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All activities monitored: The 10 most surveilled major cities in the U.S.

Public close-circuit television (CCTV) cameras, or public video surveillance camera, hold...

Denver anticipates autonomous vehicles with cross-agency, cross-sector collaborative planning

Without early planning by regulators, autonomous vehicles (AVs) have the potential to fail on...

Revenue and zoning evolution prepares Seattle for an autonomous vehicle future

Although autonomous vehicles (AVs) are not fully ready for deployment, history provides strong...

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Georgia city moves to automated trash collection

Environmental Solutions Group (ESG), part of Dover, today announced that Columbus, Ga., is in the process of streamlining its refuse collection programs and is looking to ESG’s Heil for new Durapack Python Automated Side Loaders to help increase efficiencies related to the city’s recycling program. Columbus currently services close to 60,000 homes, and Columbus Solid […]

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All activities monitored: The 10 most surveilled major cities in the U.S.

Public close-circuit television (CCTV) cameras, or public video surveillance camera, hold multiple benefits for cities. They can help reduce crimes around public areas, buildings and roads, and with the increasing deployment of smart sensors and 5G, these cameras will be able to utilize the Internet of Things (IoT) to accomplish much more in the future. […]

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Denver anticipates autonomous vehicles with cross-agency, cross-sector collaborative planning

Without early planning by regulators, autonomous vehicles (AVs) have the potential to fail on their promises of safer and more convenient travel. Before and even during the pandemic, which has understandably shifted priorities of local and state officials, leaders in AV policy development are nonetheless thinking about and producing plans to deal with hundreds of […]

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Revenue and zoning evolution prepares Seattle for an autonomous vehicle future

Although autonomous vehicles (AVs) are not fully ready for deployment, history provides strong incentive to begin planning for its implementation now. In the early 20th century, the growth of the automobile erupted faster than regulators could have imagined with far-reaching consequences. Although cars eventually helped fulfill promises of economic growth, middle-class jobs, and on-demand mobility, […]

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Los Angeles infrastructure inventory anticipates future autonomous vehicle policy

With respect to autonomous vehicles (AVs), city and state regulators are eventually going to confront hundreds of interrelated policy and economic issues in order to adequately prepare their roads and populations for safe, fair, and effective use. During the pandemic, city budgets have become strained, and regulators understandably have important and pressing financial burdens such […]

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Preventing cloud data leaks: four key actions city and county government organizations can apply to mitigate risk

City and county governments are wary of mounting security risks, particularly for data they store in the cloud. Ransomware, phishing attacks and other cybersecurity threats on local governments are hitting the news regularly—such as the recent DoppelPaymer ransomware and Ryuk malware attacks on Chatham County, Orange County and the City of Durham, all in North […]

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Backup and restore: a powerful data duo

Over the past few years, ransomware attacks against state and local governments have grown both in frequency and cost. Baltimore; Albany, N.Y.; Lake City, Fla.; and New Orleans—these are just a handful of cities that have suffered a public ransomware attack. State and local IT leaders are looking to strengthen their data protection infrastructure. According […]

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Broadband expansion part of American Jobs Plan to rebuild country’s infrastructure

President Joseph Biden has announced his bold plans to rebuild America’s infrastructure. Part of the $2 trillion American Jobs Plan is $100 billion to revitalize the country’s digital infrastructure, including improving high-speed broadband to reach 100-percent coverage. In releasing the plan, the White House stated that broadband internet is the new electricity. “It is necessary […]

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How local governments can combat the affordable housing crisis

Our country is facing an affordable housing crisis that’s being felt from coast to coast. But unlike the current COVID-19 pandemic, this crisis didn’t happen overnight—it’s been decades in the making with American households continuing to spend an ever-growing portion of their income on rent year after year. One 2020 report found that 37.1 million […]

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How cities are reclaiming street parking spaces for public use

Cornelius Vanderbilt—one of the richest men in American history—famously said that the best possible investment was New York City real estate. More than 150 years after his death, his words have proven to be prescient: property prices in the Big Apple have risen to astronomical levels that even the Commodore himself could have never imagined. […]

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Highlights

All activities monitored: The 10 most surveilled major cities in the U.S.

Denver anticipates autonomous vehicles with cross-agency, cross-sector collaborative planning

Revenue and zoning evolution prepares Seattle for an autonomous vehicle future

Article

Georgia city moves to automated trash collection

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All activities monitored: The 10 most surveilled major cities in the U.S.

Article

Denver anticipates autonomous vehicles with cross-agency, cross-sector collaborative planning

Article

Revenue and zoning evolution prepares Seattle for an autonomous vehicle future

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Los Angeles infrastructure inventory anticipates future autonomous vehicle policy

Commentary

Preventing cloud data leaks: four key actions city and county government organizations can apply to mitigate risk

Commentary

Backup and restore: a powerful data duo

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Broadband expansion part of American Jobs Plan to rebuild country’s infrastructure

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How local governments can combat the affordable housing crisis

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How cities are reclaiming street parking spaces for public use

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