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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Like NYC's Citi Bike program, Suffolk residents with the Zagster app will be able to pick up and drop off bikes at docks placed throughout the county.
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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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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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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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In Idaho, a local police department has turned to electric-assist bicycles to help officers do their job.
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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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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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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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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 $20 million infrastructure project would eventually monitor water meters and collect data on street activity.
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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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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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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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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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