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California cities lack resources to mobilise local climate action

Climate action14 Nov 2023

Many municipalities in the state need more detailed plans and staffing to take advantage of the historic state and federal funding available, reveals report.

La Habra places contract for regional smart mobility project

Road travel23 Aug 2023

Project will leverage Iteris’ smart mobility infrastructure management expertise to improve traffic flow and safety along a major corridor in Orange County.

Two solar projects go online in Contra Costa and Napa

Solar power09 Aug 2023

Each site will generate enough carbon-free electricity to save 149 metric tons of greenhouse emissions, equivalent to planting and growing over 2,464 trees.

How San Francisco is tackling extreme heat and air quality

Climate action21 Jul 2023

The Heat and Air Quality Resilience Plan outlines strategies to make the city more resilient to heat waves and wildfire smoke in the face of climate change.

San Diego implements wrong-way driving system to save lives

Road travel02 May 2023

Lidar detection is the foundation of the system and is used to create zones which activate wrong-way driving countermeasures to help prevent fatal crashes.

San Luis Obispo enters agreement for solar plus storage

Solar power28 Apr 2023

The San Luis Obispo Climate Coalition in California is working with Electriq Power to provide residents with affordable, resilient and sustainable energy.

San Joaquin launches electric bike and carshare programme

Inclusivity31 Mar 2023

A mobility collective aims to offer affordable transportation options with an emphasis on serving the county’s economically disadvantaged communities.

Iteris to develop San Bernardino smart county plan

Road travel30 Mar 2023

As well as monitoring and maintaining the San Bernardino Valley traffic corridors, the company will develop a smart county masterplan covering 24 cities.

Californian utility pilot aims to tackle non-revenue water

Water23 Feb 2023

In partnership with Olea Edge Analytics, Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District’s programme aims to use data-driven analysis to tackle non-revenue water loss.

San José awards large-scale building electrification project

Climate action23 Jan 2023

BlocPower will provide project management and leverage its proprietary BlocMaps software and data toolkit to identify buildings in need of energy upgrades.

Oakland implements smart loading zones to manage the kerb

Logistics20 Jan 2023

The City is partnering with Populus to launch the zones that will allow operators to pay for their use of space through GPS technology from their vehicles.

Oakland establishes vehicle-to-building resilience hub

Resilience12 Oct 2022

The consortium of organisations behind the project will work together to deploy electric transit buses operated by AC Transit as mobile emergency back-up power for community centres in the area.

How utility's new HQ can decarbonise the electric grid

Commercial buildings22 Sep 2022

Sonoma Clean Power’s headquarters in Santa Rosa features an innovative microgrid that claims to go beyond net zero energy standards by reducing greenhouse gas emissions on the State’s electric grid.

How San Joaquin is taking shared mobility to the people

Inclusivity16 Sep 2022

By locating car-sharing stations at housing authority’s sites and taking a systems thinking approach, the Californian city aims to tackle a range of critical challenges.

Platforms launched to enable ‘easy’ public wifi deployment

Lighting26 Jul 2022

Ubicquia claims UbiHub is compatible with more than 360 million streetlights worldwide and can be installed in seconds, plugging into the existing streetlight photocell socket.

World-first 3D-printed community to be created in California

Planning and redevelopment08 Jun 2022

US homebuilder Palari is collaborating with Singapore’s SML Group to expand a pipeline of master-planned, net zero energy, sustainable communities across California.

Uber Eats pilots autonomous delivery service in Santa Monica

Connected and autonomous vehicles19 May 2022

Uber is working with Motional to jointly develop an autonomous delivery service model that could quickly scale to more areas across Los Angeles and in other cities.

Restaurants in Californian municipality launch indoor air quality initiative

Air quality28 Apr 2022

Restaurants in Carmel-by-the-Sea are reducing the probability of infection from airborne viruses and pollutants while also averaging an estimated $17,000 in extra annual profit via the certification programme.

Comcast establishes dedicated smart cities division

Lighting08 Apr 2022

It will deliver connectivity and consulting services and connect customers with companies that provide applications in areas such as smart lighting, parking and waste as well as digital kiosks.

Solar-powered digital platform incorporates new capabilities for cities

Pedestrianisation21 Mar 2022

Soofa claims the digital platform has been enhanced to make it more user-friendly for city leaders as well as more engaging for community members and businesses.

City of Fremont bolsters drive to Vision Zero with emergency traffic technology

Road travel22 Feb 2022

The Californian Bay Area city is integrating the connected traffic solution from LYT at intersections as part of the Fremont Boulevard Safe and Smart Corridor project

Disruptors team for end-to-end automated security

Citizen security21 Feb 2022

Mircea Tudor San Tech and Qylur Intelligent Systems will integrate their technologies to cover a range of checkpoints, from borders to entries of facilities and critical infrastructures sites and smart cities.

San José unveils solar and battery project to deliver renewable energy

Batteries and renewables16 Feb 2022

The renewable energy facility in Kern County is part of a long-term investment to power nearly 65,000 homes annually for the next 12 years as well as help the Californian city tackle climate change.

San Bernardino County awards $1.7m contract for smart mobility

Road travel28 Jan 2022

The programme leverages Iteris’ smart mobility infrastructure management expertise and SaaS solutions to support region’s goal of improving safety and mobility for all road users.

Oakland aims to eliminate financial obstacles to mobility

Inclusivity13 Jan 2022

As part of its Universal Basic Mobility programme, it has distributed 500 prepaid debit cards for use in purchasing trips or passes on public transit, bikeshare, and shared e-scooters.

How are smart cities using vehicle data?

Analytics06 Jan 2022

Report contends growing ubiquity of connected vehicles will streamline data processing and make predictive analytics economically viable for urban planners.

