
Skip Descant
Staff Writer at Government Technology
Staff Writer at e.Republic
Skip Descant writes the Siskiyou County Dispatch, a local news site on Substack.
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3 weeks ago |
govtech.com | Skip Descant
A case in point is the electric cargo bike — examples of which will arrive as soon as this month in two of the nation's capital cities.
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3 weeks ago |
govtech.com | Skip Descant
“You don’t pop the hood on your entire organization that frequently,” Gerald Lackey, Virginia DMV commissioner, said, outlining some of the broader possibilities to consider as the state transitions from its 30-year-old mainframe technology to a new cloud-based platform. “This provides us with that opportunity. And we’re taking that seriously, by engaging the business, looking at how do we actually do this, and is there a better way to do it?” Lackey said.
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4 weeks ago |
govtech.com | Skip Descant
School districts are turning to artificial intelligence-enabled route-planning tools to optimize routes across a range of criteria, sharpen their efficiencies and reduce the time students spend on buses. “The school transportation space hasn’t really changed a lot in the last 50 years,” Corey McMahon, chief product and technology officer at HopSkipDrive, said. The company makes school transportation planning and routing technology.
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4 weeks ago |
govtech.com | Skip Descant
That's the aim of the Los Angeles Aerial Rapid Transit (LA ART) project, which is now making its way through the public approval process and is expected to be complete in time for the 2028 Summer Olympic Games. The city will host the games.
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1 month ago |
govtech.com | Skip Descant
Boston Logan International Airport is considering developing off-site security screening locations, from which departing passengers will be bused in.
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