New York state has opened the Joint Security Operations Center (JSOC) in Brooklyn which will serve as an operations center for state and local cybersecurity needs. JSOC will serve New York state’s hundreds of municipalities Read More
The City of Newark, NJ will invest $2 million in the Nourishing Newark Community Grants Program, which has the goal of supporting the creation and expansion of sustainable urban food cooperatives, and other community-based healthy food Read More
Philadelphia, PA has released its five-year Digital Equity Plan which outlines the existing barriers to digital equity, including: affordability and access to broadband and devices; language; race; limited digital literacy skills; disabilities; and more, and how Read More
The City Council of Glasgow, Scotland has developed a Digital Housing Strategy with the goals of improving digital housing services, tackling digital exclusion, and enhancing the collection, analysis, and display of housing data. The Council Read More
The City of Fremont, CA is integrating intelligent connected traffic technology into its Fremont Boulevard Safe and Smart Corridor project. The smart corridor project demonstrates: complete street design concepts; sensor-based infrastructure; communications systems; smart lighting; Read More
Orlando, FL’s nonprofit community development corporation, the Orlando Economic Partnership is working with video game software developer Unity to develop a digital twin of its metro region. The digital twin will use new 3D technology Read More
The city of Budapest in Hungary recently launched the country’s first-ever hydrogen bus line. The line will travel between the city and a nearby suburb and will run for about three weeks. The trial period Read More
Bogota, Columbia has won the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy’s 2022 Sustainable Transport Award (STA) for its achievements in encouraging active and safe urban travel. The city has taken a number of actions to Read More
The City of Houston has created a collaborative framework – Resilient Now – with the aim of developing a regional master energy plan to enhance local power resilience. Resilient Now – which was launched in Read More
Helsinki, Finland is participating in AiRMOUR – a European Union (EU)-funded challenge to assist cities in creating programs to use drones for medical emergencies. The goal of the challenge is to define what actions must Read More
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