10 US cities ready for a ‘smart city future’ - Smart Cities Dive
Feb 1, 2023 · 10 US cities best prepared for a ‘smart city future’. ProptechOS divided all 11 indicators into three categories, weighted equally, and each scored from 0 to 100. It combined all three scores to create a total score from 0 to 100. A table showing how each city scored in ProptechOS' smart city report. Table with 5 columns and 10 rows.
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Houston’s housing-first model is reducing homelessness. Here’s …
Dec 5, 2022 · The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs have offered robust federal financial support for permanent housing and housing-first programs in recent years. Through the housing-first model, three states and 82 communities, including Houston, had achieved net zero veteran homelessness in 2021, according to the National Low Income Housing Coalition.
US drivers kill 20 pedestrians a day. Here’s what cities are doing ...
Nov 1, 2023 · On April 5, 2022, a speeding pickup truck struck a 35-year-old man while he was walking his dog in Houston, making him one of 117 pedestrians killed in that city last year. Eleven days later in Brooklyn, a driver ran a red light and killed a 31-year-old woman in a marked crosswalk near her home. On a spring day in Los Angeles this year, a hit ...
15 city leaders define a ‘smart city’ - Smart Cities Dive
Nov 2, 2021 · Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego said a smart city is data-driven, technologically focused and well designed. It “designs and implements solutions for efficient use of time, resources, and energy — improving city processes and quality of life for residents,” said Gallego. It’s a city that uses “edge technology, and data, especially real ...
Air taxis will soon be flying over major US cities
Sep 12, 2023 · Air taxis could begin flying between airports and downtown areas as soon as 2025, according to the leading developers of eVTOLs. These electrically powered aircraft, which can take off and land vertically like a helicopter, are much quieter and, some say, safer. Backed by major companies including Boeing, Delta Air Lines, Stellantis, Toyota ...
How to build a smart city: Expert tips on where to start (and pitfalls ...
Jun 8, 2017 · From helping an aging population, to ensuring environmental sustainability, to fixing social inequality, having priorities sorted will guide the work that’s being done. Just starting with the desire to see autonomous vehicles on a city’s streets because it’s a growing trend is not the way to go. “You don’t start from the technology ...
Geothermal system is a US first - Smart Cities Dive
Jun 5, 2024 · Dive Brief: The nation’s first networked geothermal system owned by a utility went live June 4 in Framingham, Massachusetts.; The roughly $15 million network of ground-source heat pumps will cool and heat 36 buildings without fossil fuels, says Eversource Energy, the utility leading the project.; As decision-makers nationwide eye networked geothermal as a technology with the potential to ...
$700 million for community EV charging now available from …
Mar 14, 2023 · The U.S. Department of Transportation opened applications today for the Charging and Fueling Infrastructure Discretionary Grant Program, a $2.5 billion, five-year program to support community and neighborhood electric vehicle charging infrastructure.The first round of funding will make $700 million available from fiscal years 2022 and 2023 to cities, counties, local governments and tribes.
Cities reap benefits from ‘intelligent transportation systems,’ but ...
Oct 20, 2023 · Dive Brief: Intelligent transportation systems — technologies such as those that give emergency vehicles priority at traffic lights and adapt signals to improve the flow of traffic — can reduce crashes and improve emergency response times, according to a September report from the Government Accountability Office.; While some of these technologies have been in use since the 1960s, state and ...