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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The "Big Ideas for L.A." event, hosted by Los Angeles and the National League of Cities, allowed mayors to share “big ideas” that are driving innovation within their communities.
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A new advisory position in Los Angeles will dedicate the next 12 months to pushing the limits of transportation technology in one of the most congested cities in the world.
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The city also has been asked to participate in a Connected Cities program, which installs telecommunication equipment to enhance mobile broadband service citywide.
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There are no intersections, red lights or pedestrians on highways, making them a far less complex trip -- and one truck maker believes that automated tractor-trailers will be licensed to do so first.
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Randolph and Fitchburg, Mass., will have a platform for networked streetlighting -- and the option to self-fund additional smart city applications in the future.
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Although gas and electric utilities currently lead the smart meter market, increased pressure to conserve in the state has water agencies following close behind.
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No one before has attempted a solar-powered flight over such a large expanse of ocean. But Andre Borschberg is set to make the trip over five days, without a drop of fuel.
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Because of one of the nation’s deadliest train crashes, cities must implement advanced safety technology on commuter trains.
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Smart technologies are a force multiplier for public safety agencies, allowing them to serve growing populations even as public spending remains constrained.
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In an effort to make rentals more sustainable, city officials in 14 college towns banded together to create a website that shows renters what they would pay in utilities.
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IoT innovations are doing everything from finding parking spaces to locating lost hikers.
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Industry advocates all agree on the need to boost the country's spending on roads, bridges and transit. But they, like Congress, are split on how to pay for it.
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A project that was designed to study space colonization has lessons for communities on this planet.
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The public’s been led to believe that engineers will soon remove humans from driving, but researchers have shown that we shouldn’t ignore the human element of automated driving.
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An international team of researchers examined data on how resources pass through the planet's largest cities, and their findings could point the way toward strategies to make cities cleaner, greener and more sustainable.
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The company already has begun pilot projects that leverage technology it has developed for electric car batteries for stationary energy storage.
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Dubbed the "Airbnb for water," one startup is trying to make it easier for farmers to sell excess water to municipal, industrial, conservation or other agricultural users.
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The Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers worries state-specific standards on safety and manufacturing will put the brakes on technology development.
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