Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

AUGUST 11, 2022

This comes up because a building materials recycling and resale organization in Philadelphia, Philly Reclaim , is shutting down because it was behind in rent, has organizational management issues, and the building is being sold (" Tacony salvage shop needs to move by Monday. It’s giving away sinks, lumber, and more ," Philadelphia Inquirer ).

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Open Access Government - Technology News

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

To manage the rising urbanisation of smart cities, city planners and managers must turn to real-time data processing. To manage these levels of urbanisation, city planners and managers are turning to modern technologies and cutting-edge networks , leveraging the Internet of Things (IoT) to support ‘smart city’ solutions.

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The City Fix

MARCH 3, 2021

In some ways, cities are like households: they must make adjustments in spending based on cash flow. If your income is cut in half, then you may have to dramatically rethink your standard of living. COVID-19 has hit many households. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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Social Pinpoint

DECEMBER 5, 2022

The first installment will focus on effectively planning a public involvement initiative. From urban planning and public transportation development to local government projects, the public should always play a vital role in the decision-making process and have their voices heard. Remix, Mapbox, Nearmap, Esri ArcGIS).

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

In the US, arenas in Phoenix, Seattle, and San Francisco include free transit for ticketed events, not just for sports teams but concerts too (" Seattle Kraken expansion hockey team sets new standard for transit benefits in transportation demand management: free transit with ticket "). For Seattle it's all but ferry service.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JANUARY 22, 2024

Fleet managers can use Amazon Web Services (AWS) to ingest and analyze fleet driver data. In this post, we will share how a large public transit agency in the United States (referred to as “Agency”) worked with AWS to create a proof-of-concept (POC) to analyze operator behavior and improve its visibility of sudden acceleration-based events.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MAY 13, 2024

Another aspect of the balkanized transit system in the DC area is that every jurisdiction has a different program for bus shelters--what Ivan Bennett, product design manager for the London bus program, calls "a lack of continuity." WMATA should upgrade its Metrorail station bus shelters.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 18, 2024

Transportation Demand Management programming The reality is, especially in a place like Salt Lake, most people drive. This came up in an email discussion a few weeks ago, and I started listing what I thought should be the elements of an ideal TMD program. The lots are metered, the city collects the revenue, and maintains the lots.

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Social Pinpoint

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

This final instalment will focus on the best tips to develop and share your public transportation engagement report. Learn how to create positive project outcomes with your online community engagement platform of choice.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 8, 2023

It provides PIDC with insights into additional infrastructure projects that need to be deployed to manage any changes in traffic as well. It also helps PIDC understand the wear and tear of the roadways, as trucks can often create more wear and tear than passenger vehicles.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

JULY 12, 2023

With the muscular computing capacity and deep-learning capabilities to help optimize an elaborate web of systems and interests – including transportation, infrastructure management, energy efficiency, public safety and citizen engagement – artificial intelligence can be a game-changer in the mission of modernizing urban development.

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Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

When I travel from north London to my university I use public transport, which is of variable reliability. In the 1950s the area was immortalised in the photographs of Don McCullen, who was attracted by the presence of the London mafia. I then have to cross a busy four-lane arterial road.

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Human Transit

JANUARY 27, 2022

He is a Bus Rapid Transit expert and an eloquent advocate for sustainable and just transport planning, and is also one of the nicest people I know. In the 2000s was a key advisor to the project that created Transantiago , a government agency managing all public transport in the capital region.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 13, 2023

At Amazon Web Services (AWS), many public sector customers operate fleets of vehicles (e.g. emergency response, public transportation) that generate location data, which is ultimately stored in a data lake. To do this, navigate to the request page in the AWS Management Console.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

The top eight selected finalists were Seoul Robotics , TRAINFO , Gridmatrix , Nota Incorporated , Lilin , Derq , Sentinel Transportation Systems LLC , and Roadway Management Technologies. Citi Logik helps governments drive action on transportation insights with AWS. Ultimately, the judges named Derq Inc.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 20, 2023

RTC also runs a bikeshare program, manages certain intelligent transportation systems functions, and a number of game day sports related express bus services. The first element is an integrated public transportation system. And the taxi industry and drivers are a very strong lobby against public transportation.

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Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

MARCH 26, 2020

Hospital beds, medical staff, personal protective equipment, ventilators, vaccines, antivirals, palliative medicines, economic subsidies, payment for holidays, substitute wages, organised assistance, the policing of social distancing, the reorganisation of public transport and basic services, emergency communication, they are all being improvised.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 19, 2024

Just as people now consider car ownership, public transportation, and ridesharing services, organizations must expand criteria to capture the multiple dimensions offered by cloud computing and determine which creates the greatest ROI. Though more initial effort, this avoids technical debt and perpetual inefficiency.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

OCTOBER 3, 2022

She and her colleagues ought to bear in mind the words of the writer and academic Ross McKibbin , written in 1999 but every bit as relevant to 2022: “The middle classes make more use of the NHS, public transport, public libraries, local swimming pools, public parks and their right to state welfare than anyone else.”

