Infrastructure
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The local government’s Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to appropriate the funds for a “comprehensive technology infrastructure remediation project.” It comes in response to a critical IT outage last summer. -
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.
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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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While many places try to regulate or ban sharing-economy companies like Uber and Airbnb, a few are instead working with them to improve their emergency preparedness and transportation options.
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Can this conservative billionaire's money make a difference?
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Hyperloop Transportation Technologies and Hyperloop Technologies hope that the future of transportation is in air-vacuumed tubes that can zip people from L.A. to San Francisco in 30 minutes.
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UberRUSH has been rolled out to a few merchants in three cities with plans to expand to more stores in more locations.
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The L.A. Port has failed to complete over 20 percent of its measures to reduce pollution.
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The Supreme Court hears a case that will decide whether homes and businesses can earn money from distributed energy technologies, including demand response and home battery systems.
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The national market for environmentally friendly infrastructure is rapidly growing, and LEED hones in on building practices that support areas of human and environmental health.
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Alongside a trend of delivery services switching to low-carbon fuel sources, UPS has built up a fleet of electric, natural gas and other alternative-fuel vehicles.
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The battery system will deliver stored power to Oahuans during peak hours, smoothing out fluctuations in solar power and shifting power from when it is generated to when it is needed.
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The Connecticut state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection hopes this will start a trend that the rest of the state will adopt.
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A deal between Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio will "mean a safer, stronger, more reliable transit system for people all over New York."
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The academic community has to make sure researchers and scientists engage with the general public.
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Officials convene in Salt Lake City to share best practices in innovation, smart technology, cybersecurity and data analytics.
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The state Department of Motor Vehicles has released the details of nine crashes that have happened on public roads since September 2014, and will continue to release reports in the future.
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With America's fracking boom slowing and solar and wind power becoming more efficient producers of energy, renewable energy is permeating the market.
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Vivek Murthy says brighter street lights, reduced speeds and more crosswalks are among the ways that cities can encourage walking.
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A federal appeals court has blocked a major Obama administration clean water rule, handing an early victory to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and other states trying to drown it in court.
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Spiers New Technologies tests and rates battery packs, and depending on how the tests go, the company provides repair, reuse or remanufacturing services, or the batteries can be re-purposed.
