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New York expands EV purchase, charging equipment incentives

1 day ago | smartcitiesdive.com | Robert Walton

Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. New York will make $30 million available to assist car buyers with the purchase or lease of a new electric vehicle and on Friday also announced the expansion of a popular incentive program for EV charging equipment.
Atlanta to launch Climate Resilience Action Plan

3 days ago | smartcitiesdive.com | Robyn Lawrence

Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. The Climate Resilience Action Plan sets goals that include reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 59% by 2030, adding 250 electric vehicle charging stations by 2025 and reducing the energy burden on 10% of the city’s most energy-burdened households.
$100K won’t cover basic costs for a family in 25 of the top metros, report finds

6 days ago | smartcitiesdive.com | Ginger Christ

An article from Dive Brief The “magic number” salary that ensures financial stability is changing, the authors wrote. Published April 18, 2025 The gap between workers’ wages and the rising cost of living is causing real concern, a Resume Now report from January found. Andrey Popov via Getty Images Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated.
Behavior science, data could provide low-cost solutions to gun violence

1 week ago | smartcitiesdive.com | Robyn Lawrence
Archer Aviation outlines plans for New York air taxi network

1 week ago | smartcitiesdive.com | Dan Zukowski

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Archer Aviation today disclosed its plans for an air taxi network serving the New York City region’s major airports from Manhattan helipads using electrically powered vertical takeoff and landing aircraft.
Judge unfreezes billions in IRA, IIJA funds

1 week ago | smartcitiesdive.com | Robyn Lawrence

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. A U.S. District judge ordered the Trump Administration to unfreeze billions of dollars allocated in the Inflation Reduction Act and Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act intended to help cities improve air quality, safe water systems and resilience to natural disasters and cyberattacks.
ICE agents denied entry into LAUSD elementary schools

1 week ago | smartcitiesdive.com | Naaz Modan

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Immigration enforcement officers from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security attempted to enter two Los Angeles Unified School District elementary schools — where they were denied entry by school administrators — in search of students on April 7.
Federal Highway Administration could improve pedestrian safety at rail crossings: GAO

1 week ago | smartcitiesdive.com | Dan Zukowski

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. With increasing numbers of pedestrian deaths and injuries at railroad grade crossings, the Government Accountability Office issued a report this month on how states can use federal funding to reduce such accidents and how the Federal Highway Administration can better help state officials. In 2023, 89 pedestrians were killed at public railroad-highway grade crossings, according to the GAO report, an increase of 31% over 2014.
Prepare now to protect urban forests from storms

1 week ago | smartcitiesdive.com | Robyn Lawrence

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Staff and funding cuts and statements from President Trump and members of his administration have many questioning FEMA’s future role in helping local governments handle natural disasters.
Brockton, Mass., leverages energy savings contract to preserve, improve two historic buildings

1 week ago | smartcitiesdive.com | Joe Burns

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. The City of Brockton, Massachusetts, is using a $7 million energy savings performance contract with Ameresco to implement comprehensive upgrades and preservation measures to two of its most historically significant buildings, the company announced in March.