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Daniel C. Vock

Senior Reporter, Route Fifty

Daniel C. Vock
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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Cloud & Infrastructure

Rethinking smart cities

“Where’s the technology we’ve been talking about for years?”

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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.

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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?

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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
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