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Daniel C. Vock
Senior Reporter, Route Fifty

Dan Vock is a senior reporter at Route Fifty, where he focuses on transportation and infrastructure. He has covered state and local government for two decades, first as an Illinois statehouse reporter and later as a national reporter based in Washington, D.C. Dan has written stories about every state in the country, and has reported on the ground from half of them (so far). He won a Jesse H. Neal award for best profile and earned a fellowship from the Columbia Journalism School’s Ira A. Lipman Center for Journalism and Civil and Human Rights.
Cloud & Infrastructure
Michigan test drives country’s first mobility officer
Trevor Pawl hopes transformations in the automotive industry will also help state government replace “Depression Era departmental structures” with more nimble organizations.
- By Daniel C. Vock
Cybersecurity
$1B cybersecurity grant program still coming into focus
The new federal initiative is in its early stages, with questions about how the money will be spent and how much control localities, versus states, will have over it.
- By Daniel C. Vock
Emerging Tech
How cities are deciding where electric vehicle chargers should go
Places where street parking is the norm and residential driveways are rare face unique challenges when it comes to making sure drivers can plug in their cars.
- By Daniel C. Vock
Cloud & Infrastructure
Chip maker commits up to $100B for U.S. manufacturing site
The facility planned for upstate New York marks one of the first major new investments by semiconductor companies following the passage of billions in federal incentives.
- By Daniel C. Vock
Public Safety
How Little Rock is harnessing data to become a smarter city
“My team and I, we’re focused on getting things done, but with a data-driven approach,” says the mayor of Arkansas’ capital.
- By Daniel C. Vock
Cloud & Infrastructure
Rethinking smart cities
“Where’s the technology we’ve been talking about for years?”
- By Daniel C. Vock
Emerging Tech
Safety group offers warnings on emerging transportation tech
State and local government leaders should prepare for new types of vehicles and look beyond industry hype as they design policies to reduce crashes.
- By Daniel C. Vock
Emerging Tech
Driverless taxis hit city streets
California regulators gave Cruise the go-ahead to charge passengers to ride through San Francisco in its autonomous vehicles, but public safety skepticism remains.
- By Daniel C. Vock
State & Local
Driverless vehicles are finally hitting city streets
In San Francisco, people can now catch rides in cars without anybody behind the wheel. But as the technology spreads, are regulators ready?
- By Daniel C. Vock
State & Local
How cities are trying to combat the nation's deadliest weather risk
Heat doesn’t get the same attention as hurricanes or wildfires, but city officials are paying more attention to it as hot temperatures become more common.
- By Daniel C. Vock
Public Safety
Election officials say safety threats may drive away poll workers
Three out of five administrators in a new study said they worried that threats, harassment and intimidation would make it harder to recruit new workers. Officials nationwide back that up.
- By Daniel C. Vock