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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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The city is in the midst of one of the biggest IoT deployments in North America, involving cameras, microphones and sensors, that will help understand how people move through San Diego's streets.
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The $1 billion project to install positive train control throughout the Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North has been marred by delays on the part of the contractor, a joint venture of Siemens and Bombardier Transportation.
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The legislation includes a provision to allow local governments to continue operating cameras until they finish out any contracts in effect as of May 7.
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The cost — somewhere between $80 million and $100 million — isn’t the only challenge officials have to overcome in implementing a bus rapid transit system. Where to put it is also a prime concern.
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The Florida city has issued an RFP to bring on a consultant to help the city develop an in-depth smart city roadmap and strategy.
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Sen. Chuck Schumer criticism comes days after President Trump signed an order that restricts domestic telecommunications firms from installing foreign-manufactured equipment, including some train signaling technology that might be included in new railcars.
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The state’s largest transit agency is scrapping tickets and moving toward a smartphone application, though passengers will still be able to pay for rides with cash.
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The California lawmaker behind the legislation admitted it’s a long shot. Even if the legislation passed both houses of Congress, President Donald Trump would almost certainly veto it.
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With highly intelligent traffic signals on major 10-lane arterial roads, the county has been using cloud technology and edge computing to control the flow of traffic for the benefit of cars, bicycles and pedestrians.
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Some 1,500 of the attendees at this year's Internet of Things World conference come from the public sector.
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The sprawling desert metropolis has mined the Internet of Things to grapple with homelessness, traffic and public safety. But as tech makes this easier, the hard part is serving in an ethical and sensitive manner.
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The city has opted to stop running its streetcar for eighteen months while three crews expand the track another two and a half miles. Connector buses will replace the Gold Line streetcar, according to officials.
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A second e-scooter pilot project in Portland, Ore., launched with more companies, but also more fees to support improved scooter and bike infrastructure.
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Electric utilities have a right to make money on their government-granted monopolies, but customers also have a right to know what cybersecurity protections they would get if they paid more.
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Boston has become a notoriously traffic-plagued city. So the Pioneer Institute is offering $10,000 to spur ideas for how to tackle congestion and improve safety, taking suggestions from all directions.
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The bill is a contentious partisan effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, with Democrats pushing it forward and Republicans vowing to kill it. This week, Democrats revealed some of the key policy details.
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The state wants money to pay for roads, so an Illinois legislator has proposed a hike in the gas tax and vehicle registrations. EVs would especially feel the pain, with registration costs rising from $17.50 to $1,000.
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State transportation departments are turning to street-imaging and mapping services like Mapillary to map and categorize thousands of miles of highways. In the future, imaging options might expand.
