Top news of the week: 18.08.2022.
Smart streetscapes center plans community-driven research in 3 cities
Harlem, New York; New Brunswick, New Jersey; and West Palm Beach, Florida, will become test beds for community-informed engineering research on smart cities technologies.
Smart City Expo World Congress 2022 (15-17 November in Barcelona)
Find out more about this volunteering at #SCEWC22 and being part of this year’s essential event for cities.
Autonomous shuttles will replace monorail system in Jacksonville, Florida
The Jacksonville Transportation Authority plans to build a 10-mile automated shuttle service linking the city’s downtown with nearby neighborhoods, accompanied by new transit-oriented ...
Boston aims to eliminate fossil fuels in new buildings
The city’s chance to set new building standards comes from the climate bill the Massachusetts governor signed last week, which extends that opportunity to 10 municipalities in the state.
7 ways cities and states can protect renters from eviction and housing discrimination
Carl Gershenson of The Eviction Lab at Princeton University shares how local leaders could assist low-income renters who are facing eviction or denied housing, even in the absence of new ...