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Using Amazon Timestream and Amazon Location Service to detect transportation route deviations and anomalies

AWS Public Sector Blog

Most commonly, GPS coordinates are used to track vehicle location and transportation route. GPS coordinates often have anomalies that can contaminate location reporting. Additionally, if a vehicle takes a detour, it will offset public transportation schedules. Both cases impact the riders negatively.

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4 Lessons on Optimizing Land Use and Mobility to Fight Climate Change From Vitoria-Gasteiz

The City Fix

What makes Vitoria-Gasteiz stand out is the coordinated action its leaders and community. Like many European cities in the 20th century, Vitoria-Gasteiz, capital of the Basque Country in Spain, experienced rapid population growth, followed by increased motorization and urban sprawl. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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Analyzing vehicle fleet location data from a data lake with AWS

AWS Public Sector Blog

At Amazon Web Services (AWS), many public sector customers operate fleets of vehicles (e.g. emergency response, public transportation) that generate location data, which is ultimately stored in a data lake. In this use case, the dataset contains coordinate data for four different vehicles in the Kansas City Metro area.

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Supporting smart and sustainable transportation innovation at the ITS World Congress

AWS Public Sector Blog

Alongside publicity and professional support from ITS and the European Road Transport Telematics Implementation Coordination Organization ( ERTICO ), both winners were awarded $12,500 in AWS Credits to further the development of safe, smart, and sustainable transportation innovation in the cloud.

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Prolonged, wide-area electrical power failure

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

lifts [elevators] blocked: people possibly trapped in them trains stranded: people possibly stranded in them traffic control inoperable: possibility of accidents and queues at road junctions critical facilities (hospitals, police stations, etc.)

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How To Create a Marketing Plan for an Entire Year Even if Your Library’s Strategic Plan Sucks or Is Non-Existent!

Super Library Marketing

You decide to rent a vehicle or research public transportation. Planning a calendar for a full year makes it easy to coordinate promotions across channels. That’s how I discovered the city is home to a 170-foot water tower shaped like a catsup bottle that just happens to be on the National Registry of Historic Places.

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Comcast Awards $20,00 Grant to The WorkPlace in Vermont

The Whistle Post

The WorkPlace is a nonprofit organization that coordinates regional and state-wide workforce development programs to prepare people for careers while strengthening the workforce. The grant helps address digital literacy barriers for low-income Vermonters, age 55 and older, who are looking to expand their job skills and re-enter the workforce.