Infrastructure
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Spring days can produce an excess of surplus renewable energy in California — more power than electric lines can carry. Researchers have some ideas about where and how to harness that energy. -
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.
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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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Planners should try to stay ahead of technology and embrace changes that will include driverless vehicles, and vehicles that share traffic and road conditions with each other.
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The National Association of City Transportation Officials' recent statement on automated driving reflects one tech giant's sentiments that driving is better left to machines.
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The new law negates town ordinances against ridesharing companies and puts authority solely on the State Department of Safety.
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Interstate 80 heading into San Francisco has been approved for the SMART Corridor project, which will outfit the highway with advanced metering lights, lane-closure warnings and variable speed-limit signs.
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The idea of turning lights on and off remotely might seem enticing, but make sure the software downloaded is properly secure.
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The Kansas town is considering a study that would asses the condition of city streets involving automated data collection using high-resolution digital cameras, GPS receivers and computers on board a company van.
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Since the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency's official program to regulate shuttles began in April, the total number of stops has gone from 125 to 110, prompting tech workers to find other ways to get to their Silicon Valley offices.
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The Regional Transportation Alliance received nearly 340 responses to its crowdsourcing survey, and the top suggestion in each county was to improve public transit.
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Autonomous deliveries of food and parcels will be one step closer as Starship Technologies has agreed to partnerships in the UK, Germany and Switzerland.
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The new commercial drone rules are a reasonable way to guard public safety while providing businesses room to develop new uses for the technology.
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Last year an Oxnard, Calif., train was derailed, killing one and injuring 34 others. The Metrolink board is now considering a repair to prevent a similar tragedy.
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Mark Jacobson's home is the first constructed built on the Peninsula by BONE Structure, which uses patented light steel-frame building technology that allows for precision building.
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Places that are currently taking the needs of an aging population seriously will do best over the long haul.
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In a part of Washington state hit hard by extreme fire, a fire ecologist explains how prescribed burns and thinning can make the land more fire-resilient.
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Local authorities are key players in a worldwide effort to shape development for the next 15 years. Here's how they are translating high-level global policy into action on the ground.
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The city and county of Honolulu issued 368 photovoltaic permits last month, a decline of 41 percent compared with 632 in the same period a year earlier.
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Gasoline sales in the state were about 2.6 percent higher in the first quarter of this year versus the first quarter of 2015.
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The idea came from Amtrak commuters looking for an easier way to cross the Hudson river from the Rensselaer rail station to Albany.
