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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How the Internet of Everything put the City System on Steroids
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Traditionally treated as a liability, technology is transforming trash into a community resource
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The water-energy nexus: Energy is required to deliver and treat water, and water is a vital element for producing energy.
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State, county and municipal government leaders are optimistic about clean energy initiatives. For example, a survey of mayors showed that three in four cities expect their deployment of clean energy technologies to increase over the next five years — in spite of obstacles ranging from fifinancial constraints to developing sources of renewable
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Improving and optimizing energy systems enhances national security, grows the economy and creates jobs, all while protecting the environment.
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Aging infrastructure is expensive to maintain - new infrastructure requires fresh investment. What is a community to do?
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Charlotte and Santa Monica clearly are viewing their cities as systems, but they aren’t alone. Other municipalities across the country are taking innovative approaches as well, including Chattanooga, Tenn.
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Everything is connected to everything else in a system, yet many communities were built silo-by silo
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FutureStructure is a new framework for thinking through and solving the challenges faced in building economically and socially robust communities.
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The increase in riders comes at a pivotal time for the nation's passenger rail provider.
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Two years of background work by the Tesla Motors and SpaceX founder reveals an affordable, open-source alternative to California's proposed high-speed rail.
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Major U.S. cities are finding digital uses for physical assets many thought had outlived their useful life.
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Get a hands-on perspective on what it takes to start a citywide street lighting upgrade project. Governing Senior Fellow, Bob Graves interview with David Gassaway, management analyst, City of Rancho Cordova, California.
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Bartow, Fla., has its sights set on plugging smart utility metering into its fiber-optic backbone, and officials say that could grow into a municipal Internet project.
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Legislation that could pass next year would give PennDot wide latitude to regulate the development of autonomous vehicles in the state.
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Ohio’s private and public institutions have been aggressively positioning the state as a ready testbed for autonomous and connected vehicles, arguing the potential economics are too important to ignore.
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Right now, the only law that affects AVs states that a driver must be behind the wheel. Virginia Transportation Secretary Aubrey Layne hopes the hands-off approach encourages innovation.
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State transportation officials held a workshop to discuss the deployment of autonomous vehicles and the recent draft of regulations released by the DMV.
