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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A workshop held this week in Harrisburg looked at the possibility of building a hyperloop system in the state. Pennsylvania has until April 2020 to complete a state-legislative-commissioned study on its viability.
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As technologies like the Internet of Things, virtual reality and augmented reality mature, city planners can build virtual replicas of urban infrastructure to better respond to local energy and environmental changes.
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Federal funding to the tune of $60 million is aimed at supporting autonomous and connected vehicle research projects across the country. The push will see the technology put to work outside of cities and test tracks.
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The challenge is huge. Even as power plants and other sectors have cleaned up, greenhouse gas emissions from transportation in California have actually grown in recent years due to population growth and a reliance on cars.
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Microgrid systems would allow key institutions such as hospitals, municipal utilities and certain government agencies to continue to operate in the event of a natural disaster that interrupts electrical transmission.
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Local leaders want to bring this new technology to the city in order to show how close it is to coming to life, given that its magnetic levitation technology and rocket-fast speeds can make it seem out of reach.
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Even with electric scooters readily available in many U.S. cities, research indicates that short-distance travelers are more likely to drive a car than use a rentable scooter or bike. Cities could change that dynamic.
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This summer, the Transportation Research Center unveiled the first phase of its $45 million Smart Mobility Advanced Research Test Center, a new test bed that sits on 540 acres in Logan County.
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Driven by the idea that what works in a larger city won't translate to most Midwest locales, those behind the Smart Columbus initiative are on a mission to share their findings and “lift all the boats.”
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s plan to overhaul license plates to meet the needs of tolling technology is facing opposition in at least one county, where leaders have passed a formal resolution against the initiative.
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Commissioners have asked the public works department and the county attorney to study whether they can implement design and permitting standards that supersede state utility regulations.
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Seven toll bridges in Northern California’s Bay Area will soon phase out cash payments over the course of the next five years, replacing them completely with all-electronic means of payment.
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The Curiosity Lab in Peachtree Corners will feature a 1.5-mile AV test track, complete with steep grades, curves and trees. City officials hope the track will attract economic development and business investments.
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Sixty percent of the city’s crashes in the past five years occurred at intersections. Twenty-seven severe and fatal collisions involved a vehicle turning — often left. Officials hope updated tech will see some reductions.
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The lively Short North neighborhood in Columbus is getting a new parking modernization plan that will include virtual permitting, mobile payment options and license plate recognition technology.
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He also said more carriers have switched to more reliable fiber-optic networks, as opposed to digital subscriber line, or DSL, Internet, which uses easily damaged copper wiring.
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The small town of Hood River, Ore., has decided that it will participate in a new pilot project that will launch a plug-in electric car-share program, which is a relatively unusual thing for rural jurisdictions.
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Self-driving cars may someday drop off their owners downtown and then leave to find free parking. What would that mean for cities of the future?
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