Infrastructure
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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. -
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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Data center development, the subject of much public-sector conversation and policy, is predicted to expand, driven by the growth of AI. It's also expected to come at a cost and bring a selective benefit.
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The Bay Area city is looking to implement several autonomous vehicle pilot projects on its streets to determine how the technology can be integrated into the entire transportation ecosystem.
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U.S. Sen. Gary Peters cautions that the transition to self-driving cars and trucks won’t follow a smooth road.
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While the state legislation opens the door to the new technology, each city or county has to approve laws at the local level before they operate.
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Miami-Dade County, along with the City Innovate Foundation, is releasing a playbook for local governments that adds ride-hailing and bike-sharing to the mix in the quest for truly multi-modal mobility.
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The company's annual shareholders meeting in Dallas showed growing concerns about climate policies among investors.
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New applications of technology could swiftly make paper and mobile boarding passes a thing of the past.
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The city introduced new meters in October that can measure how much water a customer uses hour by hour and beam back information to the water department wirelessly.
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The technology Audi plans to demonstrate on June 13 is capable of safely allowing hands-free driving at posted highway speeds, but it requires a driver to take over if problems arise.
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Snohomish County, Wash., is trying to figure out how best to use smart tech to serve very different populations.
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Contra Costa is the only county in the state with a population of at least 1 million that does not have a Cal State or University of California campus.
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The pilot project, which could eventually be expanded to all city facilities, will help San Diego plan future efficiency upgrade projects to help meet the goals in its ambitious climate action plan.
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Using data sets from multiple sources, the NYU Furman Center created an interactive map for resilience planners on where flooding is most prone and which populations are most heavily affected.
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Uber is being accused of stealing Waymo’s self-driving technology.
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Crews are set to start installing new signal cabinets and controllers to replace the aging equipment now in place.
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Although transit systems are expected to collect just a fragment of operating costs from passengers, there is a built-in accountability mechanism requiring they hit certain targets or risk losing state funding.
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Electric vehicles are becoming more popular, with more charging stations available, but the short range is holding them back.
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New Jersey Chief Technology Officer Dave Weinstein spoke about the growing cyberthreat against the state, and how automation could help the resource-constrained state.
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Uber and Lyft left after the Austin City Council passed an ordinance in 2015 requiring ride-hailing companies to perform fingerprint background checks on drivers, which both companies fiercely opposed.
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