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New Technologies Transform Transportation Management

Forrester IT

TMS used to streamline operations and reduce logistics costs. But in its journey to the cloud TMS embedded AI, added mobile geolocation. It shifted focus from cost to customer and employee experience.

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Cyberattack takes out key travel information on Washington state transportation website and app

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GeekWire File Photo / Kurt Schlosser) The Washington State Department of Transportation is blaming a “cybersecurity incident” for taking out parts of its website and app this week, disrupting the flow of travel-related information. A Washington State Ferry departing the Seattle waterfront, as seen from an arriving vessel.

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Volkswagen Partners With Azure To Drive Transportation Innovations

Forrester IT

Volkswagen’s recent announcement to build its automotive cloud platform on Microsoft Azure is yet another example of the types of tech-driven innovation efforts transportation leaders are taking to position themselves as customer experience leaders.

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Transportation data analytics provider INRIX lands $70M from Morgan Stanley

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based transportation software and data provider, raised $70 million from investment funds managed by Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital and Morgan Stanley Tactical Value. (BigStock Photo) Inrix , a Kirkland, Wash.-based

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Bellevue teams with electric transportation startup Circuit for free shuttle service

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Visit Bellevue and transportation company Circuit promise to make navigating downtown Bellevue “easier, greener, and more affordable.” in 2011 as a way to solve the first-mile, last-mile transportation problem, with the aim of reducing demand for parking in congested areas and mitigate the number of cars on the road.

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Blue Origin will work with NASA on orbital transportation system for astronauts

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Blue Origin Photo) NASA says it will collaborate with Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture on the development of new space transportation capabilities that will provide high-frequency access to low Earth orbit for astronauts and cargo. Coby Cotton and Steve Young gaze at Earth during a Blue Origin suborbital spaceflight in August 2022.

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Seattle’s new transportation director on electric vehicles, remote work, company shuttles, and more

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Greg Spotts, the new director of Seattle’s Department of Transportation. Since moving from Los Angeles to take the helm of Seattle’s Department of Transportation in September, Greg Spotts has been busy learning about his new home. What can business and tech leaders do to support transportation? SDOT Photo).