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 Ultimate Urban Circulator Program is being planned as an autonomous vehicle overhaul of the city’s 1980s-era Skyway monorail. Transportation officials have put out the call for qualifications to advance the project.
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The Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority (SORTA) is set to receive millions of dollars in new annual funding, following the successful passage of a countywide sales tax dedicated to transit and transportation.
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Shair is a real-time, air-quality monitoring tool that measures particulate matter, nitrogen oxide and several other pollutants, subsequently making the findings easily understandable for all users.
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The app, called GiveMeGreen!, has been undergoing tests in California and Indiana with positive feedback. By telling traffic lights when a cyclist is coming, it aims to make rides smoother and keep hands off buttons.
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More than 3,200 electric vehicles have been sold in Columbus, Ohio, in the last four years, capping a major goal of the Smart Columbus strategy. The milestone comes as car markets reel from the effects of the pandemic.
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The newly completed portion of the Matanuska Telephone Association network means the state is no longer solely dependent upon a series of subsea cables for high-speed Internet and telephone service.
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Fleet management technology from Samsara gives officials in Boston a close look into the operations of hundreds of vehicles crawling across the city.
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The Dallas-based smart city innovation organization announced its partnership with Mastercard's City Possible network. The collaboration will mean more access to smart city resources and ideas.
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The Texas Railroad Commission believes its drone inspection team offers multiple advantages, including quality investigation of areas that humans can't reach and reduced person-to-person contact during COVID-19.
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The city plans to install two new electric vehicle stations at the end of the summer — both fast and slow chargers. The fast chargers can charge electric vehicles to near full capacity in about 20 to 30 minutes.
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The city will work with NorthWestern Energy to replace all 1,808 of the existing high-pressure sodium lights with LED lights. NorthWestern estimates the changes will save the city $79,000 per year in electricity costs.
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Using a collaborative, fast-paced development process, the city’s public works created a way for residents to open up neighborhood streets for safe and healthy exercising while maintaining social distancing.
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Tacoma, Wash., is taking a step forward with its fleet electrification, investing in 34 hybrid-electric police vehicles. While the move signals a willingness to adopt new technology, some barriers to electrification remain.
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Electric vehicle advocates hope to see federal aid focused on more structured incentives to expand the growth of the technology as the nation seeks to recover from the economic damage wrought by COVID-19.
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The city of Vancouver’s transportation budget has been stripped to the studs, a combination of coronavirus fallout and a voter-approved restriction on car tab fees. Now, a protected bike lane project will have to wait.
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The Shared Mobility Summit zeroed in on all the many ways urban mobility has been rocked by the novel coronavirus. The consensus among experts seems to be that the crisis will force long-term changes.
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Ten more electric vehicle charging stations are being installed throughout the city of Glen Falls, N.Y. The stations come as a part of a green initiative through the NYSERDA’s Clean Energy Communities program.
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The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency slashed 75 percent of its service over a weekend, as the agency reacted to across-the-board service adjustments brought on by the coronavirus crisis.
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