The federal agency, which is housed in the Department of Homeland Security, and allies released a guide to help communities plan for resiliency, defense and risk minimization when considering smart city initiatives.
Smart cities promise cost-savings and efficient operations, but they introduce cyber risks as well.
In conjunction with its federal and international partners, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has released a new guide to help communities think through and control for cyber risks that come with advancing smart city technology. Profit-seeking or espionage-focused cyber attackers may be tempted to target smart cities to steal the valuable data these systems collect and transmit on residents, government and businesses, or they may try to attack the technology to disrupt important services.
Read more: US: CISA Releases Advice for Defending Smart Cities
Buffalo, N.Y., is reversing a decadeslong trend of population decline by positioning itself as a “climate refuge city” in the face of climate change and a pattern of extreme weather events across the country.
The challenges of living through a changing climate are nudging cities toward technologies that make them more resilient, as well as focusing on their natural placement as a “climate refuge” city.
Read more: US: New York: Buffalo: Climate Change Is Prompting Cities to Reassess Resiliency
The state has been awarded nearly $60 million in federal funding to aid in the transition to electric school buses, making it a leader in the country, despite a lukewarm embrace by the state’s congressional delegation toward public policy advancing EVs.
The opportunity to save money in vehicle operations is prompting South Carolina to embrace electric school buses more quickly than many other states in the nation.
Read more: US: South Carolina Emerges as a Leader in Electric School Buses
Electric buses may be a dream vehicle for sustainability watchers, but they are not adding new ridership or saving public transit from the formidable financial headwinds agencies are facing.
For all of the enthusiasm they generate among transit advocates, electric buses do not actually increase ridership and won’t be enough to reroute public transit agencies set on a course toward financial struggle.
Read more: US: It Will Take More Than Electric Buses to Attract Riders
The city’s website hasn’t seen an update since 2012 and officials believe that might be why more than half of visitors to the website leave before clicking another button. Brazil-based CI&T will lead the overhaul.
With a bounce rate of 57.6%, more than half of the visitors to the city of Chattanooga website leave before clicking another button.
It's a number that may suggest residents aren't able to easily find information online about city services — something city officials said they are hoping to change. Chattanooga.gov hasn't been updated since 2012.
Read more: US: Tennessee: Chattanooga to Spend Nearly $1M on Updated City Website