Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Commission Time 3/20/2023 5:30-7:00pm The point of the meeting Reporting the issues of walking, bicycling, and running events in a safe manner. Developing safety programs for pedestrians, bicyclists, and runners (7-Line Project and All-Way Stop Control Installation) Who was at the meeting Demographic Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Commission from Planning and Transportation Department… Read more »
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Problematic Traffic Commissioners, Kirkwood Outdoor Dining and Traffic Code Amendments
City of Bloomington Common Council Meeting – 03/01/23 I attended a regular Bloomington City Council meeting virtually on March 1st, 2023. This meeting had three main agenda items, reports, legislation and public comment. I will give more context for each of these items later but for now these were the main substantive issues on the… Read more »
Breaking Away: Taking a Step Towards a New City
Summary I attended a community meeting on March 6th, 2023, at 4:00 PM on zoom. It was a meeting where the Plat committee met to go over any items they have on their agenda and to consider any petitions that were filed. At this meeting, first they went over any meeting minutes that needed to… Read more »
A Look into Bloomington’s Local Governance
What was discussed at the March 8th Council meeting? Bloomington’s regularly scheduled council meetings occur on the first three Wednesdays of every month, and the one I attended on March 8th covered a few different topics relating to the city. Following roll call and the agenda overview, the meeting began with the city’s utilities director,… Read more »
Xin Qiao’s Blog Post 1
What is a smart city? According to Wikipedia, a smart city is a technologically urban area that uses different types of electronic methods and sensors to collect specific data. To be specific, it uses information and communication technologies (ICT) to improve the ways they operate. Also, it can use connected digital technologies – also known… Read more »
Smart City Governments and Community
Defining Smart Government and Community: A smart city is a community that incorporates technology and the Internet of Things in order to facilitate effective governance, community building and strategic policy planning. Smart cities utilize technology of the past, present and future to implement censors, accessibility devices, data entry tools and other tech facets to accomplish… Read more »
An Efficient Way of Getting to the Destination: Smart Streets and Smart Transportation Modes
What is the Smart City? Smart City can be defined in various ways. However, I think the most accurate definition to the Smart City is the city that has high technology or system to allow the people to have efficient and convenient environment. In other word, smart city is the city that is formed with… Read more »
Smart Cities: Clean Energy & Eco-Friendly
What is a Smart City? A “Smart City” is a city that utilizes advanced technology and data-driven solutions to enhance the quality of life of its citizens, improve sustainability, and increase overall city efficiency. Smart cities work by drawing on data gathered from devices such as cameras, sensors, and other electronic devices that are interconnected,… Read more »
Blog Post #1
A smart city is a community that uses the most efficient ways and resources to achieve the problems that cities have. Some examples of this include trash disposal, transit, foot traffic, energy, pollution, and tons of other everyday problems. In my opinion, there is no such thing as a “smart city”. It really just depends… Read more »
Smart Governance and Smart Communities
What is Smart City? A city that uses the new age technologies combined with the city’s physical infrastructure to provide a better life to its citizens is called a smart city. Smart cities have many definitions in practical and academic sense where in all of them emphasize on the integration of technology with the physical… Read more »