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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In addition to pledges from companies like GE, the plan includes calls for better data collection and improved coordination among government agencies.
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The most recent data from the Energy Information Administration shows ever-increasing energy efficiency in commercial buildings. And there are indications that the trend will continue.
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The Federal Highway Administration is planning to fund state efforts to find an alternative revenue source for transportation projects.
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Cities tend to favor building stadiums and convention centers over investing in education or human services. It's an understandable but troublesome trend.
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Mayor Kevin Faulconer, who frequently touts his focus on the city’s low-income neighborhoods, says he has shifted the use of such money toward infrastructure.
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In Yolo County, Calif., farmers are replacing the typically large fields of rice paddies with drip lines, in an effort to curb the state's scarce water supply.
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Houses in a new development in Tracey, Calif., will recycle their own water through designated waste-water and clean water plumbing and a recycling unit.
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In a decision that could spell the end for coal in the West, Oregon became the first state in the nation to pass legislation to completely do away with the dirty energy source.
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The issue that closed a popular station began last week when 50 cars had to be taken out of service after they were hit with a power spike.
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The presidential race amplifies a debate that’s more complex than the typical struggle between industry and the environment.
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The Canadian company Bewegen Technologies will supply 500 rentable bicycles to the city starting in the fall.
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Computer technology will drastically change virtually every aspect of human life, according to one Silicon Valley futurist.
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The program has failed to cut pollution from oil refineries and other big emissions sources as required by federal law, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
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The Bay Area transit system was unusually candid in their responses to rider complaints.
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Digital technology using GIS can help humans consciously create a future that may help resolve some of the globe’s most vexing issues, says Jack Dangermond.
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Alphabet's Sidewalk Labs will use the Smart City Challenge as a means to test out new products like a transportation analytics platform and Wi-Fi hotspots.
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The measure requires the state's two largest utilities to stop paying for out-of-state coal power by 2030.
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The planning department is pursuing a zoning overhaul that would alter the character of the famously sprawling city.
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