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Most of the funding comes from the Federal Highway Administration, which awarded $45.2 million to 10 states via the Advanced Transportation and Congestion Management Technologies Deployment (ATCMTD) grant. The grant would encourage the use of intelligent transportation systems technologies, to help “improve mobility and safety, reduce congestion and support underserved communities,” USDOT officials said in the Aug. 10 announcement.

USDOT Awards Funding for Tech Infusion to Transit, Highway Systems

Kaitlyn Levinson and Assistant Editor, GCN

The reservation fee for the smart zones will be $3 per hour and prorated up to one hour, officials said. Drivers found parked in smart loading zones without a reservation or past their reservation time limit will be ticketed and possibly towed.

City Tests App for Delivery Drivers to Reserve Spots in Loading Zones

Kaitlyn Levinson and Assistant Editor, GCN

This would truly split the property atom, unleashing tremendous democratic and economic energy. It would separate land values from productive use, ensuring the public a fair share of the former, as Georgists have long advocated, and as traditional land ownership has always failed to do. And there would be no financial losers in the establishing urban wealth funds to pursue this agenda: incumbent homeowners’ interests would be unaffected but for a likely rise in valuation due to the presence of a powerful new buyer in the city.

How to Harness Cities’ Hidden Public Wealth | NOEMA

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