The City of Carpinteria, CA has launched a new program to provide affordable and sustainable solar + storage solutions to residents with zero up-front costs. The city expects this program will help residents protect themselves Read More
Navigating city streets efficiently is a complex puzzle that public works departments face daily. Welcome to the world of high-density routing, where the objective is to weave through the intricate web of urban roads. High-density Read More
AMA, the company operating garbage collection in Rome, Italy and the city of Amsterdam in the Netherlands have signed a waste management deal. Under the new agreement, Amsterdam will receive a weekly shipment of 900 Read More
The city of Oakland, CA has introduced a new pilot project – called N5SHIELD – to test the use of sensors to detect signs of wildfires. N5SHIELD is a joint project involving the Oakland Fire Read More
Three Ways Smart City Technology Can Impact Climate Change As the planet emerges from a very sweaty summer, there is no denying the physical manifestation of climate change. In fact, Nasa clocked July 2023 as Read More
For the fourth consecutive year, an in-person or online short course in Sustainable Urban Food Production is being offered by the University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS). Any interested persons are Read More
The city of New Orleans, LA will be updating the antiquated IT systems used by its courts and public safety agencies, using $30 million in American Rescue Plan Act funding. Mission Critical Partners was the Read More
The city of Colorado Springs, CO is installing 26 multi-modal sensors in its downtown corridor to collect foot and vehicle traffic data. The sensors, also called multimodal counters, detect and categorize moving objects -such as Read More
The city of San Diego, CA has begun construction of the first of eight microgrid projects to be built at city facilities as part of a $5.5 million public-private partnership designed to reduce energy costs, Read More
The city of Sacramento, CA has partnered with one of its public libraries to launch an electric tricycle lending program. Patrons of the library can check out one of the five e-trikes available. “We’re so Read More
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