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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Florida's Miami-Dade County is getting ready for connected vehicles and ubiquitous intelligence.
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The technology visually captures below-ground assets so that cities, utility companies and other players may reduce the time and cost required for street projects.
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Building a better transportation network starts with borrowing ideas and best practices from other cities.
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Universities can perform the research and development, and cities can act as the testing places to determine the results.
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The federal government told states to take a backseat. While some will likely listen, others may push their plans full speed ahead anyway.
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Vivek Ranadive, owner of the Sacramento Kings, is excited to unveil the team's new arena fit with smart turnstiles, plenty of bandwidth and sensors that let guests know which bathroom has the shortest line.
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California doubled down this month on its climate commitment with the enactment of Senate Bill 32, the passage of which passage was politically palatable only because the technology exists to achieve its ambitious targets.
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The administration's high-tech initiatives keep growing.
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The MetroLab Network, part of the White House's Smart Cities initiative, has received an $80 million boost in funds.
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The decarbonization of the economy has barely started in much of the country. In California, it’s well underway. The state’s emissions have fallen almost every year since 2007.
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Cyberthreats to critical infrastructure for power, water and wastewater utilities were the focus of a three-day Cyber Physical Systems Summit.
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The power grid can’t store large amounts of energy, so electricity must be produced as it is used. One Maryland company has found a way to use water heaters -- a staple in all homes -- as a way to store energy for peak hours.
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The systems will make use of solar panels, battery storage, back-up generation, controls and energy efficiency upgrades to enable operation for extended periods of time without grid power.
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The system photographs license plates with overhead cameras as vehicles pass under gantries over the highway. It charges drivers with E-ZPass transponders or sends bills to those who don’t have them.
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The pilot project is expected to generate about 1.35 megawatts of renewable electric power, enough to meet the needs of about 200 homes.
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In an attempt to modernize the electrical grid, two competing ideas have emerged from Cape Light Compact and Eversource.
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Presidential candidates need to talk more about energy and address a tough question: What does the government do well on energy policy and what should it stay out of?
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Since 2009, only a handful of the thousands of changes published by the International Code Council have been approved by the board that decides which of those standards are appropriate for the state.
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