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The city of Detroit recently unveiled the "World's Smartest Intersection," reports Kristin Musulin. The Intersection, built by traffic data and smart cities company Miovision, includes "a system of sensors, 360-degree cameras, connected traffic signals and remote monitoring capabilities that can respond to what's happening on the road in real time."
The city has already won an IDC Smart Cities North America award for the project, notes Muslin, and is claiming 30 percent travel time reductions since initial stages of the technology rolled out.
FULL STORY: Detroit is now home to the 'World's Smartest Intersection'
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Detroit Transit Agency Requests $20M Budget Increase
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Trump deemed the landmark civil rights agreement “illegal DEI and environmental justice policy.”
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The plan would reduce visitor accommodation by 25% resulting in 1,900 jobs lost.
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The new electric trains are running faster and more reliably, leading to strong ridership growth on the Bay Area rail system.
Texas Churches Rally Behind ‘Yes in God’s Back Yard’ Legislation
Religious leaders want the state to reduce zoning regulations to streamline leasing church-owned land to housing developers.
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