Mayor Martin Walsh says the city has to find ways to make ride-share part of sustainable and equitable transportation systems.
Boston wants to bring in new legislation to further address congestion in the city by, for instance, imposing a per-mile fee on ride-hailing services which are travelling with no passengers during peak hours and making additional investment in public transit and infrastructure.
Weiterlesen: US: Massachusetts: Boston mayor wants better management of ride-sharing services
A company in Ann Arbor, Mich., is testing the hypothesis that full-sized autonomous vehicles are not the answer to making short-distance food or grocery deliveries, and is instead betting on small electric vehicles.
Groceries, take-out dinners and other items could soon arrive via an autonomous robot in one Michigan city.
An Ann Arbor-based company called Refraction AI has been testing its REV-1 autonomous delivery vehicles, which are about the size of a large wheelbarrow or cargo bike. The three-wheeled electric devices are designed to operate in bike lanes, or other areas at “the margins” of the roadway in the aim to stay out of the primary traffic flow.
Weiterlesen: US: Michigan: Ann Arbor: Autonomous Delivery Robots Find Place in Michigan Bike Lanes
After a year of reviewing potential private-sector partners, Kansas City opted to move forward with its smart city efforts without selecting a "program manager," and will work to develop a "smart city action plan."
A far-reaching smart city initiative in Kansas City, Mo., is being fine-tuned as the city arrives at a better understanding of how to manage and deploy large-scale innovation projects.
Weiterlesen: US: Kansas City, Mo., Closes Smart City RFP Without a Selection
Other cities are working to balance technology and privacy, security concerns.
The city of Erie is getting smarter.
There are security cameras throughout the city, some capable of facial recognition or capturing vehicle license plates.
Free public Wi-Fi is now available in Perry Square, and could soon be in the city’s designated federal Opportunity Zones to help spur development.
Weiterlesen: US: Pennsylvania: Erie’s smart city program runs on your data. Is it safe?
US Senate report finds appallingly bad cyber-security practices at eight US government agencies.
A new report published by the US Senate yesterday reveals a decade-long string of failures on the part of eight government agencies, who failed to follow basic cyber-security protocols and exposed their networks and US citizens' most personal data to attackers.
The report was ordered by US Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Tom Carper (D-DE), the Chairman and Ranking Member of the US Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (PSI) on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Weiterlesen: Report shows failures at eight US agencies in following cyber-security protocols