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The City Fix

DECEMBER 8, 2023

A new digital platform being piloted in cities around the world is making public transportation more efficient, economical and accessible, while encouraging low-carbon travel. Mobility-as-a-Service is an on-demand service that integrates various forms of transportation services into a single platform accessible.

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The City Fix

MAY 8, 2024

Mexico became the first nation to declare access to safe mobility a human right in 2020 and two years later passed the General Law of Mobility and Road Safety to protect people, reduce collisions and promote sustainable modes of travel. Now, with this new.

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The City Fix

MARCH 22, 2024

If a picture can tell a whole story, then the image below of an intersection in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, shows the past, present and future of global transformation in the transport sector. During Transforming Transportation 2024, which focused on.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Learn how islands are leveraging digital technology to innovate across four of the main trends re-shaping our transport systems: promoting public transportation through mobility as a service (MaaS), active mobility, electrification, and autonomous vehicles. Islands can help us to imagine the art of the possible.

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The City Fix

MARCH 13, 2024

Since the mid-2010s, cities around the globe have witnessed the explosion of free-floating electric bikes, mopeds and scooters on their streets. NUMO, the New Urban Mobility alliance, began tracking this phenomenon in 2019 with the New Mobility Atlas. Between 2019 and.

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The City Fix

MARCH 27, 2024

At COP28, global climate leaders congregated in Dubai for the annual opportunity to review countries’ progress on emissions reductions and to increase climate ambition. One of the conference’s focal points was how to rapidly and equitably transition away from fossil.

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The City Fix

JULY 12, 2023

Today’s city leaders face a level of complexity and rapid pace of change that can be overwhelming. Particularly in developing countries, urbanization is unfolding quickly and often haphazardly. One in three urban residents worldwide lack adequate access to at least.

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The City Fix

MARCH 26, 2024

The adoption of any new technology involves some degree of adaptation, and battery electric buses (e-buses) are no exception. After decades of experience with diesel vehicles, cities and operators need to understand the technical and operational specifications of e-buses to.

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The City Fix

OCTOBER 12, 2023

In the Wadala neighborhood of Mumbai, representatives from Kigali, Durban and Mauritius filed into a low, yellow-walled room. They took their seats in rows equipped with desktop computers. Ordinarily, these desks would be filled with the staff responsible for tracking real-time.

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The City Fix

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, cycling has become an even more popular, resilient and reliable travel option, and pop-up bike lanes have been increasingly common in major cities around the globe. Between March and July 2020, 394 cities, Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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The City Fix

DECEMBER 21, 2023

The issue of Delhi’s poor air quality resurfaces periodically in public consciousness. It garners attention on social media, in newspapers and in scientific studies, largely during winter months. During this period, Delhi’s air quality index drops from “poor” to “severe”.

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The City Fix

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Today’s climate change headlines often seem at odds with each other. One day, it’s catastrophic wildfires wreaking havoc around the world; the next, it’s an optimistic piece on the rapid scale-up of solar and wind power. Taken together, such stories.

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The City Fix

DECEMBER 7, 2023

In Asia, 14 countries — accounting for 26% of global transport emissions in 2019 — have made economy-wide net zero commitments. Momentum towards zero-emission transport is growing with countries enhancing ambition and including transport-related targets in their nationally determined contributions (NDCs). However,

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The City Fix

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

COVID-19 changed the way people move around cities. In 2020, demand for travel dropped dramatically, and many urban areas enforced restrictions on movement through lockdowns in a bid to control the impact of the pandemic. These lockdown periods throughout most. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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The City Fix

MAY 17, 2021

In densely urbanized Hong Kong, transport is the second largest source of greenhouse gas emissions, at 18%. Vehicle traffic is also a major source of toxic air pollutants like NOx, volatile organic compounds and carbon monoxide, accounting for 18%, 21%. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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The City Fix

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

City dwellers worldwide are shifting lifestyles as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, especially in terms of transport. As cities begin to re-open, urban planners and designers are rethinking urban and transport infrastructure to adapt to a post-pandemic world. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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The City Fix

AUGUST 6, 2020

The large cities in the Latin American region all have one thing in common: the opportunities for employment and income are concentrated in a few districts while, more and more, sprawling housing zones are located on the outskirts of cities. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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Google Public Sector

JULY 5, 2023

Most importantly, Zurich is home to more than 440,000 residents who need functioning hospitals, public transport, and many other amenities in their day-to-day lives. Combined, these Anthos-powered CMP solutions make it much easier for us to manage Zurich’s application landscape and integrate new apps in a self-service manner.

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