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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Worries over safety and privacy have led some states to allow consumers to refuse smart meters, which are designed as more accurate and potentially energy-saving devices.
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Although the report was written by SolarCity, a solar electricity provider, the current model for utilities is broken and discourages people from investing in renewable energy sources.
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Due to the steep drop in oil prices countrywide, President Obama will announce a plan to add an oil barrel tax, but is meeting harsh opposition from Congressional Republicans.
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Although emission limits were agreed upon in 2008, the mandates were secretly waived for the China Shipping terminal and has been spewing environmentally harmful gases in Southern California.
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The state may shift from measuring congestion to measuring driving. That slight distinction makes a big difference.
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The company is acquiring private cloud company Jasper Technologies for $1.4 billion.
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Just a few blocks away, your neighbors may be expected to live 20 years longer.
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Kirkland, Wash., is the third city after Mountain View, Calif., and Austin to lend its roads to Google for autonomous vehicle testing.
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Some cities charge more for metered parking on certain streets and during certain times of the day to reroute drivers to ease congestion and reduce pollution.
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The sharing economy is challenging the demand for land-use regulations, but they're still necessary.
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President Barack Obama recently applauded the technological advances of earthquake early warning technology and signed an executive order requiring all federal buildings to be up to seismic safety code.
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The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission is working to help other cities smooth out regulations to make it easier for developers and vendors to build systems that reuse water for non-potable purposes.
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Nevada, which is generally covered with desert terrain, is partnering with Israel to learn how the country diverted resources to secure water through desalination and water reuse technologies.
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After building several prototype transceivers at the spaceport last summer, Google is testing them with multiple drones in an experiment with delivering 5G wireless Internet access.
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America's power grid has gotten a lot of attention, but water utilities are increasingly vulnerable to cyberattacks.
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Historically, environmental cause enjoyed bipartisan support -- but gains by NGOs and the emergence of climate change as a social issue have created a sharp political divide.
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In updating its 2030 plan, the county is looking at all forms of transportation — roads, bus, rail, bicycle, trucks and pedestrian — and will identify priorities as it finalizes the plan over the next few months.
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With such a high-profile event coming to Santa Clara, there is increased scrutiny on traffic congestion in the Bay Area that could become exponentially worse without adequate plans.
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