Smart Cities
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Municipalities across the United States are leveraging technology in their signs, from kiosks to birdwatching, to make local government communications more interactive — and, officials hope, more engaging. -
A project to analyze flooding in south Chicago will eventually consist of about 50 sensors transmitting data in real time for analysts and emergency responders.
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The initiative is among its recent smart city endeavors. Others include working with Georgia Tech to debut a technology workspace that lets students learn among tech startups, and exploring smart mobility.
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A recent event in downtown Miami detailed plans for obliterating traffic, launching flying taxis, rolling out self-driving vehicles, improving public transit and building cities without cars.
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Travelers will soon have publicly accessible Wi-Fi at service plazas along the Ohio Turnpike thanks to Agile Network Builders, which has announced a new public partnership with a state agency.
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After several months of testing an AV truck’s abilities to steer and brake on a closed track, the technology company Autobon AI is ready to take the test to regular traffic in the Chicago area.
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Companies like Facebook and Google have ushered in some positives for individuals, communities and governments. But we still have a responsibility to ask whether they're serving the public interest.
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Peculiar, which is a bedroom community in the Kansas City metro area, has partnered with Comcast for high-speed broadband communications to support a number of city and community operations.
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Plus, Sidewalk Labs shares its Digital Innovation Appendix; Minnesota rolls out a plan to reduce bench warrants via text; Miami shows off new website upgrades; Pittsburgh uses innovation to support the Census; and more!
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Minnesota received $47 million in the national Volkswagen court settlement, and officials are floating a plan to spend half that money to reduce air pollution and edge the state toward “a cleaner transportation future.”
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The recent CoMotion LA conference pushed attendees to try to rethink the very nature of urban mobility as cities continue to grapple with a warming planet and increasingly congested highways.
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As Connecticut sets its sights on having 125,000 electric vehicles on the road in the next five years, questions arise as to whether they will yield the environmental gains state officials are projecting.
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California regulators have issued a $10,000 fine to GoGoGrandparent, a San Francisco-based startup that provides a toll-free number that people nationwide can use to request Uber and Lyft rides.
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California regulators have issued a $10,000 fine to GoGoGrandparent, a San Francisco-based startup that provides a toll-free number that people nationwide can use to request Uber and Lyft rides.
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Boulder County Commissioners voted 2-1 to support a recommendation from Boulder County Parks and Open Space that would allow certain e-bikes on plains trails where regular bikes are permitted.
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Pushback against San Diego's smart street lights program — which puts cameras on street lights and collects data — continued at a forum downtown where speakers called it a data goldmine for the private sector.
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The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center is leading an autonomous vehicle pilot project at Fort Carson in Colorado as part of a partnership with the nonprofit group US Ignite.
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City officials said that data collected by street lights is solely owned by the city of San Diego. They said no one is spying on the community, and the info gathered by the lights will not be sold to third parties.
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The system, created by transportation technology and consulting firm INRIX, offers a digital map portal to fill in all the parameters and “rules” making up streets, such as signage, signals, streetlights, and more.
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As cities become denser, the old rationale of designing them around automobiles must give way to a new use of streets that includes walking and micro-mobile solutions. The result: greater efficiency, equity and safety.
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The $10.8 million advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) project is expected to break even in just under a decade. According to officials, roughly 80 percent of electric and water customers already have smart meters.
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