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Supporting smart and sustainable transportation innovation at the ITS World Congress

AWS Public Sector Blog

This year, the Intelligent Transportation Society (ITS) World Congress brought together more than 6,000 industry professionals from 64 countries to discuss ways to advance the deployment of intelligent transportation technologies to save lives, improve mobility, promote sustainability, and increase access to communities across the globe.

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Curitiba Is Evolving But Remains a Model for Urban Sustainability

The City Fix

I made my first pilgrimage in 2000, when Bogotá was implementing its bus rapid transit system, Transmilenio, and returned twice after that. I recently had the pleasure of re-visiting Curitiba, Brazil, thanks to an invitation from the Smart Cities Expo. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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It’s time to evolve IT procurement

AWS Public Sector Blog

Just as people now consider car ownership, public transportation, and ridesharing services, organizations must expand criteria to capture the multiple dimensions offered by cloud computing and determine which creates the greatest ROI. Figure 2 shows the AWS Cloud Value Framework: cost, productivity, resilience, agility, sustainability.

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What should the program for a Transportation Management District look like?

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

At the time, my focus was trying to create a shared parking scenario, and to invest in sustainable mobility. Promoting biking, walking, and other sustainable modes is another element of TDM. Often places have "lots of" parking, but it's spread out across multiple properties, and they don't coordinate.

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Great News for Chile

Human Transit

He is a Bus Rapid Transit expert and an eloquent advocate for sustainable and just transport planning, and is also one of the nicest people I know. In the 2000s was a key advisor to the project that created Transantiago , a government agency managing all public transport in the capital region.

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4 Quick and Sustainable Solutions to High Gas Prices in the US

The City Fix

President Biden suggested that the United States implement a Federal Gas Tax holiday to help consumers weather historically high gas prices. Gas prices doubled in the United States between February 2021 and June 2022, topping out at more than $5.

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City resilience in wartime and DPI scoop Future of Government Awards 2025

AWS Public Sector Blog

What started as an app for residents to use city services like paying for parking or topping up a public transportation card, has transitioned in wartime to be a life-saving tool, sharing information on airstrikes and the nearest bomb shelter during an air-raid alert.