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 wants to impose some restrictions on bikeshare companies that the startups say will hamper their ability do deliver service.
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The city is questioning whether its priorities are in order.
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GIS mapping helps local leaders identify areas of concern, design solutions and accrue project funding through superior public visualization of priorities and considerations.
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New traffic signals in Detroit are designed to help pedestrians, cyclists and ambulances get through intersections, while helping traffic planners test safety improvements quickly.
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After early success with 51 readers last year, the city is investing more than $530,000 to purchase more of them.
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SmartAg has received funds from a number of state and local sources.
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Residents in San Rafael have launched a pre-emptive effort to prevent telecoms from installing small cell antennas throughout the city.
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Scattered on telephones polls in Paramount neighborhoods, the technology for the first time allowed regulators to track how pollution from industrial plants was traveling across the community.
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After almost three days of silence, Uber has resumed work with self-driving cars in Pittsburgh.
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For this year's smart cities workshop, participants came not just with enthusiasm and curiosity, but also with practical ideas.
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To create a fully driverless vehicle, capable of handling all driving situations, Waymo is training its autonomous minivans to operate in the snow.
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The accident, the latest involving a self-driving vehicle operated by one of several companies experimenting with autonomous vehicles, caused no serious injuries.
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NuTonomy's CEO says they are not going to halt their testing like Uber has halted theirs in the midst of accidents.
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Nvidia created several prototypes by retrofitting existing vehicles, and it has a permit from California to take them on test drives. It uses the cars for training its artificial intelligence system.
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Caltrain serves 65,000 daily commuters in the crowded Silicon Valley corridor with an aging system of diesel locomotives. Electrifying the trains would reduce smog, upgrade the trains and reduce traffic congestion, supporters say.
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Legislators are grappling with how to foster a high-tech industry that has found a fertile home in the state.
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The move would bring Minnesota in line with state governments across the country that are increasingly seeking to slap fees on electric vehicles.
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The “Stay Alive: Don’t Phone & Drive” coalition call the bill's passage in the Iowa Senate a positive step forward.
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