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Comprehensive SS4A Safety Action Plan Checklist

All Safe Streets for All (SS4A) grants require a comprehensive safety action plan. This checklist ensures that your current plan meets funding prerequisites.

Enhancing Traffic Incident Management through Policymaking

Departments of transportation can drive traffic incident management through policymaking and proactive collaboration.

How Technology is Accelerating Traffic Incident Management Practices

The current intersection of a smart technology boom and a safety epidemic on American roads has created the opportunity for new traffic incident management tech to shape safety practices nationwide.

Urban SDK Selected for AWS Sustainable Cities Accelerator

Urban SDK has been selected as one of only 12 members of the AWS Sustainable Cities Accelerator. They were chosen from a field of hundreds of applicants representing 19 countries.

Digital Twins are Creating a Paradigm Shift in the Insurance Industry

Digital twins have provided breakthroughs for this insurance field and have reshaped it from mitigation to prevention.

The Hunt for More Affordable Data: A Conversation with TSI

An interview with Transportation Solutions about finding the most accurate and affordable transportation data on the market, and working with Urban SDK.

Integrity Above All Else: A Conversation with KYTC

Urban SDK sat down with our clients at Kentucky Transportation Cabinet for a discussion that ranged from the importance of integrity to the true void excellent SaaS products can fill.

Everything You Need to Know About Procuring the $5 Billion in SS4A Grants

The federal government is awarding $5 billion in Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) grants to combat a nationwide rise in traffic deaths.

How Digital Twins are Evening the Playing Field in Engineering

By using digital twins, engineering firms can save time and money, while also becoming more efficient with their operations.

EVs and the Future of Public Transit

Electric buses, electric trains, the trolley revival ... electric public transit options exist. However, before public transit can fully embrace the EV revolution some hurdles must be cleared.

Finding Balance Between a Connected World and Community Resilience

The war in Ukraine has illustrated how fragile a global economy is, underscoring the need for greater community resilience.

Digital Twins used in Urban Planning and Infrastructure

As cities continue amassing massive amounts of data, digital twins will become increasingly valuable in urban planning and infrastructure projects.

Digital Twins: Understanding Their Evolution and Importance

Modern digital twin technology has completely redefined workflows and collaboration across a number of industries.

Total Disruption: Autonomous Vehicles, Safety Regulations, and New Policy

The disruption caused by autonomous vehicles carries all the way to safety regulation.

Using Data to Increase Transportation Equity

Using data to understand a region's transportation equity will eliminate inequity and provide an economic building block for communities.

Why the Autonomous Vehicle Revolution Is Driven by Public Transit

The autonomous vehicle revolution as we know it is deeply rooted in public transit, where it has proven itself most successful.

V2G, NEVI, and Planning for the EV Revolution

Vehicle-to-grid technology is one of many infrastructure planning challenges that will come as car producers shift to electric vehicles.

The Fascinating History of Electric Vehicles

The history of electric vehicles has a long tail, dating back to battery-powered cars at the turn of the 20th century.

Urban SDK Receives the EFI Entrepreneur and Job Growth Award

Enterprise Florida recognizes Jacksonville company for job creation and fueling innovation across Florida.

Urban SDK Increases Seed Funding to $4.5 Million, Continues Nationwide Expansion

Urban SDK has opened 2022 by increasing its North American footprint and raising an additional $715,000 in seed funding.

Unveiling the Past: A Brief Autonomous Vehicles History

Discover the captivating autonomous vehicles' history from their early beginnings to the cutting-edge technology of today.

The Cost of Congestion

The cost of traffic congestion on society touches everything from the environment to mental health to our pocketbooks with the supply chain. Using verified data to analyze trends and causes can mitigate it.

Strengthening Mobility Through the SMART Grant

The Strengthening Mobility And Revolutionizing Transportation (SMART) grants program is another effort by the United State Department of Transportation to fund transportation safety and efficiency, like the Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) program, but SMART focuses on encouraging transportation agencies to use smart city technology.

Autonomous Vehicles: Ownership vs. Subscription Models

Autonomous vehicles are the way of the future, but the jury's still out as to whether their proliferation will be more in an ownership or subscription model.

How Smart City Tourism is Driving Local Economies

As smart city technology becomes ubiquitous in transportation it’s no surprise that some cities are starting to look into smart tourism. 

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