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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Anchorage's city-owned electric utility is slated to outfit thousands of streetlights with LED bulbs and wireless controls that can dim or brighten the lights remotely or alert city officials to burned-out bulbs, signaling a push toward "smart" lighting technology.
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In a letter to the U.S. Department of Transportation, Apple admitted its interest in highly automated vehicles and noted a few concerns regarding the proposed regulations.
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Self-driving vehicles present the biggest challenge for road planners since horse and buggies gave way to automobiles in the early 20th Century.
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The founder of Google X is called the father of self-driving cars by many.
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Congressional support is critical to advancing the clean energy industry.
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With the rise of rooftop solar, utility managers agree that the pricing structure for net metering needs to change.
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Data analytics goes hand in hand with IoT, but adding a sophisticated AI into the equation helps make recommendations that maximize available resources.
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Until recently, measuring air pollution was a task that could be performed only by trained scientists using very sophisticated – and very expensive – equipment. But that has changed.
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The two suppliers say they will have a self-driving platform ready for production in 2019, though automakers would likely need at least another year to incorporate it into their vehicles.
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A new playbook provides best practices based on work in 22 cities around the globe.
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On Portland’s newest bridge, there’s just one rule: no cars allowed. Other cities may follow the progressive city’s lead.
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Washington, D.C., has recently become home to a new kind of sustainable energy.
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Members of the advisory council — which will help guide the organization and the partnerships it creates between universities and cities — represent industry, academia and local government.
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Even rich countries will struggle to monitor progress and inform policymaking. But momentum is picking up to fill this gap.
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Standing in front of a “driverless” tractor-trailer, Gov. John Kasich announced a $15 million state investment to create a "smart mobility corridor.”
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The EPA had until April 2018 to finalize its fuel economy standards, but its decision to issue a proposal this week was seen by some as a hasty attempt to get those standards on the books before Trump’s Jan. 20 inauguration.
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The Automation Proving Ground Pilot Program will help identify and designate specific facilities as qualified proving grounds that will safely test, demonstrate and deploy automated vehicle technology.
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The Rust Belt metropolis has attracted more autonomous driving investment than anyplace outside Silicon Valley.
