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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An Audi RS 7 ran a lap at Germany's famed Hockenheimring racetrack, leaving little doubt just how far autonomous vehicle technology has come.
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Finding a cheap, reliable way to store electricity generated by renewables is the hope of many researchers, government officials and power producers.
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A new report highlights opportunities to improve water management in drought-stricken western states.
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In a significant victory for California's high-speed rail project, the California Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to review a lawsuit challenging the issuance of bonds for its construction.
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Proponents of train corridor see opportunity to put Ohio capital on fast track to economic growth.
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Mitchell – who is garnering increased national attention for smart city innovation – tells forum that brainpower and creativity is key.
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A new train design will deliver faster, more frequent and more reliable journeys with the first walk-through and air-cooled trains on the Tube lines that are deep underground.
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More than three dozen mayors will be in Kentucky to discuss entrepreneurship in general and the “Maker Movement” in particular.
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CEO Musk said Tesla will soon offer a suite of four safety systems that together offer a semi-autonomous driving experience.
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The city is poised to take the next steps toward a speedy new bus service with a two-year planning effort and huge price tag for implementation.
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Tracks under the Hudson River are in serious need of repair as political inertia and budget pressures push transit systems to the limit. Via the Fiscal Times
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The world's largest incinerator will ensure that Beijing's household garbage is not only disposed of in an eco-friendly manner, but also produces electricity for the energy-hungry city. Via China Daily
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A few years ago a group of researchers used computer modeling to put California through a nightmare scenario: Seven decades of unrelenting mega-drought similar to those that dried out the state in past millennia. The results were surprising.
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Scientists are examining different forms of self-healing concrete, which means that the first morphing building or street may soon be on the horizon.
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As the state ends the fourth-driest water year on record with no guarantee of significant rain and snowfall this winter, Californians face the prospect of stricter rationing and meager irrigation deliveries for agriculture.
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Fifty years ago on Wednesday two Shinkansen bullet trains completed their first journeys, kickstarting a high-speed rail network that would transform Japan. via The Guardian
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Say New York City's population grew to the size of Shanghai's, swelling from 8 million people to 24 million. Here's how we'll rebuild the city to make room for them all. via i09.com
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Mercedes-Benz and the Contra Costa Transportation Authority are turning the Concord Naval Weapons Station property into the nation's largest secure testing site for self-driving vehicles.
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