FutureStructure Infrastructure
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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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Some 1,500 intersections in Los Angeles to get upgraded with new traffic signal equipment.
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The Boring Company will construct a four-mile tunnel to connect a rail station with Ontario International Airport in the Los Angeles region. The tunnel will accommodate zero-emission and possibly autonomous vehicles.
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While many places try to regulate or ban sharing-economy companies like Uber and Airbnb, a few are instead working with them to improve their emergency preparedness and transportation options.
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Hyperloop Transportation Technologies and Hyperloop Technologies hope that the future of transportation is in air-vacuumed tubes that can zip people from L.A. to San Francisco in 30 minutes.
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The L.A. Port has failed to complete over 20 percent of its measures to reduce pollution.
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The Supreme Court hears a case that will decide whether homes and businesses can earn money from distributed energy technologies, including demand response and home battery systems.
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The national market for environmentally friendly infrastructure is rapidly growing, and LEED hones in on building practices that support areas of human and environmental health.
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The battery system will deliver stored power to Oahuans during peak hours, smoothing out fluctuations in solar power and shifting power from when it is generated to when it is needed.
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The Connecticut state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection hopes this will start a trend that the rest of the state will adopt.
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A deal between Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio will "mean a safer, stronger, more reliable transit system for people all over New York."
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With America's fracking boom slowing and solar and wind power becoming more efficient producers of energy, renewable energy is permeating the market.
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Vivek Murthy says brighter street lights, reduced speeds and more crosswalks are among the ways that cities can encourage walking.
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A city ordinance targets two of the most dangerous types of buildings: brittle concrete buildings and wood apartment complexes with weak first stories, which have killed more than 65 people in Los Angeles’ last two major earthquakes.
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Governor Jerry Brown is giving a $100 million subsidy for affordable housing to help decrease green house emissions.
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The lawsuit could force the city to review what "displacement" means under the California Environmental Quality Act.
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According to a new report, installing battery packs in homes and businesses could help prevent blackouts and would save money during peak demand hours — and the feasibility of installing such systems may be increasing.
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A new power conversion system that feeds on water treatment byproduct is expected to save tens of millions annually from savings on chemicals, trucking and power produced.
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Our roads, bridges and schools are in dire need of aid, and the economic benefits of investment far outweigh the financial costs.
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Increased urbanization and more intense rainfall are creating burdensome challenges for cities and towns -- but within these challenges lie new opportunities to build systems that improve the vibrancy and climate resiliency of our urban areas.
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Cities are beginning to put pedestrians and cyclists before motorists by making infrastructure more tailored for finding alternate transportation.
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