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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Researchers at the University of Washington are compiling data on the system to help determine whether it is “as effective as claimed."
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Through an international partnership, Illinois CIO Hardik Bhatt is excited to exchange information, ideas and data to help make both states leaders in their respective countries.
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Instruments will measure water temperature, salinity, oxygen content, pH, clarity and, eventually, levels of nitrogen pollution. The data will be transmitted directly to an EPA website being designed for the average person to understand.
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Just as it would not make sense to only fund bridges and highways in one city in the United States, it makes no sense to limit investment in the sensors, systems and networks needed to build smart cities to a single location.
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The network would replace the turnpike’s microwave-radio system, whose capacity to carry data from toll plazas, camera systems and road sensors to centralized computers will eventually reach its limit.
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If the Hyperloop turns into a means of transportation, it will be the fastest and one of the cheapest modes of transportation in existence.
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An electric grid that can fix itself may seem like something out of science fiction, but Eversource Energy is moving in that direction.
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United States Chief Technology Officer Megan Smith called the conference “a big American barn-raising” of ideas.
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The dark side of the gig economy is a place where people are forced out of decent-paying full-time employment into multiple jobs just to make a living.
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More than a third of respondents to a recent survey said that if a semiautonomous car took over part of the driving duties, they’d eat, read, text, take pictures and access the internet while driving.
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The authors of a book about driverless cars published in September talk timing and safety of automated vehicles.
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Smart Cities Grant Winners announced Thursday were Denver; Los Angeles; Marysville, Ohio; Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority in New York; Pittsburgh, Pa.; San Francisco; and Houston.
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Our future roadways will consist of more than self-driving cars and smart traffic systems.
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The portion of I-380 to be mapped was chosen because it provides both rural and urban traffic.
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A poll finds that 40 percent of surveyed drivers in Oregon and Washington aren't interested in owning a driverless car, even if price wasn't a factor.
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Backed by Ford Motor Co., Palo Alto's new bike share program will be part of a growing network of Bay Area cities from San Francisco to San Jose.
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A new parking solution cuts out one of the most hated pieces of urban infrastructure — the parking meter.
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The funds will go toward projects to encourage carpools, time traffic signals for transit and pedestrian safety, and test driverless passenger shuttles.
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