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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Users would also be notified by texts when their meters are running out of time and would be able to extend their parking sessions remotely.
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Nine senators warned that if the country falls behind on connected and autonomous vehicle technologies, the rest of the world will surpass the United States.
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A bill now awaiting a hearing in the Legislature would ban any offshore wind energy project within 10 nautical miles of the Monhegan Lobster Conservation Area, which is the projected site for the University of Maine's wind research project.
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The measure to generate $5.2 billion annually would raise taxes on gasoline and diesel fuel. Electric car owners would pay a $100 yearly fee. It also creates a new annual vehicle fee that varies based on the value of the car.
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By distributing some of the burden for autonomous vehicles to connected infrastructure, we could see mobility-enhancing technology improve and come to market more rapidly.
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Body cameras and training are estimated to cost $100,000.
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Several state regulators, including the California Public Utilities Commission, offered cautious responses to the study, saying that voluntary reductions of gas usage on high demand days this summer would have to be used “if Aliso Canyon is unavailable for withdraws.”
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The concept emerged from the governor's 21st Century Infrastructure Commission.
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For self-driving cars to evolve from futuristic possibility to widespread reality, the technology outside the car will be as critical as the technology inside it.
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A proposed contract is expected to go before the city's spending panel by May.
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Among other requirements: It must be at least 18 feet tall, 6 feet deep and strong enough to withstand attacks from tools such as a sledgehammer, car jack or pickax.
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In a recent statement, Transportation Secretary Chao said the plan will encompass energy, water, broadband and veterans hospitals in addition to transportation.
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In a White House now full of business men, agreement on an infrastructure plan seems far off.
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Local governments could seize on the phenomenon in order to develop lifelong riders.
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The $1.35 million Intelligent Transportation System was recently installed at nine intersections along the three-mile stretch of road in McCandless.
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Since 2014, the city has been using smart meters with positive outcomes, and now has its eye on sensors that can be programmed to zero out a meter when a car pulls away, for instance.
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By deploying smart meters at 500 homes in the coming months, the county is looking to get a more granular read on water usage and provide consumers with more detailed information on their own consumption.
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As lessons from the pilots roll in, they are fed back to the Valley Transportation Authority’s innovation lab, which aims to develop, test and showcase new technologies related to transportation.
