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 passage of the Water Resources Development Act for pledges funding for pipe replacement in Flint, Michigan as well as preventative measure to avoid another water crisis.
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Uber began recruiting its drivers to apply for positions as autonomous vehicle operators to help in the ride-share company’s research endeavors.
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The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency board is expected to vote to allow BART officials, on behalf of Muni, to negotiate agreements with major cellular carriers to expand cell service in the existing underground network.
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Waze will provide Greensboro, N.C., with real-time, anonymous incident and slow-down information directly from participating drivers, and the city will provide information on road closures and construction.
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The first carbon trading scheme in the U.S. is now a decade old. Here are some of the things it's done.
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Each government’s political and socioeconomic status is the key differentiator in how smart cities develop.
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Talk about unintended consequences.
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Poor thermostat settings are making people uncomfortable and wasting hundreds of millions of dollars, an analysis shows. What can be done about this?
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The centerpiece of the new proposal gradually removes the transmission and distribution portion for solar users' bill credit, reducing the amount a small solar generator receives by 10 percent each year, for 10 years.
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The long list of projects is viewed as a sign of renewed confidence in many state and local governments that a stronger economy has made it possible to focus on new spending to address the backlog of infrastructure needs.
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Bean Town's partnership with the Switzerland-based WEF, which will be formally announced Sept. 14, will lead to a yearlong collaboration aimed at studying and implementing tests and policies for self-driving cars.
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After driving millions of miles testing its cars, Uber will offer rides in downtown Pittsburgh, although the riders will be accompanied by two employees to gather data and take over should anything go wrong.
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Transit data has been standardized, but not for everyone.
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Every 20 years, the United Nations has a conference to discuss the future of cities. So far, it appears almost no mayors from America will attend.
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The 2016-17 fiscal code lawmakers passed and Gov. Tom Wolf signed seeks to reduce the state police's allotment from the Motor License Fund over several budget cycles, but an alternative source of funds has yet to be found.
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A system developed in South Texas could become a national model.
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A new business coalition is shooting to prepare Tokyo — the world's largest metropolitan area — for self-driving cars by the time of the next Summer Olympic Games.
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There is a way to improve safety across a rapidly evolving range of advanced mobility technologies and vehicles. The answer is connectivity.
