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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"/> <title></title> <meta name="generator" content="LibreOffice 6.4.7.2 (Linux)"/> <meta name="created" content="00:00:00"/> <meta name="changed" content="2022-03-01T15:29:05.334617211"/> <style type="text/css"> p { color: #000000; font-family: "Arial"; font-size: 11pt } td p { color: #000000; font-family: "Arial"; font-size: 11pt } h1 { border: none; padding: 0in; color: #000000; font-family: "Arial"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 114%; text-align: left; orphans: 2; widows: 2 } </style> </head> <body lang="en-US" dir="ltr"><h1>November 2024 OpenCommons Newsletter <img src="https://opencommons.org/images/0/02/Opencommons_logo.png" name="Image4" align="right" width="150" height="90"> <br clear="left"/> </img> </h1> <p><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial"><font size="2" style="font-size: 11pt">Newsletter for the NIST GCTC Smart Cities Community</font></font></font> </p> <p>Dear colleagues,</p> <p>We would love to hear from you on how EIGSCC can serve you and the community better, so please don't hesitate to share your comments, ideas and suggestions with Wilfred Pinfold and Gregory Meyers by emailing pinfold@acm.org.</p> <h1>Projects</h1> <table cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0">
<tr> <td colspan="2" style="border: none; padding: 0px 0px 10px 0px"><p align="left"><b><a href="https://opencommons.org/Active Street">Active Street</a></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="205" style="border: none; padding: 0px 10px 0px 0px"><p> <img src="https://opencommons.org/images/thumb/7/7b/ActiveStreet.jpg/200px-ActiveStreet.jpg" name="Image5" align="left" width="205" border="0"/></p> </td> <td style="border: none; padding: 0in"><p>The vision to connect the end of the TriMet MAX line in Hillsboro to the Banks-Vernonia State Trail… has been a part of city and regional plans for many years. The section of this trail that runs along an old rail line between Hillsboro and Forrest grove offers some exciting opportunities for this Active Street™ concept.</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" width="699" style="border: none; padding: 0in"></td> </tr>
</table> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><a href="https://opencommons.org/Projects"><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial"><font size="2" style="font-size: 11pt ; font-weight: bold">More Projects...</font></font></font></a></p> <h1>Webinars</h1> <table cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0">
<tr> <td colspan="2" style="border: none; padding: 0px 0px 10px 0px"><p align="left"><b><a href="https://opencommons.org/A Blueprint for Public Wi-Fi Networks">A Blueprint for Public Wi-Fi Networks</a></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="205" style="border: none; padding: 0px 10px 0px 0px"><p> <img src="https://opencommons.org/images/thumb/1/10/JointVentureSiliconValley.jpg/200px-JointVentureSiliconValley.jpg" name="Image5" align="left" width="205" border="0"/></p> </td> <td style="border: none; padding: 0in"><p>The goals of the Global City Teams Challenge program are to bring together thought leaders and experts on a wide variety of topics relating to modern “Smart City” technologies and to have them share their knowledge and create best practices to assist those who are coming after them. The authors and contributors of this blueprint have designed, built, and managed Public Wi-Fi systems all over the United States and it is this spirit of collaboration and knowledge sharing that drives this effort forward.</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" width="699" style="border: none; padding: 0in"></td> </tr>
</table> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><a href="https://opencommons.org/Webinars"><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial"><font size="2" style="font-size: 11pt ; font-weight: bold">More Webinars...</font></font></font></a></p> <h1>News</h1> <table cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0">
