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Infrastructure
Signals Along 'Smart Spines' Optimize Traffic Flow
With artificial intelligence-powered adaptive signaling technology at nearly 150 city intersections, Pittsburgh plans to improve traffic flow and reduce idling times for buses.
Tech & Data
EV Infrastructure Vulnerabilities Put Cars, the Grid at Risk
Hackers that target electric vehicle infrastructure can lock drivers out of their vehicles, steal payment information and even compromise electrical grids.
Tech & Data
EV Charging Station Map Highlights Disparities
Today’s electric vehicle charging infrastructure is concentrated along the coasts and in major cities.
Tech & Data
Smart Pavement Powering EV Charging, In-road Traffic Sensors
With the installation of smart pavement at five downtown intersections, a Kansas town is driving smart infrastructure adoption.
Tech & Data
Practice Makes Perfect When It Comes To Recovering From a Cyberattack
And it’s not if an agency gets attacked, it’s when, according to one state official.
Public Safety
City Turns to Traffic Safety Technology to Curb Pedestrian Accidents
Officials say two new tools will make the streets of Bellevue, Washington, safer by increasing the time pedestrians have at crosswalks and better identifying multimodal traffic at intersections.
Infrastructure
Wastewater Testing Programs Need Better Coordination, Data Standards
Wastewater surveillance systems are helping communities predict Covid-19 outbreaks, but lack of national coordination and standardized pose challenges to wider adoption, according to the Government Accountability Office.
Tech & Data
Pre-Covid Modernization Streamlined This State's DMV Services
North Carolina easily pivoted to online driver’s permit applications, virtual queueing and automated license and tag renewals, a state government official says.
Tech & Data
How Open Bus Data Makes Transit Schedules More Reliable
Researchers used location and speed data from two Seattle-area transit networks to create a dashboard that shows the average bus speed between stops, allowing officials to pinpoint slowdowns.
Public Safety
Police Look To Doorbell Cameras To Reduce Crime
Through a community network of home doorbell cameras, officials in one Illinois county hope to get faster notification of suspicious activity and improve criminal investigations.
Tech & Data
States Must Expand Data Sources for Strategic Flood Resilience
Failure to incorporate forward-looking climate data and demographic trends will limit states’ ability to develop effective flood mitigation plans, new research finds.
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How States Can Streamline Broadband Grant Administration
A new playbook aims to help states understand their broadband needs, determine which projects deserve priority and design and run a successful grant program.
Tech & Data
Mayor Snagged in WhatsApp Debate
Use of the encrypted messaging app by Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser’s administration rekindles discussion over apps that allow officials to skirt the spirit, if not the letter, of open records laws.
Public Safety
The Coastal Cities Expecting the Greatest Sea-level Rise
A new government report describes the vulnerabilities coastline communities are facing from climate change and the effects of rising ocean waters.
Tech & Data
Report: Broadband Expansion Depends on Reliable Data
A new report highlights the importance of baseline data with case studies of cities and states bridging the digital divide.
Tech & Data
Michigan Moves Ahead With Electric Vehicle Charging Road Project
The inductive charging technology, which will power electric vehicles as they drive over it, will be installed under a one-mile stretch of road in Detroit.
Tech & Data
New Orleans Leans Into Data to Reduce Over Incarceration
A $474K grant will provide the city with data and analytic assistance to address racial and ethnic disparities in the criminal legal system.
Public Safety
A New Regional, Data-driven Approach to Tracing Illegal Guns
New York plans to improve data analysis and information sharing with neighboring states, federal agencies and local law enforcement partners and beef up its analytical capabilities.
Health & Human Services
Mobile Apps Help Communities Produce More Accurate Homeless Counts
The Kansas City area and Houston are using mobile apps for their annual point-in-time homelessness counts and to manage the data.
Tech & Data