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 44-year-old system, which carries nearly 450,000 passengers per weekday, will face a crucial $3.5 billion bond measure on the November ballot.
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The formal U.S.-Chinese announcement at the G20 summit means the accord could enter force by the end of the year, faster than anticipated.
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To compete, automakers are entering into partnerships with ride-hailing services and buying technology companies. All the major car companies have set up research labs in Silicon Valley, where they’re trying to lure scarce talent and expand their operations.
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The federal government is working on initial guidelines that would set safety standards for autonomous vehicles. Questions and others concerning issues such as liability and insurance need to get ironed out.
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What can we learn from cities around the world about how to pack people into small spaces while maintaining a high quality of life?
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An update to a free-to-use tool from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency seeks to make it easier for local government to prepare for a changing future.
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The Iowa Utilities Board has approved a $3.6 billion wind energy investment that will help convert the state's power grid to clean energy.
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The water crisis in Michigan highlighted major problems with not just federal regulations but the way localities enforce them. That's all likely to change soon.
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Critics don't think Tesla can sell enough home batteries to justify its acquisition of SolarCity, but what they're underestimating is the potential for innovation the Gigafactory brings.
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Though there is still room for further drops in solar prices, it isn’t likely to come from advances in solar technologies. Instead, it will come from decreases in the mass production of panels and the cost associated with installing them.
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The project is in its early stages, but it's promising big things for the future.
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The humble shipping container is sparking a revolution in architecture, plug and play infrastructure, portable labs and many other innovations.
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As currently visualized, the trail will loop through 24 towns in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, linked by the Calhoun Street Bridge in Trenton in the north, and by the Tacony-Palmyra Bridge in the south.
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After signing a bill to beef up California's clean energy usage by 2030, another bill to ramp up the stakes is headed to the governor's desk.
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UrbanSim aims to help urban planners better understand the impact of interventions, but also to increase the inclusiveness and transparency of planning processes by involving citizens throughout.
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While Donald Trump talks of a border wall, local officials on both sides are identifying ways to cooperate with each other.
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The structural flaw in those ancient stone homes is not so different from unreinforced brick buildings built in California before 1933.
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Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, in conjunction with the Japanese government, is exploring the possibility of installing a magnetic levitation train capable of driving 350 mph.
