AI in transport, H2 ferries for the Bay Area, and Kevin Quinn loses the bet

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The DOT needs your feedback about the future of AI in transportation.

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The first hydrogen fueled ferry in the United States is about to start

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service, and one of our Canadian transit leaders lost his Stanley Cup wager.

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Welcome to your Transit Unplugged News Minute.

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The U.

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S.

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Department of Transportation has issued a request for information

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to gather input on the impacts of applying artificial intelligence

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across all modes of transportation.

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The RFI says there's a tremendous promise for AI in transportation,

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but also peril if it is misapplied.

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According to Mass Transit Magazine, the first commercial hydrogen

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ferry in the United States was just approved by the Coast Guard.

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The six month pilot program will service the San Francisco Bay Area.

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And it looks like Kevin Quinn, the CEO of Vancouver's TransLink,

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will be wearing an Edmonton Oilers jersey during an upcoming commute.

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He and Edmonton's Carrie Hotten-MacDonald had a wager to see whose NHL team

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would win their best of seven series.

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The Oilers beat the Canucks and Quinn promised to post a picture of himself

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in orange and blue on LinkedIn.

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This Transit Unplugged News Minute is being brought to you by Modaxo.

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I'm Julie Gates.