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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The city of Atlanta and the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority were awarded a $12.6 million Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) grant to help fund a bus rapid transit route and the technology likely to come with it.
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Faulty solar-powered batteries in 280 parking meters are believed to be behind the failures and resulting tickets.
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With a significant number of electric cars expected on the road by 2020, power supply researchers say now is the time for strategies that can balance power demands without a costly upgrade to the power grid.
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The company has crafted its rendition of an indoor connected city, complete with a micro-apartment, autonomous shuttles and IoT-equipped infrastructure.
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Gov. Mark Dayton has established a 15-member advisory panel to assess the policy and infrastructure changes needed to prepare for autonomous vehicles.
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Despite the cries that the technology is unproven and overhyped, Ohio officials say now is the time to explore the regional potential of Hyperloop.
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After years of studying the feasibility of expanding the Florida county’s transit system, officials are asking for at least another year and more funding authority to continue their work.
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The system was designed to redirect raw sewage from the St. Joseph River, but February flooding stopped the technology from doing its job.
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Residents of Maine’s Isle au Haut are investing in their own microgrid to address aging infrastructure, high utility costs and a reliance on the mainland.
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NashView is Nashville's latest open data product giving users a map-based portal into all sorts of community information ranging from schools to parks.
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The Chattanooga Area Regional Transportation Authority is launching multiple electric-vehicle charging stations in the region, a solar farm to power them and a car-share service.
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The city’s new planning director, Taiwo Jaiyeoba, is taking a long look at the needs of the growing municipality as he rewrites the outdated zoning codes.
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The New York city has plans to deploy environmental, optical and acoustic sensors, and Wi-Fi technology that could assist in a range of municipal service improvements.
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The kiosk provides the city with a physical place that showcases how a smart city can assist different modes of transport using clean energy.
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The Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency and Hyperloop Transportation Technologies announced they will be partnering with 18 organizations to study the feasibility of a high-speed route between Cleveland and Chicago.
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Portland, Maine’s push to become a smart city is raising questions for some about how the technology will impact the privacy of citizens and visitors.
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Cities are all at different stages of the autonomous vehicle planning process. But in San Jose, Calif., the new technology is being baked into the city’s thinking on the future of mobility.
