Smart Cities & Technology

Highlights

Updating the assessor report: A new approach

Ramsey County, Minn.'s new guiding practice is that any dataset available on its open data...

American City & County’s 2020 Crown Communities Awards

Projects nominated for American City & County's annual Crown Communities Awards are judged on...

COVID-19 and pivoting into a new year: It may be 2021, but did we really leave 2020?

As we continue to navigate 2021, many issues will require continued tech leadership and support...

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2020 Crown Communities winner: El Paso County, Texas’ pretrial justice modernization

Since 2015, El Paso County, Texas, has undertaken a massive modernization of its pretrial justice programs. This overhaul consists of eight reforms, each of which targets a different part of the pretrial justice system. Not only are the reforms diverse; each one has had a quantifiable impact on El Paso County’s justice system. The county […]

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2020 Crown Communities Winner: South Bay Cities Council of Governments’ South Bay Fiber Network

American City & County traditionally awards its Crown Communities Awards to the exemplary projects of municipalities, counties, and subdivisions of local government like precincts or water districts. However, we felt that California joint powers authority South Bay Cities Council of Governments (SBCCOG)’s impressive South Bay Fiber Network (SBFN) — which is benefiting its 16 member […]

Article

Updating the assessor report: A new approach

Ramsey County, Minn.’s new guiding practice is that any dataset available on its open data portal must include a data story

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2020 Crown Communities winner: Harris County, Texas, Precinct 2’s ACCESS2HEALTH SmartPod

Precinct 2 of Harris County, Texas, implemented a medical college’s innovative epidemiological technology to bring COVID-19 testing to its vulnerable residents. However, the precinct’s initiative and this technology could influence pandemic response across the country. Of all four precincts in Harris County, Texas, Precinct 2 has the lowest median life expectancy, the highest percentage of […]

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American City & County’s 2020 Crown Communities Awards

Projects nominated for American City & County’s annual Crown Communities Awards are judged on uniqueness, short- and long-term value to the community and effective/innovative financing.

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2020 Crown Communities winner: Rock Hill, S.C.’s My Ride

Rock Hill, S.C.’s My Ride project is a great example of how a city can solve multiple issues with one innovative project. My Ride is an all-electric, fare-free, fixed-route bus system that operates within Rock Hill (pop. 75,000). Seven electric buses ferry passengers over four routes that span across major corridors in the city. The […]

Commentary

COVID-19 and pivoting into a new year: It may be 2021, but did we really leave 2020?

As we continue to navigate 2021, many issues will require continued tech leadership and support to carry everyone through

Commentary

Artificial cities could pave the way to driverless adoption

Connected and autonomous vehicles (CAVs) have a future. That is without doubt but there is still a need to ensure that they will be safe on our highways and to ease the public’s safety concerns to increase their adoption over the next few years. CAVs need to be able to react to unforeseen events – […]

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Buffalo, N.Y.’s 48 hours to navigate a mission-critical transition to remote work

In Buffalo, N.Y., 311 is a vital lifeline for the city, providing an always-on call resource for the city’s 250,000 residents to reach city government. When the COVID-19 pandemic prompted a stay-at-home order, city officials knew a surge of calls was coming, and they needed to act fast to keep their front-line communications channel open. […]

Hi-tech sewers can help safeguard public health, environment and economies

In the wake of the coronavirus, economic recovery is top of mind for all city leaders, the majority of whom believe that investing in infrastructure and technology can spur a rebound. Yet current analyses indicate that we only have funding available to cover approximately 57 percent of infrastructure system improvements through 2029, leaving an investment gap […]

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Smart Cities & Technology

Highlights

Updating the assessor report: A new approach

American City & County’s 2020 Crown Communities Awards

COVID-19 and pivoting into a new year: It may be 2021, but did we really leave 2020?

Article

2020 Crown Communities winner: El Paso County, Texas’ pretrial justice modernization

Article

2020 Crown Communities Winner: South Bay Cities Council of Governments’ South Bay Fiber Network

Article

Updating the assessor report: A new approach

Article

2020 Crown Communities winner: Harris County, Texas, Precinct 2’s ACCESS2HEALTH SmartPod

Article

American City & County’s 2020 Crown Communities Awards

Article

2020 Crown Communities winner: Rock Hill, S.C.’s My Ride

Commentary

COVID-19 and pivoting into a new year: It may be 2021, but did we really leave 2020?

Commentary

Artificial cities could pave the way to driverless adoption

Article

Buffalo, N.Y.’s 48 hours to navigate a mission-critical transition to remote work

Hi-tech sewers can help safeguard public health, environment and economies

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