FutureStructure Data
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Staffing shortages and the lasting shifts to commuter patterns has pumped the brakes on the recovery of transit ridership. Even as gas prices reach record highs across the country, ridership hasn’t seen a large uptick. -
Each winning city will receive an individualized Readiness Workshop and host of tech tools to help further its efforts toward becoming a smart city.
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Two projects in Georgia and New York are exploring new technologies which embed power generation, computing and more into paving, opening up this right-of-way space to accommodate solar panels and smart city sensors.
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New applications of technology could swiftly make paper and mobile boarding passes a thing of the past.
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The pilot project, which could eventually be expanded to all city facilities, will help San Diego plan future efficiency upgrade projects to help meet the goals in its ambitious climate action plan.
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Using data sets from multiple sources, the NYU Furman Center created an interactive map for resilience planners on where flooding is most prone and which populations are most heavily affected.
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By releasing data in themed packages, cities create human-centered tools that energize users
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Despite the abundance of data and analytics, cities often don't realize their possible uses.
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Though the vast majority of climate researchers believe the burning of fossil fuels and other human activities are major factors in global warming, they say not nearly enough is known about various sources of greenhouse gases.
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Recognizing the opportunity that technology-enhanced infrastructure presents is key to combating an inequitable and crumbling transportation system.
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The Smart City Accelerator "will drive the next wave of innovation," with the ultimate goal of creating better functioning cities that transform how residents and communities work and live.
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A University of Kansas professor is working with students to build a prototype of what might simultaneously be the creepiest apartment imaginable and the healthiest.
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Akron, Ohio, will join colleagues from big cities to accept funding to develop a strategic plan for safely and effectively implementing the Internet of Things.
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The road scanning will take from four to eight weeks, covering both arterial and residential streets.
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Gridics, short for Grid Analytics, created a platform in which users can visualize real estate data in order to make smarter investment and development decisions.
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City air quality initiatives using sensors fall into three main categories: initiatives that integrate sensors into existing infrastructure, those that leverage mobile sensors, and others that analyze cell phone data to understand resident exposure to poor air quality.
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The expected output: cities more capable of achieving their priorities related to sustainability, resilience, and operations, and citizens better prepared to navigate their cities and services.
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The combination of the gyroscope, GPS and accelerometer in all smartphones turns them into really powerful sensors.
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STREETSMART devices will allow traffic managers to monitor the flow of cars in and out of intersections and make adjustments to reduce gridlock.
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Almost everyone breaks the rules sometimes, even when they know an app is recording what they do. But some do it more than others.
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Each jurisdiction has unique ideas of how the technology can get its trash and recycling issues sorted and move it closer to becoming a smart city.
