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How cities can use transport data to reduce pollution and increase safety

AWS Public Sector Blog

This is a guest post by Rikesh Shah, outgoing head of open innovation at Transport for London, on behalf of the AWS Institute from Amazon Web Services (AWS), a thought leadership and executive education program to accelerate digital transformation for public sector executives.

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Lessons From China, India, Vietnam on National Transport Ambitions and Accelerating Decarbonization

The City Fix

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).

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Smart, safe and sustainable cycling: how AI-powered insights will encourage the next generation

Open Access Government - Technology News

The total value of the UK bicycle market was estimated to be around 47% higher in 2021 than in 2019, and the latest DfT Road Traffic Estimates suggest that cycle traffic in 2021 was 15.7% higher than pre-pandemic levels in 2019. Over the last two years the UK has seen a cycling ‘boom’. Harnessing data to assess impact.

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Enhancing Federal AI Safety: Responsible and Secure AI Sandbox

Microsoft Public Sector

To leverage this capability responsibly, the Executive Order on Maintaining American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence (2019) and the Executive Order on Promoting the Use of Trustworthy AI in the Federal Government (2020) set the groundwork for AI governance. Notably, the US needs to maintain its competitive advantage by leveraging AI.

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COVID-19: Baby Bump or Baby Dump?

The Lowe Down

The COVID-19 pandemic, by changing experiences across transportation, well-being, caregiving, health care, and jobs, has caused society-wide shifts in behavior with potentially far reaching consequences. Expected deaths are calculated based on comprehensive models that account for previous demographic trends.

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Enhancing multidisciplinary collaboration in digital pathology with cloud-based PACS

AWS Public Sector Blog

In a joint research initiative with INFINITT, SMC piloted a cloud-native picture archiving and communication system (PACS) in its pathology department in 2019. Typically, biopsy specimens need to be transported by porters, processed and prepped by the lab technicians for microscopic examination, and finally interpreted by pathologists.

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Don’t Wait to Modernize: A Q&A on Preparing for The MGT Reform Act

Government Technology Insider

The Department of Defense just retired the 8-inch floppy disks that were part of the nuclear missile launch process in 2019, and the IRS has plans to finally retire its outdated system for processing taxpayer data in 2030. Aside from those high priorities, every agency should consider upgrading its technology.