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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 } body { min-height: 100vh; max-width: 800px; background-color: papayawhip; margin: 0 auto; } body, table, td, p, a, li, blockquote { -webkit-text-size-adjust: none!important; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; } button{ width:90%; } @media screen and (max-width:600px) { /*styling for objects with screen size less than 600px; */ body, table, td, p, a, li, blockquote { -webkit-text-size-adjust: none!important; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; } </style> </head> <body lang="en-US" dir="ltr"><br><h1>May 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/Resilience HUB - Vibrant Hawaii">Resilience HUB - Vibrant Hawaii</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/4/44/Resiliance_Hubs_Hawaii.jpg/200px-Resiliance_Hubs_Hawaii.jpg" name="Image5" align="left" width="205" border="0"/></p> </td> <td style="border: none; padding: 0in"><p>A goal of the Resilience Hub initiative is to build individual capacity and community networks to be resilient and ready for anything. To get there, Vibrant Hawai'i hosted a Resilience Leadership Academy (RLA) - a monthly development program with curated content by local experts.</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/Accessible Transportation">Accessible Transportation</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/0/02/2018_ATTRI_GCTC-300x225.jpg/200px-2018_ATTRI_GCTC-300x225.jpg" name="Image5" align="left" width="205" border="0"/></p> </td> <td style="border: none; padding: 0in"><p>Accessible Transportation Technologies Research Initiative (ATTRI) a division of the USDOT seeks to remove barriers to transportation by leveraging advanced technology to enable people to travel independently anytime of the day to any destination, regardless of their individual abilities</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>22 May 2024</b> </p> </td> <td style="border: none; padding: 0px 0px 10px 0px"><p><b><a href="https://www.smartcityexpousa.com/">Smart City Expo USA 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/d/df/Smart_City_Expo_USA_2024.jpg/200px-Smart_City_Expo_USA_2024.jpg" name="Image5" align="left" width="205" height="68" border="0"/></p> </td> <td style="border: none; padding: 0px 10px 0px 0px"><p>Smart City Expo USA is a 2-day conference and expo in New York City focused on building smart, equitable, and sustainable 21st century cities for ALL. We are the U.S. edition of Smart City Expo World Congress, the leading event for cities from Fira Barcelona.</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>22 May 2024</b> </p> </td> <td style="border: none; padding: 0px 0px 10px 0px"><p><b><a href="https://www.arpae-summit.com/">ARPA-E Summit 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/1/10/Arpaesummit2024.jpg/200px-Arpaesummit2024.jpg" name="Image5" align="left" width="205" height="68" border="0"/></p> </td> <td style="border: none; padding: 0px 10px 0px 0px"><p>The ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit brings together experts from different technical disciplines and professional communities to think about America's energy challenges in new and innovative ways. The Summit offers a unique, three-day program aimed at highlighting the boldest, bravest ideas that could have the biggest impact.</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>