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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In general, Uber says it thinks competition is good because it gives people more choices and forces everyone to be better.
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The cost of producing power explains why.
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Two shuttles will begin operating in a San Francisco Bay Area business park in order to test and provide data for autonomous shuttles.
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The agency now allows customers to manage their TollTag accounts in either English or Spanish.
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After gathering community feedback for the past two years, the city released its plan that will begin to prioritize its projects and policies, most of which focus on the city’s innovative community outreach program.
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A General Motors executive discusses what's on the horizon for the company in the development of electric and autonomous vehicles.
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With an historic infrastructure expenditure on the table, the SMART Plan also offers potential windfalls for contractors, consultants and the lobbyists they employ.
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The University of Washington released a report for how Seattle should handle the onset of autonomous vehicles, but lessons can be applied to cities nationwide.
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The bill would allow any customer who has signed a contract with an independent power company to avoid paying any extra charges for green power.
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There’s a growing acceptance of on-board video in commercial truck fleets to help reduce liability, cut fuel costs and train drivers to be safer on the road.
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Hundreds of high-hazard and dangerous rail crossings need significant improvements, and lawmakers and advocates are calling for improvements to safety at those crossings.
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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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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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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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