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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As more people are living downtown rather than in suburbs, there's one trend that's overlooked: the reverse commute.
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Thinking of going solar? Prices are approaching the cost of grid electricity, but only in some places — so far.
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Recent streetcar stumbles in Atlanta and Houston may offer lessons for cities.
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The state’s secretary of transportation, Stephanie Pollack, is a liberal in a conservative administration and an advocate in an administrative post. But she’s making it work.
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When the Michigan city began to pump drinking water from the Flint River, its water treatment plant wasn't capable of adding corrosion control treatment primarily due to financial restraints.
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The city may build an aerial gondola to shuttle people into and out of its oldest neighborhood.
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Riding the subway is a sign of a good life — according to pop culture, anyway.
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Emerging technology could mean many things for mobility. The U.S. Secretary of Transportation wants to make sure that technology serves to bring people together rather than push them apart.
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The mayor of Newark, N.J., is asking for help for what he claims is a infrastructure challenge stretching beyond his city's borders.
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Nearly 2,000 municipalities have entered public-private partnerships for all or part of their water supply systems.
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Long-term drought and water shortages in many parts of the U.S. are spurring interest in ways to reuse graywater -- the water that drains from sources such as showers, bathtubs and washing machines.
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Underutilized spaces present the chance to reconnect neighborhoods, offer new transportation options and encourage physical activity.
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The desalination plant would be built on 30 acres of district-owned property near San Juan Creek, about 2,500 feet from the beach north of Pacific Coast Highway.
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Thanks to a partnership between the tech giant and the Federal Railroad Administration, an alert from a smartphone will be one more reminder of the places where trains and cars should avoid meeting.
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The flood maps determine a property’s relationship to the established base-flood elevation of that area.
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The city has put in the first two of its planned network of 25 kiosks meant to help connect people to what's going on around them.
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The money will go toward low- or no-emission buses for public agencies.
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Study shows mangrove forests along desert coasts have potential to lock up large amounts of carbon and buffer against rising seas.
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