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Seven Finalist Cities Chosen For Smart City Challenge

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USDOT has pledged up to $40 million to one city to help it define what it means to be a “Smart City “and become the country’s first city to fully integrate innovative technologies – self-driving cars, connected vehicles, and smart sensors – into its transportation network. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx. Source: USDOT.

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Race to a Smart Future

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metro to fully integrate innovative technologies—self-driving cars, connected vehicles and smart sensors, among other advances—into its transportation network. The city has a broad plan for “adaptive transportation systems” that would remain useful even as technology evolves in coming years. Allen’s Vulcan Inc.

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STATE FOCUS – Ohio: Slow And Steady

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Ohio made a number of appearances in Business Facilities’ 2012 State Rankings report , reaching 7th for Automotive Manufacturing Strength and Best Education Climate; 4th for Economic Growth Potential, Race to the Top Leaders and Best Transportation Infrastructure; and 10th for Workforce Health and Safety. With no red tape. just a red carpet.

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Nature as the city: Why it’s time for a new framework to guide development

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Street Level Greenscape Interventions Innovative approaches to leveraging the power of natural interventions can also be found at the individual street level. For example, at the Gahanna branch location of Columbus Metropolitan Library in Columbus, Ohio, a butterfly garden at the perimeter of the building is being designed.

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State Focus – Indiana: Regional Plans Are Hopping In The Hoosier State

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The regions that submitted Regional Cities Initiative applications are: Central: The region’s priority projects include a 35-mile Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) line dubbed the Red Line, a 60-acre tech and innovation district, and enhanced trails and pathways to advance the region’s quality of life.

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Separated at Birth

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Columbus, OH recently completed a cap over a portion of I-670, creating new space for innovative urban development. The “big fill” in Rochester came after two decades of studies which culminated in the city finally winning a TIGER grant for $17 million from the U.S. The total cost of the project is $22 million.

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Cover Story: 2014 Business Facilities – Metro And Global Rankings

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Baton Rouge, LA has had great success in executing its strategy of bringing together business and higher education in innovative public-private partnerships that spur initiatives in new high-growth sectors. receives support from the Lexington office of the Kentucky Innovation Network and Commerce Lexington. Awesome Inc.

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