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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Private companies are paying the city $500 million to transform old pay phones into high-speed Internet hotspots. Is it a plan other cities can copy?
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The announcement on Monday occurred about a week after the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission gave Uber permission to operate across the state, excluding Philadelphia, for at least the next two years.
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In Washington, in state capitals and in city halls, it is time to sound the alarm bell: the future is calling.
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The infrastructure program would be partially financed by a new, one-time corporate tax on profits earned overseas - an estimated $2 trillion that now largely escapes taxation.
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Cities were once thought to be inferior to their surrounding suburbs. Thanks to the millennials, that view is changing.
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Innovation is our opportunity to bring our heads, hearts and hands to bear on the challenges and opportunities of our time.
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This infographic explores the possibilities that can be realized in a city that takes advantage of the IoE.
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Two German automakers have teamed with ChargePoint to install networks of high-speed chargers along two interstate corridors.
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Electric vehicles are the most promising alternative to conventional gasoline and diesel-powered cars. But how is each technology different? And what are the relative benefits and commercial challenges to each?
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A peek at the coming physical transformation of connected vehicles, smarter mass transit and intelligent infrastructure in cities.
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Thoughts on how to keep midtown Manhattan – now an aging business district – the center of world capitalism.
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Though our grid has served us well, it's time to modernize it to holistically tackle our 21st century energy needs.
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The smart grid in Detroit is about to get smarter – and so are utility industry executives exploring options for real-time grid data and analytics.
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A new research paper documents a number of limitations and barriers to the potential road safety of self-driving vehicles.
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Modern metering systems can save money and make water management more efficient. Local officials are finding ways to overcome obstacles to putting them in place.
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The technology to create driverless cars is already starting to work its way into our vehicles.
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Michael Bloomberg will lend a helping hand to India in selecting 100 towns that will be turned into smart cities
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New energy is transforming our cities into hotbeds of democracy and progressive innovation.
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