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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At the North American Leaders' Summit in Ottawa, leaders from Canada, the United States and Mexico agreed to a 50 percent renewable energy goal by 2025.
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The system uses existing satellite-based electronic navigation technology to monitor and communicate with ships in the vicinity of underwater electric cables, and automatically send increasingly urgent alerts if the ships appear to be preparing to drop anchor.
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The virtual-reality project is aimed at helping people grow comfortable with the concept of bus stops in the middle of the roadway. The traditional setup is to have a curbside stop on each side of the road.
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The association issued guidelines for communities to reduce harmful effects of LED streetlights. A medical researcher explains what can go wrong.
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The nation's driest city wants to market its water-saving efforts to the rest of the world.
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The state is working toward becoming the first to get 100 percent of its energy from renewable sources. Getting there won’t be easy.
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The new 10-mile line in Antioch represents a big change in BART technology.
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Reflective roofs are effective tools for cooling overheated cities. Research in Chicago shows that their impacts depend on local conditions, so planners should site them carefully.
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Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx spoke to a crowd at the National Transportation Systems Center about the department's Beyond Traffic program, urging attendees to start taking on their responsibility in planning for the future.
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California has seen its population and economy grow -- and a 36 percent drop in emissions per GDP at the same time.
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After testing out the technology in the West End, one official would like to see similar projects across the city.
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Microgrids are often pitched as a solution to power outages in very specific places. But in rural Alaska, they have an entirely different purpose. And the federal government is now funding research into improving those microgrids.
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Phoenix has some extraordinary environmental conditions to deal with as it pursues ambitious sustainability goals given that deserts are rather inhospitable.
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Texas’ capital city is looking to address its famously expensive housing.
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When the U.S. DOT chose Columbus, Ohio, as the winner of the Smart City Challenge, the Google subsidiary lost its vision of a more connected Portland.
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The Fresno Trench is one of several sites in Fresno and Madera counties where work is happening on the statewide high-speed rail line.
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The police captain acknowledged privacy concerns dispelling comparisons to an Orwellian "1984" society, adding that it will serve as a crime prevention tool.
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The innovative highway bonding process allowed Idaho to invest $857.6 million in highway improvement projects in six corridors throughout the state from 2006 to late 2015.
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