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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A city ordinance targets two of the most dangerous types of buildings: brittle concrete buildings and wood apartment complexes with weak first stories, which have killed more than 65 people in Los Angeles’ last two major earthquakes.
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Twenty organizations have come together to push development of services that will make multimodal and individualized transportation easier for travelers to use.
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If something goes wrong in self-driving mode, Volvo is the first company promising to assume liability.
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Governor Jerry Brown is giving a $100 million subsidy for affordable housing to help decrease green house emissions.
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There have been nearly 200 reported incidents of planes coming in close contact with drones, with the most occurring near LAX.
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The lawsuit could force the city to review what "displacement" means under the California Environmental Quality Act.
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According to a new report, installing battery packs in homes and businesses could help prevent blackouts and would save money during peak demand hours — and the feasibility of installing such systems may be increasing.
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A new power conversion system that feeds on water treatment byproduct is expected to save tens of millions annually from savings on chemicals, trucking and power produced.
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Our roads, bridges and schools are in dire need of aid, and the economic benefits of investment far outweigh the financial costs.
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Increased urbanization and more intense rainfall are creating burdensome challenges for cities and towns -- but within these challenges lie new opportunities to build systems that improve the vibrancy and climate resiliency of our urban areas.
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Senate Bill 350, which Gov. Jerry Brown signed in Los Angeles on Wednesday, calls for half the state's electricity to come from renewable sources by 2050.
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Cities are beginning to put pedestrians and cyclists before motorists by making infrastructure more tailored for finding alternate transportation.
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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Climate CoLab has chosen Boulder as a host city for all forms of innovation in hopes of having a positive effect on the environment and building community relations.
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Two EZ10 "Shared Driverless Vehicles" should be cruising about the Bishop Ranch business park in San Ramon by next summer.
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Bicycling and walking have earned preferred status as alternative transportation options, particularly among millennials.
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The computer-controlled "vehicles" would move at speeds up to 150 miles per hour along elevated guideways, and passengers could summon them using their smartphones.
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The Nevada state-owned project, which could break ground as soon as September 2016, is expected to cost at least $100 million.
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Traffic problems are poised to worsen as the population grows and more people gravitate toward cities. But a lot of people in both the public and private sectors are working to find solutions.
