparing for Action on Automated Vehicles - The Eno Center for Transportation
From San Francisco to Boston, there is no shortage of excitement for the potential of self-driving cars to make America’s roads safer, more efficient, and pleasant to traverse. Impassioned arguments for saving many of the 40,000 lives lost every year to traffic accidents by accelerating the deployment of automated vehicles (AVs) have already led 39 states and the District of Columbia to consider or enact policies to support this nascent technology.
Cities Now Exploring Autonomous Buses – But Is It Worth It? - The Eno Center for Transportation
Add Arlington, Texas to your mental list of cities conducting local tests of driverless shuttles. On March 28, the City Council of Arlington, Texas approved a six-month lease of two EZ10 driverless shuttles from the French startup EasyMile, with a six-month option to renew. The vehicles, which can transport up to a dozen people at a time, will operate on a fixed course between parking lots and venues in Arlington’s entertainment district.
A Robot Tax Would Help or Harm the Transportation Sector – Maybe Both - The Eno Center for Transportation
Recent leaps forward in automation – including self-driving cars, delivery drones, artificial intelligence, and other technologies – are casting an increased focus on the potential impacts of future technology on the workforce. The ramifications for the transportation sector are expected to be significant. A White House report released in late 2016, titled Artificial Intelligence, Automation, and the Economy, examines the implications of automation for the US workforce.
Gov. McAuliffe Touts Virginia’s Potential to Test, Manufacture Automated Vehicles - The Eno Center for Transportation
Throughout his tenure, Governor Terry McAuliffe (D) has been doggedly focused on m aking Virginia a manufacturing and technology powerhouse. Now in his final year of office, McAuliffe has turned his attention to the burgeoning automated vehicle (AV) industry, which he hopes will bring a slew of high-tech jobs to the state.
White House “Skinny Budget” Expected this Week - The Eno Center for Transportation
The White House is expected to release President Donald Trump’s first “skinny budget” this week, which will lay out the Administration’s discretionary spending priorities for fiscal year 2018. As ETW has previously reported, the President will propose an immediate 9 percent increase in defense spending that will be offset by an aggregate 11 percent decrease in non-defense appropriations. This is set to be one of the largest increases in defense spending in history.
The Wild West Era of Autonomous Vehicles is Over - The Eno Center for Transportation
For nearly a decade, a consortium of tech firms and auto manufacturers has roved the West, pioneering autonomous vehicle technology far from federal regulators in Washington, D.C. The hype over autonomous vehicles (AVs) began with Google’s Self-Driving Car project, a “moonshot” initiative to enhance mobility for seniors and people with disabilities while providing safe, efficient, and affordable transportation to the public.
Interview With Masaki Ogata, Japan Railway East - The Eno Center for Transportation
This week, participants in the Eno Center for Transportation’s Transit Senior Executive Program heard from Masaki Ogata, Executive Vice Chairman of East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and President of the International Association of Public Transport (UITP) about the challenges of operating a transit agency in the 21st Century.
Chao Outlines USDOT Priorities for Infrastructure, Technology - The Eno Center for Transportation
Draft Reorganization Plan from the Truman Administration creating a Federal Transportation Agency to include all functions currently exercised by the Public Roads Administration, the Coast Guard, the Civil Aeronautics Administration, the Civil Aeronautics Board, the U.S. Maritime Commission, and the Weather Bureau.
Virginia, Maryland Jurisdictions Pay Price for WMATA Woes - The Eno Center for Transportation
The embattled Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) once again has its back on the ropes as the federal government is withholding funding from Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia due to WMATA’s spotty track record of safety. At issue: the failure of the three jurisdictions to meet their February 9 deadline to establish a State Safety Oversight Program (SSOP) to ensure the safety of public transit services in the nation’s capital.
Safety Association Claims Autonomous Vehicle Laws Do More Harm Than Good - The Eno Center for Transportation
As autonomous vehicles have rushed into the spotlight, many states and cities have worked to understand how to best accommodate the emerging technology while ensuring its safe deployment.
Elaine Chao Confirmed as 18th Secretary of Transportation - The Eno Center for Transportation
The United States Senate has officially confirmed the nomination of Elaine L. Chao to be the U.S. Secretary of Transportation by a final vote of 93 to 6 (one senator was not present), with opposition from a handful of Democrats in...
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