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This webinar will provide an introduction to automated vehicles (AVs), including an international context. The webinar provides an overview of relevant terminology related to AVs as well as defines and distinguishes between automated, autonomous, connected, driverless, and self-driving vehicles. The webinar also discusses the potential benefits of AVs as well as concerns, from the perspective of individual travelers, the private sector, and communities (i.e. the public sector). The webinar then discusses the relationships between AVs and transportation infrastructure, covering roadway maintenance, vehicle-to-infrastructure communication, funding infrastructure upgrades, and planning infrastructure for an AV future. The webinar concludes with a brief overview of AV pilots in Australia, Singapore, Helsinki, and San Diego.
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Illegal dumping is more than an eyesore. It's a detriment to our communities. It raises significant concerns regarding public health, safety, property values, and quality of life. Learn to combat the negative effects of illegal dumping through proper funding, education and a solid logistics plan. Illegal Dumping: Find it, report it, clean it covers innovative methods for tackling blight and illegal dumping to help public works professionals keep their communities clean, safe and sustainable.
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Important and complex transportation issues do not stop when you enter a small city or rural community. In fact, small cities and rural communities not only have transportation issues, but…
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The discoveries of man-made, contaminants of emerging concern (CECs), especially a group of chemicals names PFAS, constitute the greatest future threat to public confidence in our nation’s drinking water. The…
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Brought to you by the APWA Solid Waste Management Committee, this interactive session will show attendees how their colleagues around the U.S. are diverting food waste from disposal. Food waste…
Read MoreOver the next 7 years, the telecommunications companies will be needing nearly 1 Million cell towers to meet the 5G demand. In addition to new small cell towers, they will…
Read MorePart of a series of free virtual briefings focused on advocacy and APWA’s policy priorities, this session focuses on emergency management policy. APWA Government Affairs Manager Marty Williams provides a legislative update, overviews APWA’s emergency management policy priorities, and gives insight into how APWA members can get involved in critical advocacy efforts.
Read MoreNo city, large or small, can operate effectively without proper, reliable sanitary sewer collection systems and wastewater treatment plants. Large municipalities have large water operations, but small cities and rural communities…
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Facing years of aging infrastructure and inadequate sewer system capacity, the City of San Mateo was issued a Cease & Desist Order by the State of California Regional Water Quality…
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Brought to you by the APWA Solid Waste Management Committee, this interactive session will allow attendees to learn how their colleagues around the US are diverting food waste from disposal.…
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