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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Engineers can test different asphalt formulations in the lab. But at UTA’s facility, the testing is done with wheels, pavement and computer controls.
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Nijmegen, Netherlands, is embarking on a massive flood-control project, and the city will soon have a new urban heart in the middle of the very river that has occasionally threatened its existence.
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Pittsburgh's Uptown Eco-Innovation District team, contractors and the public will build a plan integrating transportation, the environment, energy consumption and community identity into future development.
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As part of a Bloomberg grant, the city of Los Angeles has hired Amanda Daflos, who will work with a team of consultants to search for innovations that improve life in the city.
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Though the state depends on fossil fuels for 80 percent of its energy today, it may soon legislate a shift to 100 percent renewable energy.
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A new tool from the Alliance to Save Energy and the Energy Efficient Codes Coalition helps planners understand just how efficient their structures can be.
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Under the new plan, the state will reduce retail electricity consumption by 10 percent by 2020 — two years earlier than the previous goal.
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The city also has been asked to participate in a Connected Cities program, which installs telecommunication equipment to enhance mobile broadband service citywide.
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Randolph and Fitchburg, Mass., will have a platform for networked streetlighting -- and the option to self-fund additional smart city applications in the future.
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Although gas and electric utilities currently lead the smart meter market, increased pressure to conserve in the state has water agencies following close behind.
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Because of one of the nation’s deadliest train crashes, cities must implement advanced safety technology on commuter trains.
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In an effort to make rentals more sustainable, city officials in 14 college towns banded together to create a website that shows renters what they would pay in utilities.
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Industry advocates all agree on the need to boost the country's spending on roads, bridges and transit. But they, like Congress, are split on how to pay for it.
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The company already has begun pilot projects that leverage technology it has developed for electric car batteries for stationary energy storage.
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Dubbed the "Airbnb for water," one startup is trying to make it easier for farmers to sell excess water to municipal, industrial, conservation or other agricultural users.
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Startups in the field have struggled for years to attract enough attention -- but California’s four-year drought is changing that.
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The plan's first installment focuses on how to transform the nation's energy transmission, storage and distribution infrastructure.
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The city’s grid of LED streetlights are being fitted with remote monitoring controls that keep officials apprised of their condition.