California city uses fuel cell technology to keep intersection running

Batteries and renewables31 Dec 2021

Santa Clarita has installed the back-up power system to help keep one of its busiest intersections running during power outages such as those caused by extreme weather.

US cities invited to take data-driven approach to littering

News09 Dec 2021

Litterati’s Analyse tool allows cities to take a data science approach to addressing the problem of litter by applying machine learning to photos of litter to develop a baseline of its composition.

Cop26: sharing knowledge and ideas key to electric transition

News10 Nov 2021

A session on zero emissions transition on Transport Day of the climate change conference highlighted the importance of international-, national- and city-level collaboration.

New cloud-enabled managed services launched for smart mobility

News22 Oct 2021

Smart mobility infrastructure company Iteris’ managed service offerings leverage its ClearMobility platform to help proactively oversee complex transportation operations.

San Diego launches comprehensive resiliency plan to tackle climate change hazards

News21 Oct 2021

Climate Resilient SD looks at the past, present, and future conditions and covers wildfire, coastal flooding and erosion, flooding and drought, extreme heat and sea level rise.

Californian cities install smart city signs to connect with citizens

News01 Oct 2021

Eastvale, San Jacinto and Fair Oaks are installing the solar-powered Soofa Signs to provide communities with city announcements, public health information, real-time transit updates, and citizen feedback.

Intelligent intersections installed as part of Irvine's smart cities initiative

News30 Sep 2021

Velodyne’s lidar-based traffic monitoring solution will be used at 25 intersections as part of $6m road network project, driven by the University of California.

Sacramento light rail in open-loop contactless first for California

News02 Sep 2021

The Sacramento Regional Transit District’s roll-out follows the successful launch of the state’s first contactless payments demo on Monterey-Salinas Transit buses in May.

Smart city attainable housing initiative launched in California

News20 Aug 2021

City Ventures describes its advanced design concept as an interwoven approach to connecting “tech-forward” thinking with sustainable net-zero village designs.

Lake Forest looks to the cloud to improve citywide road safety and mobility

News29 Jul 2021

The southern Californian city has awarded a multi-year contract to Iteris for its arterial congestion management system to augment traffic management operations.

Charging company powers fleet customers with local renewable energy

News26 Jul 2021

Charging-as-a-service provider Amply ensures only California-sourced renewable power from wind and solar sources is used by its fleet customers to help reduce the effects of climate change.

Californian city partners for drone delivery testing

News09 Jul 2021

The City of Ontario has partnered with Airspace Link to enable testing of the safe integration of drones into its airspace as well as stay ahead of smart city developments.

California creates statewide homeless data warehouse

News14 Apr 2021

The Homeless Data Integration System, launched by the Homeless Coordinating and Financing Council, will allow the state to make data-driven policy decisions in efforts to prevent and end homelessness.

Long Beach Transit introduces trip planning app

News07 Apr 2021

Moovit’s free app combines official information from LBT, as well as crowdsourced information to calculate the best route for each journey in Long Beach and beyond.

All California 911 centres set to receive real-time crash data

News23 Mar 2021

Beginning in May, the majority of telecommunicators at more than 400 public safety answering points will have direct access to crash data without having to rely on verbal relay of information.

Anaheim public transport operator bids to be all-electric by 2025

News02 Mar 2021

The Anaheim Transportation Network has been awarded a $5m grant to advance its effort to become California’s first all-electric transit operator by the California Energy Commission.

Cashless mobile ticketing fare system rolled out in San Joaquin County

News23 Nov 2020

Cashless mobile ticketing is integrated into the Vamos mobility app to help make journeys safer, easier and simpler across transit agencies serving San Joaquin County.

City of Medford upgrades more than 7,000 streetlights

News28 Oct 2020

Improvements are being financed by a low-interest loan and include converting all city- and utility-owned streetlights, as well as additional park and parking lot locations.

New heart of downtown San Ramon installs smarter parking and wayfinding

News13 May 2020

The Optipark system captures data through camera sensors and delivers crucial availability and location information to drivers to help improve the parking experience for the visiting public.

All-electric ride-hailing service extends its offering

News06 Mar 2020

Start-up Go360 claims to offer a unique ride subscription model to help people get to work and transit hubs faster and easier using employee drivers.

City of Fremont launches autonomous shuttle service for employees

News28 Feb 2020

The service, provided by Pony.ai, is part of Fremont’s drive to decrease single-driver commuting and has the potential to expand beyond city employees in the future.

Road usage charge pilot offers roadmap for transportation funding in the US

News15 Jan 2020

To compensate for diminishing funds, a growing number of American states have looked to alternative revenue systems based on vehicle miles travelled.

Los Angeles announces ambitious zero emissions roadmap

News28 Nov 2019

Mayor Eric Garcetti said the city must kick its "zero-emissions transportation future into high gear" and the goal is to deliver a 25 per cent reduction in GHGs and pollution by the 2028 Olympic Games.

Nokia private wireless networks drive digital transformation

News19 Nov 2019

Among the customers using the networks are public sector organisations and cities with use cases ranging from testing drones for tsunami evacuation alerts to building smarter ports.

California launches first state-wide earthquake warning app

News23 Oct 2019

The tool uses ground motion sensors to detect earthquakes before humans can feel them and send automated notifications.

San José strengthens its emergency response capability

News27 Jun 2019

The Californian city has deployed the FirstNet communications platform to all of its public safety and emergency response staff.

Los Angeles moves legacy IT infrastructure to the cloud

News22 Mar 2019

The mainframe-based system will transition to the California Department of Technology’s state data centre in Sacramento in a $10.5m modernisation project.

Chula Vista sends out smart signals

News19 Sep 2017

The city in Southern California has chosen Trafficware’s SynchroGreen signal technology to adapt to traffic patterns

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