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Today’s mayors face more challenges than ever as their cities continue expanding with seemingly no end in sight. Whether they are millennials looking for an urban lifestyle or immigrants looking for a fresh start, people are pouring into U.S. cities, creating a chain reaction of new problems to solve: transportation, housing, homelessness, income inequality – and the list goes on.
Virtualization No longer confined to the realm of fantastical science fiction or modern video-gaming, virtual reality fills a very "real" need for the Department of Defense.
Our Capital Bikeshare Member of the Month, Larry M., is a solutions man. We like that. When the responsibilities of parenthood dragged him away from his beloved bicycle-commuting habits - with morning school drop-offs, conjugal carpooling and the like - did Larry curl up in a fetal position and curse his fate? No.
Private sector companies have led the way in innovating digital experiences, and government is hard-pressed to keep up. Despite maintaining 6,000 websites across 400 domains, federal departments have not reached the benchmarks citizens expect.
Federal agencies have been preparing for the worst in funding cuts since before the new White House administration took the reins in January.
If "past is prologue," then the WannaCry ransomware outbreak earlier this month portends an era of rapidly multiplying, increasingly damaging ransomware attacks.
Paris boasts the largest bikesharing system in the world. Vélib'-so named from a combination of the words "vélo libre" or "free bicycle"-was launched in the summer of 2007 with 7,000 bicycles and 750 automated rental stations. Vélib's popularity was so immediate and overwhelming that it expanded to 20,600 bicycles and 1,450 bike stations by the next year. Capital Bikeshare can only hope to someday reach that kind of density!
Hundreds of DC students will celebrate International Walk to School Day on October 6 as part of a growing movement spearheaded by the National Center for Safe Routes to School.