Tech & Data: Page 10

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    AV developer Argo AI to shut down as Ford, Volkswagen halt investments

    Autonomous vehicles are “not ready for prime time,” said one safety expert, and Ford agrees. Argo AI operated AVs in Miami and Austin, Texas.

    By • Oct. 27, 2022
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    What’s next with Orlando’s digital twin

    Users can experience the 800-square-mile digital twin in downtown Orlando or via virtual reality as the Orlando Economic Partnership seeks to market its potential to inform decisions around infrastructure and business development.

    By Maria Rachal • Oct. 21, 2022
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    Trendline

    Smart Cities Technology and Data

    Cities are increasingly looking to technology and data to address real-world issues from traffic safety to law enforcement.

    By Smart Cities Dive staff
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    DC mobility innovation district aims to increase transit access, model solutions

    Launching Thursday, the multiyear project will experiment with innovative transportation services such as on-demand shuttles and electrification hubs while also seeking to spur economic development and job creation.

    By Kalena Thomhave • Oct. 20, 2022
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    Philadelphia piloting smart loading zones with Sidewalk Labs tech

    In digitizing curb assets and regulation, the city is trying to shore up safety and efficiency issues related to deliveries and parking enforcement, explained Smart Cities Director Akshay Malik.

    By Maria Rachal • Oct. 18, 2022
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    Amazon Web Services’ smart city program aims to ease buying decisions

    Real-time traffic management and data analytics are among the services offered under AWS' certification program, which currently has nine vendor participants.

    By Michael Brady • Oct. 12, 2022
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    Cybersecurity needs a statewide approach, state chief information officers, Deloitte say in new report

    Cities often hesitate to work with states on cybersecurity to protect their autonomy, but that could change as local governments vie for new cybersecurity grants, the report authors suggest.

    By Michael Brady • Oct. 10, 2022
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    Quenching cities’ thirst for data

    Data has always played an important role for city planners and transportation departments but recently the thirst for data has increased exponentially.

    Oct. 10, 2022
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    AV industry still needs to prove safety to cities and states, mobility leaders say

    Consider public acceptance of autonomous vehicles now and when taxpayers may have to pay for the technology that enables connected roads, MOVE America conference speakers said. 

    By • Oct. 7, 2022
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    MobilityData takes over micromobility open-data standard

    Nearly 9 in 10 cities in North America require micromobility service providers to use the General Bikeshare Feed Specification, which provides real-time information about a shared mobility system.

    By Michael Brady • Oct. 7, 2022
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    Security to take an outsized role in IT spending in 2023

    Modernization has taught organizations that cyber spend is a smart investment.

    By Matt Ashare • Oct. 4, 2022
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    State and local governments report spike in ransomware attacks

    The public sector is hit less often than other industries, but it contends with more post-attack damage, according to Sophos.

    By Matt Kapko • Oct. 3, 2022
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    Food delivery robots to roam Chicago in pilot program

    Robot operators will partner with restaurants and grocery stores to test the app-based robot deliveries. City leaders will look at device boundaries, vandalism, and other potential issues.

    By Katie Pyzyk • Oct. 3, 2022
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    Smart Cities Connect

    How to move pilot projects to permanent programs

    Officials from Frisco and San Antonio, Texas, and the New York Public Library system, shared at the Smart Cities Connect conference their challenges when transitioning trials to full programs and their strategies to overcome them.

    By Danielle McLean • Sept. 30, 2022
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    3 takeaways from the Smart Cities Connect fall conference

    Public- and private-sector professionals shared ideas on how to get support for procurement, make progress on open-source and interoperable technologies and more.

    By Maria Rachal • Sept. 30, 2022
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    Report: 9 in 10 companies will require return to office by 2023

    Notably, nearly three-quarters of companies surveyed said they still intend to hire remote workers in the future.

    By Kathryn Moody • Sept. 30, 2022
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    Don’t let flying taxis be the next scooters, city planners warn

    Private companies could begin operating air taxi services by 2024, experts said during the ITS World Congress in Los Angeles. Cities need to plan their regulatory approach now.

    By Michael Brady • Sept. 27, 2022
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    Sponsored by GM Future Roads

    Connected vehicle insights help Washington D.C. better understand school zone traffic safety

    The district uses crash, volume, speed and demographic information from Safety View by GM Future Roads and INRIX to help reduce injuries among children.

    Sept. 26, 2022
  • With the Empire State Building behind it, the Alfred E. Smith Houses, a public housing development built and maintained by the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA), stand in in the Lower East Side
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    NYC to give free high-speed internet to public housing residents

    The Big Apple Connect program will provide free internet and cable services to more than 300,000 people who live in New York City Housing Authority developments by the end of 2023.

    By Danielle McLean • Sept. 23, 2022
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    To break an impasse in connected vehicle tech, transportation leaders call for a federal policy framework

    A national framework could address the chicken-and-egg problem of who should invest in the technology first, carmakers or communities, transportation experts say. Without such guidance, each is hesitant to move forward.

    By Michael Brady • Sept. 19, 2022
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    Deep Dive

    How Black-owned grocers are filling industry gaps

    From a cashierless store in Atlanta to health-focused pop-up markets in Los Angeles and Chicago, grocery concepts from Black entrepreneurs are making the changes they want to see in food landscapes.

    By Catherine Douglas Moran • Sept. 15, 2022
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    Smart cities incubator and accelerator program takes shape in Colorado

    Colorado Smart Cities Alliance Executive Director Tyler Svitak talked through plans to bolster technology workforces and companies with the help of federal grant money.

    By Charles Pekow • Sept. 12, 2022
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    Advanced mobility, mass timber projects chosen in $1B federal regional challenge

    The American Rescue Plan’s $1 billion Build Back Better Regional Challenge will support joint efforts to use mass timber to accelerate affordable housing, spur American manufacturing for advanced mobility, and much more.

    By Maria Rachal • Sept. 9, 2022
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    Populus eyeing more cities worldwide after $11M funding round

    CEO Regina Clewlow discussed the mobility management company’s plans to expand its staff and scale its platform to additional cities in the U.S. and Europe.

    By Carol Brzozowski • Sept. 7, 2022
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    Automatic braking systems have trouble seeing pedestrians at night: IIHS test

    Automatic emergency braking systems, a standard feature on most new cars, did well in identifying pedestrians during the day but performed poorly at night in tests conducted by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.

    By • Aug. 31, 2022
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    Smart streetscapes center plans community-driven research in 3 cities

    Harlem, New York; New Brunswick, New Jersey; and West Palm Beach, Florida, will become test beds for community-informed engineering research on smart cities technologies.

    By Maria Rachal • Aug. 17, 2022