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Re-Thinking Street Design with a Gender Lens: Lessons from a Street Experiment in Istanbul

The City Fix

Although it is widely recognized that gender disparities are echoed in the design and operation of urban transportation systems, gender-responsive transportation planning is still in its early stages. Drawing from the TOPUK project, which stands for “Women Accessing Public Transport,”.

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Chromeos flex: Addressing profile 2 tech challenges on a budget

Open Access Government - Technology News

Avoiding another CrowdStrike Traditional operating systems, such as Windows, have complex architectures that are susceptible to system-wide failures and rely heavily on software updates and patches from a whole suite of third-party companies that can, and have, introduced new issues.

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Demystifying AI: How RAG boosts efficiency in state and local government departments

AWS Public Sector Blog

Improving public information services To better serve their community, a state agency uses an LLM-powered chatbot enhanced with RAG to provide real-time, accurate information on public transportation schedules, public health advisories, and more.

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Recreation planning and financing failure in Philadelphia: 11 of 12 public swimming pools have closed

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

The answer is: Create a single multi-state/regional multi-modal transit planning, management, and operations authority association.") Schools have playgrounds and other facilities which may or may not be open to the public. But also schools. There is a Friends of Philly Aquatics, but obviously they aren't a significant player.

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How artificial intelligence can aid urban development

Open Access Government - Technology News

With the muscular computing capacity and deep-learning capabilities to help optimize an elaborate web of systems and interests – including transportation, infrastructure management, energy efficiency, public safety and citizen engagement – artificial intelligence can be a game-changer in the mission of modernizing urban development.

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It’s time to evolve IT procurement

AWS Public Sector Blog

Why using old procurement methods is a problem Cloud computing presents a difficult choice for organizations: adopt and shift operating models to take advantage of its benefits or maintain the status quo and miss out. Final thoughts The public cloud introduces new considerations to procurement beyond just cost.

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Supporting smart and sustainable transportation innovation at the ITS World Congress

AWS Public Sector Blog

Ahead of the event, ITS accepted applications from companies developing cloud technology solutions that promote a safer transportation system, increase resiliency and sustainability, and make transportation smarter and more responsive. Specifically, TRAINFO operates a hybrid data architecture utilizing Amazon Aurora and Amazon Neptune.