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What? An agreement between Was-Mart and Gatik will have Gatik moving goods between a Super Center in Rogers, AR and a corner market in Bentonville, AR

How will it work?

it will fulfill “middle mile” logistics scheme
up to 10 runs a day
7 days a week
during daylight hours

The economic benefit to Was-Mart? Cut cost of the trips by as much as 50%

WIRED | THIS ROBO-VAN STARTUP WILL HANDLE WALMART’S ‘MIDDLE MILE’

Local Smart Street Lights. 3 Data Sets Collected.

Where: Syracuse, NY

What: Smart Street lights are replacing traditional street lights

How much? $38 M bond financing with $3 Million annual savings to city when installed

Why?

Energy efficient LED lights
Data collection from street lights including:
- traffic patters
- power outages
- weather measurements like wind, snow, and rain

Route 50 | When Street Lights Do More Than Illuminate a City

Business TREND. Auto manufacturers making deals with States over Fuel Efficiency, not the Feds

Where: California

What: Ford, Honda, BMW of North America and Volkswagen Group of America have reached an agreement with the California Air Resources Board

What did the manufacturers agree to?

implement fuel efficiency targets across entire fleets
regardless of federal government action

Who initiated the deal? The manufacturers

Why did the manufacturers approach state regulators?

Because Federal Officials refused to come to the table to negotiate
They need regulatory certainty

Governing | Bypassing Trump, California Reaches Fuel-Efficiency Deal With Automakers

Local Parking Enforcement Methods Change. The unconstitutionality of chalk

What caused chalk to be unconstitutional?

In 2012, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that police had violated the rights by touching a car by attaching a GPS monitor (without a warrant).
Today the 6th Circuit has ruled that chalk marks on cars to enforce parking falls under this

What are the cities moving to in lieu of chalk marks? digital parking enforcement

What does mean for clients? Cities need to buy digital license plate readers or digital mechanisms to monitor parked cars

Governing | The Parking Enforcement Method Ruled Unconstitutional

Legal TREND. Ads in ride share? Local Prohibition?

Where: New York City

What local ordinance is at issue? An ordinance prohibiting ads in ride share

What did the court say? Yes, a city can ban ads in ride share “the ban survives First Amendment scrutiny by advancing the government’s interest in improving the passenger experience”

Daily Journal | Appeals court: NYC can ban ads in Uber and Lyft cars