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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San Francisco has some of the most progressive environmental policies in the country, and it has a goal of reducing carbon emissions by 40 percent below 1990 levels by 2025.
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Many local governments are expressing a desire to attract or retain the economic activity and tax dollars created by what’s now the largest generation in the U.S. workforce.
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Five institutions in Salt Lake City were recognized by the city as part of this year's Project Skyline Mayor’s Challenge Awards.
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The project, which others have estimated could cost more than $10 billion, is still on track to open to the public possibly as early as 2021.
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The director of Google’s self-driving cars says the cars have confronted a variety of scenes on surface streets around the company’s Mountain View, Calif., headquarters.
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Several municipalities are forming public-private partnerships to launch smart city initiatives.
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A group of experts is working to design a tool to boost the brightness of clouds to reflect rays of sunlight back into space.
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Mcity, billed as a linchpin to preserve southeast Michigan's dominance in automotive technology's future, is designed to accelerate development of inter-vehicle communication and driverless cars.
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Communities face a lot of challenges in improving Internet access. The key is engaging stakeholders in a collaborative process.
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With U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz looking on, Mayor Bill Peduto signed a memorandum of understanding that jump-starts research and develops local sources of energy.
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Their use may not solve all urbanization problems, but can provide a multitude of solutions that can be leveraged by cities
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We expect to pay for services like phones and electricity and water that are reliable. Shouldn't we treat roads the same way?
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The light purchase caps a two-year effort, which came to a head last year when a number of Andover residents starting asking why the lights on their streets had been turned off.
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As clean energy catches on, coal is not the commodity it was in decades past.
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The U.S. is one of the world leaders in carbon emissions, but a new report shows a trend toward a sustainable future.
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A national nonprofit is bringing together community partners, volunteers and job trainees to implement solar power and energy efficiency for low-income families.
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The bill would make it easier for electricity customers to install solar or other renewable energy systems on their properties.
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Municipalities that deploy sensors in partnership with tech companies are confronted with a host of ethical questions, and must decide which behavior is suitable to track and whether data should be sold to marketers.
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