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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Most of the leaks are small, even tiny. But many have been seeping for years, deemed too insignificant by the utility companies to warrant an immediate fix.
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PennDOT recently announced a cost-saving measure to discontinue registration stickers in favor of Automated License Plate Readers, but several local police chiefs feel like they have been left in the dark about the new system.
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To compete with Lyft and Uber, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority has adopted Arro, its own mobile ride sharing app.
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Although the state is in the midst of a historic five-year drought, water is being released from Folsom Lake based on its operations manual from 1956.
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The city has created a path for other municipalities, making it easier than ever for them to share information with the public and each other.
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Disagreements about how to address the poisoned water crisis in Flint, Mich., has stalled previously promising negotiations on the energy bill.
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The company has won protection for the concept of using its autonomous vehicle technology, currently under development, to deliver packages to customers in the future.
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Since the decision in December, solar advocates have waged a vocal campaign against the commission, urging it to reconsider its decision.
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Hampton Roads, Va., will conduct a study to measure the effectiveness of a rapid bus system rather than a light rail system.
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The Google-owned community-based traffic and navigation app has been growing steadily and providing congestion data to city governments to help ease commutes.
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The state's Senate Finance Committee heard from leaders of the Infrastructure Bank, which has been criticized for being driven by politics and not the state’s road needs.
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Though the U.S. Department of Transportation isn't releasing details of any of the 77 applications it's received for its Smart City Challenge until March 12, city officials have divulged pieces of their plans to local media outlets across the country.
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The city has responded to the Smart City Challenge, which calls for urban transit to be taken into the high-tech age.
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The U.S. Supreme Court has put the Obama administration's plan to cut carbon emissions on hold.
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The state plans to deploy Automated License Plate Readers that will allow police to verify expired registrations.
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In this one-year pilot program, city residents can use a smartphone-connected network of 10 passenger vans that will give them access to more work opportunities.
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While a letter from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to Google suggests that fully self-driving cars could pass safety inspections, it acknowledges that regulatory hurdles still remain.
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Attorney Shannon Liss-Riordan says too many Silicon Valley firms flout labor laws at the expense of low-wage workers.
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