Infrastructure
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Founded by former North Carolina Lt. Gov. Dan Forest, the North Carolina Blockchain + AI Initiative (NCB+AI) will work to pass pro-cryptocurrency legislation and support construction of data centers. -
A new report by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy urges regulators and utilities to make the grid operate more efficiently. There are ways, experts said, to absorb part of data centers’ growth.
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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.
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Tennessee's Memphis Area Transit Authority has contracted with Chicago-based Americaneagle.com to develop a cashless fare payment system. The upgrades play into the larger plan to reduce traffic and improve service.
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Congestion at the intersection of Interstates 94 and 65 ranked among the worst trouble spots in the nation in a recent report. Questions remain as to whether autonomous trucks and dedicated lanes are the answers.
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The state task force focused on the feasibility of linking St. Louis and Kansas City with a hyperloop system recommended building a 15-mile test track that is expected to cost between $300 million and $500 million.
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The roughly 200,000-square-foot facility allows the Alphabet Inc. subsidiary to outfit vehicles with driverless technology at mass scale. The company signed a three-year lease and agreed to hire 100 employees by 2021.
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The Advanced Mobility Initiative Roadmap is an extension of the Advanced Mobility Initiative launched in April 2019. It will function as a guide for a three-year project to reimagine transportation.
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To reach the greenhouse gas emissions goals outlined by the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, electric vehicle sales would need to surge in the next decade. Industry experts say it will be a hard sell.
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Public transit officials in the San Francisco Bay Area have a new strategy to entice people on to their rail system’s flagging San Francisco airport line: priority for riders at the airport security gates.
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A California tech company is testing remote-operated and autonomous scooters at a site in Georgia. The hope is that the technology will better connect riders while also helping to manage them in the public right-of-way.
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As Denver and other cities continue to migrate short-term rental permitting and tax-collection to online, software-as-a-service platforms, local governments are seeing increased participation.
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Tennessee-based technology company TransCore has been selected for a $507 million, seven-year contract to “design, build, operate and maintain” tolling infrastructure to enforce a new congestion pricing scheme.
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The department bought two new hybrid utility vehicles at a cost of $45,000 each. The hybrid patrol vehicles get better gas mileage — 24 per gallon compared with about 17 per gallon for current vehicles.
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In Northern California, earthquakes have the potential to disrupt more than buildings. Water supply and infrastructure has also been significantly damaged in the past when major quakes have struck.
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Cleveland rolls out upgrades for its network of some 61,000 streetlights, illuminating the way for a range of smart city related projects.
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The Bay Area test site for autonomous vehicle technology will host the Olli self-driving shuttles, made by Local Motors, as they undergo rigorous connected vehicle testing and prepare for widespread use.
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Critics of the proposal point to the impact the incentive plan would have on drivers with inflexible schedules and those of low-income, who may not be able to afford, for example, long distance bus service.
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A set of new automated porters are part of a $324 million remake of MIA’s baggage system designed to make baggage handling three times faster than it was before. The new system debuts this month.
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SpaceX has requested permission from an international regulatory group to start operating as many as 30,000 additional satellites at a specific frequency level, power level and location in space.
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The eight kiosks, approved by the city about a year ago, are now operational – sort of like big smartphones sticking out of the ground with all the same kind of information available, particularly targeted for Aurora.
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