The Washington, D.C. license plate lookup tool is seeing early success on Twitter. Now its creators want to develop it into a fully fledged mobile app.

Through a new partnership, officials are now developing an app that will allow select members of the public to hail a self-driving vehicle.

The new "GovTech" platform will provide transportation planners with trip data and allow cities to set limits on when and where scooters can be used.

The National Governors Association highlights major safety and policy challenges while warning against "stifling innovation."

By encouraging ride-sharing services over from public transit, autonomous vehicles were found by researchers to generate various changes in traffic congestion in different regions.

As ride-hailing services grow and autonomous vehicles approach the market, a working group forms to research how new technologies are influencing the transportation ecosystem.

Categories include civic engagement, digital equity, urban planning, sustainable infrastructure and others.

Uber is partnering with mobile-ticketing company Masabi to sell rail and bus passes through its popular ride-hailing app. It also says it's expanding how much data it shares with cities.

A recent proposal by the state's public utility regulator would permit companies to conduct tests using volunteers.

Venture capitalist Bradley Tusk says it'll help "save democracy." But an expert on voting systems says it raises a slew of questions about ballot integrity.