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The Top 10 Benefits of Public Transportation - Smart Cities Dive
Thursday, April 9 has been designated National Stand Up For Transportation Day. On this day, Americans will meet in communities across the country and online to press Congress to invest in long term transportation funding, especially public transit.. Organizations like Voice for Public Transit will work to channel the public's sense of urgency that public transit is …
10 US cities ready for a ‘smart city future’ - Smart Cities Dive
Feb 1, 2023 · "The cities that will thrive in the future will be the ones best adapted to our new and greener ways of living. By looking at a range of factors, including tech infrastructure, sustainability, and the tech-driven job market, we were able to get a better picture of the U.S. and European cities will be leading the way into a smarter future,” said …
15 city leaders define a ‘smart city’ - Smart Cities Dive
Nov 2, 2021 · Los Angeles Deputy Mayor of Budget and Innovation Jeanne Holm said a smart city is a city "that provides services and uses data and technology in ways that improve equity, access, safety, and quality of life for residents, businesses and visitors.". Portland, Oregon, goes further in specifying what smart cities do. It defines a smart city as one that uses data and technology to improve the ...
US drivers kill 20 pedestrians a day. Here’s what cities are doing ...
Nov 1, 2023 · A study published this year in the American Journal of Public Health looking at pedestrian safety in the U.S. between 2010 and 2019 found “a significant relationship between structural racism via historical redlining and contemporary, neighborhood-level inequities in pedestrian fatalities across the United States.”. The pandemic only exacerbated those inequities, the SGA report says ...
Houston’s housing-first model is reducing homelessness. Here’s …
Dec 5, 2022 · The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs have offered robust federal financial support for permanent housing and housing-first programs in recent years. Through the housing-first model, three states and 82 communities, including Houston, had achieved net zero veteran homelessness in 2021, according to the National Low Income Housing Coalition.
Fuel cell electric buses up 75% in transit fleets last year
Mar 4, 2024 · Dive Brief: More than 6,100 new full-size zero-emission transit buses were on the road, delivered, on order or funded in the U.S. in 2023, a 12% increase over the previous year, according to a Feb. 28 report from Calstart, a national clean transportation advocacy group.; The adoption rate of battery-electric buses slowed compared with 2022, Calstart said, while the number of fuel cell electric ...
Two cities’ approaches to increasing public bathrooms
Aug 2, 2022 · It’s a nationwide problem: U.S. cities don’t provide enough bathrooms for their population, especially those who are unhoused. The U.S. has just eight public toilets per 100,000 people. The country with the best record, Iceland, has 56 public toilets per 100,000 people, according to 2021 data from U.K. bathroom supply company QS …
Air taxis will soon be flying over major US cities
Sep 12, 2023 · Air taxis could begin flying between airports and downtown areas as soon as 2025, according to the leading developers of eVTOLs.These electrically powered aircraft, which can take off and land vertically like a helicopter, are much quieter and, some say, safer.
9 Companies with Great Environmental Initiatives - Smart Cities Dive
More companies are shifting priorities by using business intelligence to not only save on costs but to also become environmentally aware. Business intelligence's ability to keep track of performance, as well as alert decision makers on behavioural changes, make it a complementary approach as demonstrated by the desire by many companies to become more eco-friendly.