Florida’s Brightline kicks off passenger rail service to Orlando
Sep 25, 2023 — Dive Brief: Brightline began service to Orlando, Florida, on Sept. 22 with the opening of the privately owned intercity passenger rail line’s recently completed extension from West Palm Beach. Over 500 stakeholders, including elected officials and business leaders, viewed the first train’s 11:05 a.m. arrival.
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 Erik Wallin, founder and chief …
NYC launches ‘smart city testbed’: Here are the first 3 pilot ...
Oct 12, 2023 — On Wednesday, the city’s Office of Technology and Innovation launched the “NYC Smart City Testbed Program,” an initiative allowing city agencies to collaborate with companies and academic institutions on pilots that will primarily operate in public spaces. “New York City has a new tool to keep up with major advances in urban technology ...
US drivers kill 20 pedestrians a day. Here’s what cities are doing ...
Nov 1, 2023 — In 2022, five pedestrians were killed in Boston traffic, according to Smart Cities Dive’s analysis. From 2012 to 2022, Boston recorded 63 pedestrian fatalities, fewer than the number who died in Memphis, Tennessee, just last year. Brendan Kearney, co-executive director of WalkMassachusetts, explained that many of Boston’s streets are “not ...
Transit bus maker New Flyer sees record orders, but delivery …
May 6, 2024 — Dive Brief: NFI Group, parent company of transit bus manufacturer New Flyer, “saw record orders” in the first quarter of this year, President and CEO Paul Soubry said on the company’s earnings call Friday. Across North America, more than half of public bids are for zero-emission buses, but NFI deliveries of such vehicles last quarter ...
US DOT awards over $82M in grants for safer streets to 235 …
Oct 31, 2023 — The U.S. Department of Transportation on Friday announced $82.6 million in grants to 235 regional, local and tribal communities under the Safe Streets and Roads for All program. Funds will be used for efforts to improve roadway safety, including safety action plans and quick-build strategies to test features such as protected bike lanes or curb ...
Governments can cut buildings’ embodied carbon with new …
Sep 28, 2023 — A separate report that Arup and the Natural Resources Defense Council published this month also examines strategies to reduce embodied carbon in the built environment, examining the issue through a policy lens. The report focused on the California state government and local governments to “consider feasibility more practically and ...
What even is sustainable urban development? One city network is …
Jul 29, 2024 — These pathways are at the core of the newly-launched ICLEI São Paulo Strategic Vision 2024-2030, “The Power of Our Network in a Changing World,” which charts a course toward achieving sustainability. Here, we highlight cases of cities finding synergies across each of these pathways to achieve our much-needed sustainable transformation.
The Top 10 Benefits of Public Transportation - Smart Cities Dive
Top-10 Benefits of Public Transportation. 1. Economic Benefits to the Community. For every ten million dollars of transit investment made, business sales increase by thirty million dollars. During the 2006 to 2011 period, residential property was an average of 42% more valuable if located near high-frequency transit service, which means cities ...
$176B plan unveiled to rebuild Northeast rail corridor
Nov 22, 2023 — Dive Brief: The Northeast Corridor Commission — a coalition of Amtrak, commuter transit agencies, states and the U.S. Department of Transportation — announced Nov. 16 an ambitious 15-year plan to rebuild the Boston-New York City-Washington, D.C., rail line.; The plan is an update to one set out in 2021 that outlined repair needs, service goals and the necessary …
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