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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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AWS launches new Sustainable Cities Accelerator for startups 

AWS Public Sector Blog

Infrastructure, or the built environment, encompasses all aspects of our lives: real estate, manufacturing, the systems that provide us with water and electricity, and the transportation systems we use to get from place to place. Previous cohorts focused on mobility and transportation and clean energy.

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Re-imagining the future of mobility on islands

AWS Public Sector Blog

Learn how islands are leveraging digital technology to innovate across four of the main trends re-shaping our transport systems: promoting public transportation through mobility as a service (MaaS), active mobility, electrification, and autonomous vehicles. Islands can help us to imagine the art of the possible.

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Honoring the Americans With Disabilities Act

GovLoop

The unprecedented law, enacted in 1990, affirmed the rights of the disabled, making public spaces, places of employment and transportation less discriminatory. Before the ADA, Public transportation, such as trains, were not required to have handicap access. It became known as “the Capitol Crawl.”

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Where in the Organization Chart Does Your Grant Professional Belong?

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

Some metropolitan cities have grant professionals embedded in multiple departments – police, fire, parks and recreation, and transportation. Grant professionals, successful ones at least, have a seat at the leadership table. We collaborate with program directors, accountants, and organizational leadership.

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Top announcements from AWS worldwide public sector partners at re:Invent 2022

AWS Public Sector Blog

Infrastructure encompasses all aspects of our lives: real estate, manufacturing, water, electricity, and transportation systems. In fact, the United Nations (UN) estimates that infrastructure accounts for about 40% of global energy use and about 30% of energy-related greenhouse gas emissions. Building these systems requires energy.

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Public service leaders join a celebration of the 2023 Service to America Medal® winners

Partnership for Public Service

One of the most trusted voices in television journalism, Woodruff has used in-depth reporting to champion public servants and hold our government accountable for millions of viewers. From left to right, Gloria Shepherd, Paul Nissenbuam, Maria Lefevre and Deputy Secretary of Transportation Polly Trottenberg.