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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The bus combines hydrogen and oxygen atoms, releasing electrons that can be used as electricity to power the bus. The only byproduct is water, which is safe to drink -- and transit authorities demonstrated this fact during its unveiling.
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In the absence of national standards, some states are taking steps to welcome self-driving cars.
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The bill must be reconciled with a House measure, which does not pre-empt local and state laws. The FAA is currently working to complete its first drone regulations.
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The transportation bill signed by Gov. Rick Scott earlier this month explicitly allows riderless cars to hit public roads for research.
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The map will add public transit to the list of transportation-related data available at the national level.
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Such technology comes with an $80 million price-tag, but would cut down on the need for manual meter readings, something Austin Water hires an outside firm to do for $3.6 million a year.
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Ignoring decades of research by architects, geographers, urban planners, designers and sociologists could lead to a dystopian future where humans lose agency if we mindlessly pursue convenience and efficiency.
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The Michigan attorney general is set to announce felony and misdemeanor charges against as many as four people in state and local government connected to water contamination in Flint.
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California officials advance plan to use restitution to spur energy innovation.
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The state Department of Transportation's board is deciding whether to continue $10.3 million that supported two programs, one for Missouri's smaller cities and a second aimed at larger urban areas.
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Ernest Moniz’s visit comes at an important time. At the Paris climate talks last winter, the United States and 19 other nations, including Japan, China, Germany and the United Kingdom, signed on to a commitment to double spending on clean energy research and development by 2021.
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Not everyone is eager to embrace change and innovation, as Leslie Richards discovered working for the state, but that doesn't discourage her from innovating in the public sector.
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The city has partnered with Cisco to develop a 2.2-mile corridor in the city’s downtown that is centered on a new streetcar line, and will feature kiosks with transportation and local service information, free WiFi for public use, and an extensive system of sensors.
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Until the last six months, the Democrat-controlled Legislature largely had kept its hands off the project, but a new proposed measure would set additional reporting requirements for the $64-billion bullet train project.
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The company's subsidiary Sidewalk Labs may or may not be meeting with Alphabet leadership soon to discuss such a project.
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The Federal Highway Administration is calling on state and local transportation agencies to work together on a new data-reporting initiative.
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Washington is the latest state considering the move, intended to discourage the use of carbon fuel like coal and oil by making them more expensive.
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Gov. Rick Snyder said he hopes that under the proposal, “Michigan will lead the rest of the country in terms of addressing lead as a problem.”
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