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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Two local government experts discuss the progress of electric vehicle adoption in California — and the future of transportation.
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The Washington, D.C., transportation department hopes open data visualization will reveal clues about how to lessen congestion and make a more accessible transportation system.
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The Collaborative Adaptive Sensing of the Atmosphere (CASA WX) Radar Project would provide a more accurate picture of the approach of threatening weather.
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As autonomous vehicles become more common on America's roads, "smart infrastructure" will also become common.
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The sensors enable water flow to be directed into pipes where capacity is available and thus prevent pollution from ending up in waterways or backing up into basements.
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The declarations align the cities with the goals of the Sierra Club’s Ready for 100 campaign.
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At first, car manufacturers prioritized hybrid vehicles. Then they scrambled to design long-distance batteries. Now, attention has turned to laying a coast-to-coast network of charging stations.
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Ohio will spend about $2 billion on highway infrastructure each year over the next two years in part as an investment in the new technology.
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The Coast Guard plans to switch Cape Lookout light to solar power and LED lighting in October, making it the first lighthouse in North Carolina to do so.
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Many cities are excited to get to work on smart cities initiatives, but a new report finds that only 16 percent are prepared to fund their projects.
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“If we forget about people when it comes to smart cities, then we will have forgotten about why we did all this.”
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The $28 million project administered by the U.S. Department of Transportation links the university with two other major players in the mobility field: Virginia Tech Transportation Institute and the Texas A&M Transportation Institute.
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San Diego Gas & Electric's new hydrogen fuel cell generator will operate automatically should the grid go down.
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The Governors Highway Traffic Association published a report on what to anticipate for the inevitable interaction of autonomous vehicles and human drivers.
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As more and more states use “big data” for everything from catching fraudsters to reducing heath care costs, some highway patrols are tapping it to predict where serious or fatal traffic accidents are likely to take place so they can try to prevent them.
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With the help of Schneider Electric, the district plans to upgrade its facilities with energy-efficient utilities, lighting and other improvements.
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Ford has announced it will invest $1 billion into robotics and artificial intelligence startup Argo AI.
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How can cities continue their progress toward becoming smart when funding tied to a ballot measure fails?
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