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Earlier this week I came across this really informative article. It has lots of important lessons and feedback about the "smart city" model for us! Please read and share...I especially like the I especially love her conclusion: "What is required is an understanding of how the city as a system is more than its parts..."
ReplyDeleteSumetee Gajjar of Bangalore gives counter-points to so-called "smart city" planning (which is gaining some traction here in the US). In contrast, she encourages integrated social ecological urban planning, governance & implementation.
http://www.thenatureofcities.com/2016/01/07/should-bangalore-aim-to-become-a-smart-city/?utm_content=buffer4d6e9&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
Oakland could develop a bicycle highway like Germany.
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Fantastic site with all kinds of resources that speak to Oakland's capacity to "address climate change" through smart transportation initiatives:
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Feds roll out $4 billion plan for robot cars:
ReplyDeleteSAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE: View "Feds roll out $4 billion plan for robot cars" article at http://tablet.olivesoftware.com/Olive/Tablet/SanFranciscoChronicle/SharedArticle.aspx?href=HSFC%2F2016%2F01%2F15&id=Ar00107
Driverless car article highlighting possible revenue implication for municipalities...interesting:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.sfchronicle.com/business/article/Self-driving-cars-to-drain-millions-from-city-6749724.php?t=e18a68444700af33be&cmpid=fb-premium
Cites as platforms http://www.technologyreview.com/news/527361/the-economics-of-the-internet-of-things/
ReplyDeleteUtilize IOT technologies to begin implementing modal priority as part of the City's Complete Streets Plan. The city is working on identifying specific streets wherein bicycles, transit, pedestrians, goods and cars would be given priority. The city can build upon this effort and integrate intersection controls with travel movement monitoring technologies via the Internet of Things (IOT)technologies. The technologies would be able to control speeds on a corridor to provide preference to the desired mode (e.g. timing signals for bicycles instead of cars; turn signals green for buses; dynamic stop signs that allow for bicyclists to pedal through intersections). Furthermore, it could have a dynamic controlling mechanism that helps the city change the modal priority preference on streets with several significant modes (e.g Telegraph/San Pablo/International) based upon temporal usage or emergencies). The implementation of technology infrastructure should cheaper than physical infrastructure, and would give the city better control of what modes of transportation it wants to encourage within it's borders. This idea would also dovetail with the ACTC's multi-modal plan, and could have national wide scalability. I am writing up a more detailed note that I will email to the city next week.
ReplyDeleteUberify the stacking of big rigs heading to the Port. The city is well aware of the environmental issues of idling trucks as well as getting big rigs in an out of the port. The City could work with the Port Authority to develop an uber like app that notifies truckers in real time when they need to be at the port; and provide them dynamic mapping of both getting into the port, as well as, getting out of the city to their intended destination. with containers already utilizing RFID chips, the entire allocation of containers to individual drivers could be done even before the ship docks. This would greatly reduce the need for truckers to line up, or hang out in West Oakland. This idea may have limited appeal for the DOT as it may only benefit Port cities. However, it would hit three key sectors - Transportation, Environment and Economy.
ReplyDeleteI would like to share two Oakland initiatives which are shovel ready. One is the Green Works Development pilot project which was funded in East Oakland by Redevelopment funds and a training, education, and hands on land use collaboration of 30 partners including the Merritt College ENvironmental Management and Technology Program, OUSD, East Oakland Boxing Association, DIG Cooperative, the Institute for Sustainable Policy Studies and others. The planning is being continued by the San Leandro Creek Alliance collaborative. The second initiative is a proposal to follow up on the 2,000 people who participated in the short-lived but very detailed Dellums Task Force identification of Oakland problems and solutions. I could use help getting these on the web - my contact is robinf5713@aol.com. Prof. Robin Freeman
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