Turning Food Waste Green
LACSD’s Will Chen manages the energy recovery infrastructure that helps SoCal fight climate change by recycling food waste into green energy
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City Planning
Stories about city planners engaged in designing green infrastructure and related technologies to enhance the health, safety and mobility of urban residents.
Brooks McKinney, APR
- Feb 26
- 7 min
The Diesel Bus Stops Here
Lion Electric’s Nate Baguio prescribes fleets of clean, zero-emission school buses to restore student transportation systems to good health.
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Brooks McKinney, APR
- Feb 1
- 6 min
Turning Runoff into Resources
Sterling Klippel guides the development of critical flood protection, stormwater capture and water recycling infrastructure for LA County.
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Brooks McKinney, APR
- Sep 25, 2022
- 6 min
Reinventing EV Charging Infrastructure
Tiya Gordon and itselectric are replacing destination charging with a local curbside model that allows EV owners to charge where they park.
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Brooks McKinney, APR
- Jul 31, 2022
- 6 min
Delivering Scooter Safety, Bit by Bit
Superpedestrian's Lou Alejo developes the software that keeps LINK shared e-scooter riders safe while producing harmony with city planners.
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Brooks McKinney, APR
- Jun 9, 2022
- 6 min
Crossing the Digital Divide
Futurist and author Brent Messer guides U.S cities in how to deliver broadband infrastructure equitably, affordably to homes and businesses.
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Brooks McKinney, APR
- Jun 5, 2022
- 6 min
Connecting Cities to a Smarter Future
Iveda Solutions CEO David Ly drives the integration of digital technology with municipal services to create smart city infrastructure.
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Brooks McKinney, APR
- May 9, 2022
- 6 min
Curbing Climate Change
Mary Catherine Snyder leads the Seattle Dept. of Transportation’s efforts to navigate and manage growing demand for new uses of curb space.
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Brooks McKinney, APR
- Mar 4, 2022
- 6 min
Reclaiming Water Reliability
LADWP's David Pettijohn guides the development of water recycling infrastructure to help ensure the reliability of future LA water supplies.
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Brooks McKinney, APR
- Aug 7, 2021
- 5 min
Building Strong Communities with Digital Infrastructure
PV Library District Director Jennifer Addington helps build robust digital infrastructure to ensure free public access to library resources.
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Brooks McKinney, APR
- Jan 7, 2021
- 5 min
Reconnecting EV Charging Stations
Kameale Terry’s ChargerHelp! startup repairs and maintains networks of EV charging stations while re-energizing disadvantaged workforces.
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Brooks McKinney, APR
- Jun 1, 2020
- 6 min
Drone Ranger
Former U.S. Army Ranger Ryan Walsh offers consumers a safe, secure way to send and receive packages with a new smart drone delivery mailbox.
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Brooks McKinney, APR
- Apr 12, 2020
- 6 min
Cyber Sleuth
LA Cyber Lab’s Joshua Belk leads an effort to teach schools and local governments how to protect critical infrastructure against cyber crime
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Brooks McKinney, APR
- Mar 22, 2020
- 6 min
Battery Electric Evangelist
Dale Hill, founder of battery electric bus developer Proterra, has been preaching the gospel of zero-emission transit vehicles since 1997.
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Brooks McKinney, APR
- Dec 17, 2019
- 5 min
Bike Lane Broker
LADOT's Severin Martinez is helping create safe, well-connected bicycle networks to enable equitable transportation options for everyone.
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Brooks McKinney, APR
- Nov 20, 2019
- 6 min
Eco Master
Heather DeGrella inspires Opsis Architecture's focus on creating sustainable facilities and happy occupants for Portland, Ore.- area schools
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Brooks McKinney, APR
- May 27, 2019
- 4 min
Campus Energy Guide
Anbaric’s Soam Goel brings capital and energy expertise to help campuses update aging infrastructure and meet long-term green energy goals.
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Brooks McKinney, APR
- May 17, 2019
- 5 min
Airport Metro Conductor
LA Metro's Tim Lindholm drives the development of a new, multi-modal transit terminal that will connect transit riders and cyclists to LAX.
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Brooks McKinney, APR
- Jan 7, 2019
- 4 min
Urban Trailblazer
Landscape architect Carol Adams entices cyclists and pedestrians to explore Boulder, Colo. with creative, visually-engaging urban trails.
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Brooks McKinney, APR
- Dec 10, 2018
- 4 min
LA Street Greener
LA Sanitation’s Deborah Deets couples man-made flood control infrastructure with natural filtering mechanisms to improve LA water quality.
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