The New York Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) has begun its 2020-2024 Capital Plan with the deployment of its first all-electric articulated bus. The MTA intends to spend $1.1 billion US over the next four years Read More
The Join, Boost, Sustain initiative – which aims to have cities and communities join forces to boost sustainable digital transformation in the EU – has begun in the city of Oulu, Finland. The joint political Read More
Miami-Dade County’s Department of Transportation and Public Works has partnered with Velocia – a mobility rewards platform – to create an app that rewards commuters for multi-modal transit use in its cities. Commuters are encouraged Read More
In a 13-0 vote, the city council of Kansas City, Missouri recently approved a transit priority policy ordinance – Zero Fare Transit – to eliminate public transit fares. The cost to the city will be Read More
The Port of Seattle has become the first port in the United States to adopt new guidelines for the possibility of the use of facial recognition technology – biometrics – at SeaTac Airport. The United Read More
Rubicon, a technology company that provides cloud-based waste, recycling, and smart city solutions to businesses and governments worldwide, and Helvetia Environnement, Switzerland’s waste management market leader, announced that they have signed an agreement to bring more Read More
The city of Baltimore, Maryland is working with the ride-share company, Lyft, on a six-month pilot – the Baltimore Grocery Access Program – to provide subsidized trips for residents in low-income neighborhoods to travel to Read More
The island of Madeira, off the coast of Portugal, has begun a pilot program to provide a digital identity platform that enables a wide range of safe, secure, and efficient id-related transactions for its citizens. Read More
The City of Dortmund in Germany plans to co-manage a new data hub company – DOdata – with the local energy utility, DEW21. DOdata will combine sensor technology (Internet-of-Things) and intelligent data services in a Read More
curbFlow – a digital curb space management company – and Washington, DC’s Department of Transportation (DDOT) recently collaborated on a three-month pilot to better manage curb space in the city by creating a digital queuing Read More
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