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 project is in its early stages, but it's promising big things for the future.
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Tesla and other carmakers, including Honda, BMW, Volvo and Mercedes, are introducing cars with semi-autonomous features such as emergency braking, lane keeping and collision avoidance.
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The humble shipping container is sparking a revolution in architecture, plug and play infrastructure, portable labs and many other innovations.
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As currently visualized, the trail will loop through 24 towns in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, linked by the Calhoun Street Bridge in Trenton in the north, and by the Tacony-Palmyra Bridge in the south.
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After signing a bill to beef up California's clean energy usage by 2030, another bill to ramp up the stakes is headed to the governor's desk.
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UrbanSim aims to help urban planners better understand the impact of interventions, but also to increase the inclusiveness and transparency of planning processes by involving citizens throughout.
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Tax incentives aren't always the best way to lure businesses. Many are simply going where the talent is.
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The first signs that humans were warming the climate appeared much earlier in the northern hemisphere -- way back in the 1830s. But now the trend is emerging all over the globe.
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While Donald Trump talks of a border wall, local officials on both sides are identifying ways to cooperate with each other.
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Carpooling is at an all-time low, but could ride-hailing apps like Uber and Lyft change that?
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The structural flaw in those ancient stone homes is not so different from unreinforced brick buildings built in California before 1933.
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Although the original plan would have had buses up and running this summer, transit officials instead opted to delay the rollout and choose a more weather resistant bus model that has a longer lasting charge.
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Carpooling will become part of the company's services eventually, but for now, its pilot project has petered out.
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Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, in conjunction with the Japanese government, is exploring the possibility of installing a magnetic levitation train capable of driving 350 mph.
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Smart cities, where sensors help public workers, departments and building managers cut energy and water use, is expected to grow fast in the next decade.
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The new infrastructure system uses ground-penetrating radar sensors to provide a picture of not only of the road surface but the underlying system supporting the road down to 18 inches into the ground.
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Wi-Fi will be added to 50 more Metra cars after a positive customer response to the current program which deployed in only 12 cars.
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The ever-frustrating occurrence of dropped calls in tunnels will be remedied in Seattle. Cell phone coverage will be extended through downtown tunnels beginning this week.
