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Infrastructure
Taking the Friction Out of Regional Transit Payments
With an upgraded app, Cleveland-area riders can buy fares for 14 transit agencies across the region.
Tech & Data
State Broadband Map Delivers Granular Connectivity Data
Officials in New York can now use address-level data to better identify homes and businesses lacking access to affordable broadband.
Tech & Data
Mayors Endorse an Array of Emerging Technologies
City leaders staked out positions related to drones, public safety, broadband, renewable energy, blockchain technology and more at their 90th annual conference.
Tech & Data
State Turns to Data Tools to Root Out Social Services Fraud
Data modeling, analytics and visualizations are helping the Texas HHS inspector general detect and prevent fraud, waste and abuse within state programs.
Infrastructure
Automated Buses Will Still Need Skilled Human Operators
Even as buses incorporate more automated features, the complexity of driving near pedestrians and in changing weather will require trained human operators, a new report says.
Tech & Data
Autonomous Vehicle Camera Footage Could Aid Police Investigations
Data collected by the vehicles in one city shows promise, but privacy advocates say the evidences shows law enforcement agencies are expanding their pervasive surveillance.
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.
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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.
Tech & Data
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