Infrastructure
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The local government’s Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to appropriate the funds for a “comprehensive technology infrastructure remediation project.” It comes in response to a critical IT outage last summer. -
National Grid is expected to install the devices for 121,000 customers in the city. They will enable people to track energy usage via a portal, and will immediately alert the utility to power outages.
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A new report from the Urban Institute outlines how many of the projects developed as part of the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, including technology work, have been slow to finish and deploy.
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Stopping to pay a toll will soon be a thing of the past on the Atlantic City Expressway in Egg Harbor. Officials recently kicked off construction of the first all-electronic toll collection system.
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Autonomous shuttles serving the University of North Carolina in Charlotte navigate six stops along a 2.2-mile route, establishing the small, self-driving boxy vehicles as a new form of campus transportation.
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The decision to temporarily cease operations in Dallas came just two days after the California Department of Motor Vehicles revoked its license, saying the cars posed “an unreasonable risk to public safety.”
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Cargo bikes are quickly becoming the next innovation in the logistics industry. As such, cities and the private sector will need to work together to create new rules and the right infrastructure.
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Robots and drones are entering the delivery space, pairing the package with the right-size vehicle. But these new options will likely come at the expense of gig workers, who rely on cars to make their deliveries.
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Cities are turning to the same type of technology that allows robotaxis to navigate roadways to identify potholes and errant drivers. The technology is helping to remove humans from potentially dangerous tasks.
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The city of Oakland and East Bay Community Energy will soon launch programs to stand up e-bike lending libraries, as well as cash incentive programs to help residents purchase an electric bike.
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Speakers at the recent Micromobility America conference in the Bay Area issued a resounding call for aggressive and continued investment in the sector — particularly from public sources.
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Elected Officials to Protect America held a press event last month to call attention to the urgency of addressing climate change and other concerns which could be mitigated with the speedier adoption of electric vehicles.
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The states are challenging a proposed National Highway Traffic Safety Administration rule which, according to West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey, would effectively mandate automakers to shift to electric vehicles.
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Automated. Connected. Electric. Shared., known as ACES, is a group largely made up of public-sector transit organizations interested in introducing and advancing AV technology in their jurisdictions.
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A seven-block stretch of Buffalo’s Washington Street will be the guinea pig for the city's first implementation of its new Smart Streets design. The project is meant to highlight new and alternative ways of traveling in the area.
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All state government agencies in New Mexico will need to transition to a fully electric vehicle fleet within the next 12 years under a newly issued executive order from Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham.
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Peachtree Corners, Ga., will introduce traffic management technology from Intelligent Traffic Control, an Israeli startup, which will use existing data feeds from the city’s traffic camera network.
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Cruise, the San Francisco company backed by General Motors, is moving to the final stage of testing before launching fully automated ride-hailing service in Dallas. The vehicles are already on the streets of Austin and Houston.
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Plus, the daily cost of running ChatGPT, a startup that offers text-to-speech in 30 languages and biases of self-driving cars.
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After a string of high-profile incidents on San Francisco's roadways, the autonomous vehicle company announced plans to roll out a suite of technological upgrades intended to make its driverless cars more adept at responding during emergencies.
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As electric vehicle charging infrastructure is built out, public agencies and private developers should keep in mind accessibility requirements and design these facilities for all users.
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