At National Landing, a cutting-edge community of the future is taking shape on the shore of the nation’s capital
When Amazon chose Arlington, Virginia, as the site of its future “HQ2” in 2018, its selection catalyzed development of what is slated to be the smartest city in America. Its headquarters is the focal point of National Landing, a new downtown across the Potomac from Washington, D.C., comprising three neighboring communities and the adjacent airport. With a footprint the size of Cambridge, Massachusetts, and a current office density surpassing that of downtown Austin, National Landing is undergoing a generational transformation.
Read more: US: Virginia: Arlington: Finally, a smart city with street smarts
Arizona Business One Stop is designed for people hoping to start businesses along with operators of existing firms. Lessons learned during its creation could help similar all-in-one platforms achieve success.
Hoping to make the creation and operation of businesses more efficient — and more digital — Arizona has launched a platform designed as a one-stop destination for licensing, applications, tax documents and other tasks vital to commerce.
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When it comes to Smart City applications, not all options worthy of consideration are expensive and out of reach. That’s one of the messages that Peggy James, Interim Director of UW-Parkside’s Center for Research in Innovation and Smart Cities, hopes to deliver at a series of town hall meetings in the Racine and Kenosha areas in the coming days.
The Center has a nearly $90,000 grant to spread the word about smart city applications and gauge public interest and service needs. "This is a chance to learn a bit about smart cities but it's also a chance to give feedback on what I think is a fairly neutral environment about what people are thinking--what are some of the needs and gaps in services that maybe technology can help them answer," James said.
The Tampa Hillsborough Expressway Authority (THEA) has concluded its seven-year $27 million innovation project, THEA CV Pilot, which implemented connected vehicle (CV) technology into real-life scenarios using the Selmon Expressway as a “living lab for testing.”
The pilot began in September 2015 when the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) designated THEA as a test bed for CV technology and ended Sept. 30, 2022. The award led to a full-scale operation of CV devices throughout downtown Tampa culminating in a collaboration between Honda, Hyundai America Technical Center, Inc., and Toyota Motor North America.
Officials worked with Unity to create virtual copy of Orlando
The City Beautiful has embarked on a first-of-its-kind project, and it’s now being showcased in Barcelona at the Smart City World Expo Congress.
The Orlando Economic Partnership worked with software developer Unity to create a ‘Digital Twin’ for the region.
Read more: US: Florida: Orlando reveals digital twin at international expo in Spain