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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What can we learn from cities around the world about how to pack people into small spaces while maintaining a high quality of life?
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Though the Shasta Regional Transportation Agency did not receive the Transit and Intercity Rail Capital grant, it vows to try again — but it won't get another opportunity to do so until 2018.
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The legislative package now moves to the full state Senate.
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An update to a free-to-use tool from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency seeks to make it easier for local government to prepare for a changing future.
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As a one time investor in Uber, Google has reportedly explored the option of turning its navigation subsidiary Waze into a ride-sharing app, potentially competing with the ride-sharing giant.
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If computers ruled the roads, we might be out of a jam.
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The Iowa Utilities Board has approved a $3.6 billion wind energy investment that will help convert the state's power grid to clean energy.
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It’s not enough to just store energy — system operators have to find a way to balance supply and demand instantaneously, generating every kilowatt that is demanded by customers who expect power the moment they flip a switch.
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The nonprofit Automotive Information Sharing and Analysis Center has developed a series of auto cybersecurity best practices that cover governance, risk management, security by design and threat detection, to name a few.
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The Alphabet company will help users throughout the San Francisco Bay Area find rides to and from work.
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The transit-elevated bus takes public transit above the street.
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With the playing field opened up for many more users, the FAA is expecting to see continued growth in the number of uses of unmanned aircraft.
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The water crisis in Michigan highlighted major problems with not just federal regulations but the way localities enforce them. That's all likely to change soon.
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In helping keep track of wildlife, the Warrensburg, Mo., city government is mapping out trees in order to keep track of which ones are slated for removal and where others may be planted.
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Self-driving technology devised by Otto, a San Francisco startup that was acquired by Uber this month for a reported $680 million, is now an integral part of Uber CEO Travis Kalanick’s race into a future where taxis, delivery vehicles and long-haul trucks can pilot themselves.
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Critics don't think Tesla can sell enough home batteries to justify its acquisition of SolarCity, but what they're underestimating is the potential for innovation the Gigafactory brings.
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Though there is still room for further drops in solar prices, it isn’t likely to come from advances in solar technologies. Instead, it will come from decreases in the mass production of panels and the cost associated with installing them.
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The new legislation, which Gov. Jerry Brown has vowed to approve, requires a cut in emissions to 40 percent below 1990 levels by 2030.
