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Report: Inequality in transit industry leadership leads to underrepresentation, unequal policies for riders

• 2nd May 2022

Janitors and office workers, single parents and childcare professionals, immigrants and locals—people of all ethnicities, religions and perspectives move through urban landscapes via the same public transportation systems. But while transit systems are supposed to be equitable, a new report from TransitCenter highlights a “fundamental mismatch between who is making key transit decisions at public […]

Cities steadily adding more EV chargers for public to use

• 2nd May 2022

Local governments are making headway as they develop their electric vehicle (EV) infrastructure. “Progress varies depending on what stage governments are at in the electrification strategy and funding availability,” says Brandon Branham, assistant city manager and chief technology officer for Peachtree Corners, Ga., which is part of the Atlanta metro. Its 2022 population is estimated […]

Report: To keep up with infrastructure maintenance costs, local governments need to rethink land use policies

• 28th April 2022

For better or worse, geographical boundaries separate local jurisdictions and define parameters within which local governments can operate. The land and its value dictate tax revenue—land that’s rich in natural resources, or that’ close to important destinations, demands more value than that which is remote.  It’s a finite resource that must be thoughtfully managed. As localities […]

The road to America’s infrastructure overhaul is paved in technology

• 27th April 2022

When it comes to infrastructure construction and maintenance, the road we took to get here will not lead us where we need to go tomorrow. An influx of government funding including the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) and various coronavirus recovery programs provides a generational opportunity to invest in roads, bridges, airports […]

Video: Verizon demonstrates Teltech tethered drone at IWCE 2022

• 27th April 2022

Inflation could disrupt economy’s ‘soft landing,’ but cities and counties are prepared

• 25th April 2022

After enduring a wild ride through the last two years marked by the COVID-19 pandemic, local and county governments are staring down an unpredictable economic future—with one certainty: inflation. Last week, Fannie Mae, the government-sponsored lender, predicted that tightening monetary policy at the federal level could bring a “modest recession in the latter half of […]

National League of Cities has the tools and resources to help cities reach their sustainability goals

• 25th April 2022

A local government’s sustainability squad needs to be carefully assembled, says Nick Kasza, program manager for sustainability at the National League of Cities (NLC). “A sustainability team might be one person or five people, but they should have a relationship with various city departments that can help the community implement their sustainability strategies and achieve […]

Top-scoring mid-sized cities on AARP’s 2022 Livability Index

• 21st April 2022

AARP’s Public Policy Institute has launched its updated AARP Livability Index, a comprehensive, web-based tool that scores every neighborhood and community in the United States and the District of Columbia for the services and amenities that affect people’s lives the most as they age. The index scores livability by using more than 50 national data […]

Considerations for building an equitable, profitable and reliable EV infrastructure

• 20th April 2022

Electric vehicles (EV) are the way of the future. The Biden administration has set lofty goals to make 50 percent of all new cars sales in the U.S. zero-emissions vehicles by 2030. To make this goal a reality, we must first build out our nation’s EV charging infrastructure to be both stable and functional. Expanding […]

Amid public sector hiring challenges, researchers highlight telework, flexibility as path forward

• 14th April 2022

Alongside a meteoric rise in all things digital and telework, COVID-related burnout has hit public organizations hard. Two years on, government organizations are struggling to fill vacancies and bring back jobs lost to pandemic-driven budget cuts. A March 2022 report from ZipRecruiter found that while the private sector has recovered more than 90 percent of jobs lost […]