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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The 2020 U.S. Transportation Climate Impact Index by StreetLight Data ranked the top 100 metro regions around key transportation metrics and for their contribution to greenhouse gases.
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Speaking at a recent business summit, the Missouri House speaker said it made sense to build a tube capable of sending people across the state in a half hour, assuming the technology works as promised.
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Demand for electric vehicles is projected to ramp up sharply over the next decade, with nearly 19 million of them on U.S. roads by 2030, up from about 1.5 million today, according to the Edison Electric Institute.
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Operators of scooters and other rent-to-ride mobility devices are likely to have more substantive conversations with cities around issues like infrastructure, data analysis, sustainability and safety.
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NYC lawyers want an appeals court to maintain the rules on Uber and Lyft to prevent traffic congestion. Recently rules imposing a time limit on cars from e-hail companies were thrown out by a judge.
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A facility in Hornell, N.Y., is producing what will be the first high-speed trains to hit the tracks in the U.S. This week, a federal agency approved Amtrak's permit to test those trains in Colorado.
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Transit officials in Kansas City, Mo., plan to eliminate bus fares system-wide this year. Leadership views the move, which will erase about 8 percent of the agency's revenue, as a boost to the local economy.
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Transit officials in Kansas City, Mo. plan to eliminate bus fares system-wide this year.
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Phasing in electric cars and trucks is a widely recognized benchmark in cutting greenhouse gas emissions, but now Maine’s long, ambitious climate-change journey is turning to battery-powered school buses.
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State officials this week showed off some of the new high-tech wizardry that’s making it easier to drive in metro Atlanta traffic — and they announced that more of that technology is on the way.
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The newly signed law establishes the Electric Vehicle Charging Station Incentive Program, which provides grants to add new charging infrastructure and upgrade existing stations.
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Voters rejected the tax before — the Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit ballot measure lost in 2006 before passing in 2008. This year it contends with parcel taxes for schools and a sales tax for fire prevention in Sonoma County.
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The Bay Area Air Quality Management District has formed a partnership with Aclima to use roving air sensors that will gather detailed pollution data from across the San Francisco metro area.
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Years after on-demand electric scooters first came onto the scene, companies in San Francisco are beginning to offer options for riders with disabilities. Critics say its a move that should have happened a long time ago.
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Three winners will get access to Coord’s software, apps and APIs, and collaboration from the company’s experts, to deliver a project by the end of the year to make local streets and sidewalks safer or more efficient.
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The Circular City program, a project by New Lab and the NYC Economic Development Corporation, has issued an open call for startups to use technology to address the city’s sustainability goals.
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A bill filed by Sen. Jeff Brandes aims to bring Florida’s electric bicycle regulations in line with those in at least 22 other states. Under the proposed law, all three types of e-bikes would be defined as bicycles.
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Vendors at the 2020 Consumer Electronics Show tackled an oft-discussed goal for municipal leaders, looking at how communities could use smart city technology to transform aging infrastructure.
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