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 city has had problems with disruptive transportation technology in the past. So when startups began blanketing other cities with electric scooters, Portland, Ore., decided to take a more measured approach before allowing them in.
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Seattle has the most alternative-fuel vehicles in its municipal fleet. But its fleet is supposed to be 100 percent alternative.
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Rather than obeying the order to remove dockless scooters from public streets and sidewalks, two companies are hoping the city will come around.
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The city of Sacramento is piloting digital license plates on a couple dozen of its electric cars, and the potential benefits of the dynamic new devices are many, including safety, diagnostics and public information.
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As one election turns into the next, Sacramento's divisive debate over rent control, data privacy and gas taxes are beginning to heat up.
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They've grown a little colder on self-driving vehicles.
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The city and county of Honolulu becomes the first government agency in the nation to pass a bill that caps fares charged by ridesharing services.
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Contracts totaling $35 million were approved to purchase the electronic metering system, which is anticipated to be operating by mid-2020.
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A few hundred electric scooters were set free in Denver Friday and curious folks didn’t waste time before hopping aboard and navigating the sea of small dogs, activists asking for petition signatures and lunch breakers downtown.
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The Colorado Department of Transportation will work with Integrated Roadways to test a half-mile of smart pavement later this year.
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The $20 million infrastructure project would eventually monitor water meters and collect data on street activity.
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The project, announced in April, will focus on the city's downtown and Perry Square areas and is funded by $300,000 from the Erie Innovation District.
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California and its capital are testing out new digital license plates that use the same computer technology as Kindle eBook readers.
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A number of other factors are contributing to highway gridlock as well.
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Bike-sharing company The Gotcha Group will operate a system with 100 bikes and 18 stations throughout the city, starting in August or September
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The meters will allow the utility to download readings multiple times per day.
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The move represents one major policy lever states have in trying to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from transportation.
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The Idaho Autonomous and Connected Vehicle Testing and Deployment Committee will hold its first meeting May 30 to begin the process of creating a framework for autonomous vehicle use and testing.
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