The World Economic Forum (WEF) and the City of Los Angeles recently released a roadmap of principles for making clean, safe, and inclusive urban air mobility (UAM) in cities. UAM is a new form of Read More
The Portland City Council in Oregon recently passed the strongest facial recognition ban in the country – prohibiting the use of the technology by private business and government agencies, including local police, within the municipality. Read More
LA Lights the Way – a global competition to design and create a new standard streetlight for the city of Los Angeles – has announced Project Room as the winner. The Mayor’s Office and the Read More
Penn State University’s Nittany AI Alliance has been working with the City of Philadelphia, the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA), and the Accenture Pennsylvania Public Sector Practice to develop an AI-driven algorithm to help assess Read More
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced the selection of its first-ever recipients of about $4.1 million in grants and cooperative agreements. The Office of Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production (UAIP) Competitive Grants Program Read More
Many communities are interested in taking steps toward becoming an efficient and sustainable smart city, but the overwhelming technology options on the market today may be holding them back. To make sense of the options, Read More
The city of Peachtree Corners, GA partnered with IPgallery to deploy an IoT smart city management system. The integrated system will allow the city to operate all IoT and decentralised smart city devices from one Read More
In an effort to improve the cybersecurity status of government agencies, and strengthen their resilience against cyber attacks, The Center for Internet Security (CIS) will work with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and Read More
Chicago Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot, and the Chicago Department of Assets, Information and Services (AIS), have released a request for proposals (RFP) for a contract to purchase renewable energy for all city-owned buildings. The contract Read More
The National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO) and Bloomberg Philanthropies have selected ten cities to each receive $25,000 grants for street transformation projects. These community-based projects will work toward adapting public spaces to provide Read More
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