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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Kansas City, Mo., serves as a model for how municipalities can encourage innovation and reap the long-term benefits.
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The concept of transit-oriented developments (TODs), where people can walk from their apartments to shopping, entertainment and transit hubs - has been gaining momentum in recent years.
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Urban planners say this year's surge in deaths may be driven by millennials' preference to walk and senior's reliance on travel by foot. A local mobility advocate says many of the deaths highlight poor design across the city.
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The charging networks will place stations 50 miles apart, potentially allowing electric vehicle owners to take long road trips.
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Consumer Reports projects the product to be pricey up front, but to pay off in the future.
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The secured parking involves installing a box-like locker that holds up to four bikes. Access is electronically controlled by each user.
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The Smart Cities Council has opened up the application process for its Readiness Challenge Grant. Winners will receive a host of products and services, but even missing out on the prize holds value.
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As part of the effort, a new app aimed at citizen engagement will “allow Muscovites to take part in governing their city,” receiving rewards, such as parking credits, for completing surveys on the city’s public initiatives and development projects.
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The 40-year-old system, which is the second busiest subway network in the country after the one in New York, faces not just one crisis, but several.
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Connecting cities should serve all citizens, not just a few.
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The Bay Area’s dominant rail systems — BART and Caltrain — are bursting at the seams as ridership is rapidly overwhelming the services. Meanwhile, Los Angeles is in the midst of a major rail system expansion.
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On expert envisions automated vehicles carrying people of all ages and backgrounds to their destinations with the tap of a smartphone app.
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Oakley, Calif., is one small city trying to cash in on the explosion of smart city technology. Here's how they're doing it.
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At the 10th annual summit, thought-leaders shared their perspectives on the future of infrastructure, civic technology and bridging the digital divide in cities worldwide.
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Sacramento will be among 16 select cites meeting next month to discuss ways to harness new technologies, including autonomous vehicles, as part of a new national study effort called the Smart Cities Collaborative.
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The majority of the funding will be spent to procure and install a ground-based sense-and-avoid system at the airport, allowing operators to provide safe separation between drones and other aircraft in the airspace.
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U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack announced $28 million in funding, $3.5 million of which is slated for smart grid projects designed to introduce the latest technology to the utility’s services.
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Air Force Research Laboratory scientists will talk about technology that disables roadside bombs to harnessing tidal energy to power a continent, among other things.
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