<tr> <td colspan="2" style="border: none; padding: 0px 0px 10px 0px"><p align="left"><b><a href="https://www.tnl.group/mobility/insights/tnl-to-support-portland-or-in-gathering-crucial-traffic-data-for-2030-bicycling-plan/">TNL to support Portland, OR, in gathering crucial traffic data for 2030 bicycling plan</a></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="205" style="border: none; padding: 0px 10px 0px 0px"><p> <img src="https://opencommons.org/images/thumb/9/9e/2030_bicycling_plan.jpg/200px-2030_bicycling_plan.jpg" name="Image5" align="left" width="205" height="68" border="0"/></p> </td> <td style="border: none; padding: 0in"><p>Portland, Oregon, has been known as the best bicycling city in North America for a long time. The city has taken its engineering steps a bit further by evaluating the TNL’s FlowCube advanced traffic sensor technology. The FlowCube is yielding valuable data to support the city’s traffic management.</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" width="699" style="border: none; padding: 0in"></td> </tr>
<tr> <td colspan="2" style="border: none; padding: 0px 0px 10px 0px"><p align="left"><b><a href="https://homelessness.ucsf.edu/sites/default/files/2023-06/CASPEH_PR_Final_062023.pdf">California Statewide Study Investigates Causes and Impacts of Homelessness</a></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="205" style="border: none; padding: 0px 10px 0px 0px"><p> <img src="https://opencommons.org/images/thumb/5/53/CA_Houseless_Report.jpg/200px-CA_Houseless_Report.jpg" name="Image5" align="left" width="205" height="68" border="0"/></p> </td> <td style="border: none; padding: 0in"><p>The University of California, San Francisco Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative (BHHI) today released the largest representative study of homelessness in the United States since the mid-1990s, providing a comprehensive look at the causes and consequences of homelessness in California and recommending policy changes to shape programs in response.</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" width="699" style="border: none; padding: 0in"></td> </tr>
</table> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><a href="https://opencommons.org/News"><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial"><font size="2" style="font-size: 11pt ; font-weight: bold">More News...</font></font></font></a></p> <h1>Upcoming Smart City Events</h1> <table cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2">
<tr> <td width="205" style="border: none; padding: 0px 0px 10px 0px"><p align="left"><b>02 Dec 2024</b> </p> </td> <td style="border: none; padding: 0px 0px 10px 0px"><p><b><a href="https://smartcitiesconnect.org/smart-cities-connect-conference-expo-fall-2024/">Smart Cities Connect Conference & Expo Fall 2024</a></b> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="205" style="border: none; padding: 0px 10px 0px 0px"><p> <img src="https://opencommons.org/images/thumb/5/58/SSCAustin2024.jpg/200px-SSCAustin2024.jpg" name="Image5" align="left" width="205" height="68" border="0"/></p> </td> <td style="border: none; padding: 0px 10px 0px 0px"><p>Smart Cities Connect Conference and Expo offers the most comprehensive conference, exposition and accelerator of smart city innovation in North America.</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" width="699" style="border: none; padding: 0in"></td> </tr>
<tr> <td width="205" style="border: none; padding: 0px 0px 10px 0px"><p align="left"><b>11 Feb 2025</b> </p> </td> <td style="border: none; padding: 0px 0px 10px 0px"><p><b><a href="https://www.thesmartcityevent.com/east/">The Smart City Event 2025</a></b> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="205" style="border: none; padding: 0px 10px 0px 0px"><p> <img src="https://opencommons.org/images/thumb/0/06/TheSmartCityEvent2025.jpg/200px-TheSmartCityEvent2025.jpg" name="Image5" align="left" width="205" height="68" border="0"/></p> </td> <td style="border: none; padding: 0px 10px 0px 0px"><p>Discover the nearly limitless potential of Smart Cities and how connected solutions will drive city wide improvements, better quality of life for residents and business opportunity for enterprises.</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" width="699" style="border: none; padding: 0in"></td> </tr>
</table> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><a href="https://opencommons.org/Events"><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial"><font size="2" style="font-size: 11pt ; font-weight: bold">More Events...</font></font></font></a></p> <h1>Contact us</h1> <p>If you have a news item or upcoming event that you believe would be of interest to the community, please contact Wilfred Pinfold <a href="mailto:pinfold@acm.org">pinfold@acm.org</a> with details for inclusion in the next monthly newsletter.</p> </body> </html>