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Cleveland City Planners Change Policies to Create 15-Minute City

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Cleveland, Ohio, has approved new zoning and transportation policies that are angling to transform it into the next “fifteen-minute city,” The City Planning Commission voted to move forward with changes to building codes in several pilot neighborhoods it wants to make more pedestrian friendly.

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Columbus, Ohio wins $40M DOT Smart City Challenge; $10M more from Vulcan, $90M from private partners

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Columbus also plans to use data analytics to improve health care access in a neighborhood that currently has an infant mortality rate four times that of the national average, allowing them to provide improved transportation options to those most in need of prenatal care.

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Swaying toward EV mobility

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Michael Peters, the CEO and cofounder of the electric vehicle (EV) car share service Sway Mobility , works with the Electric Auto Association (EAA) at the national level as treasurer, and at the local level as a ‘Lead Volunteer” for Drive Electric Northeast Ohio. “So So here’s how we’re different from ZipCar,” Peters said of Sway Mobility.

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New lightweight metals institute will be headquartered in Detroit

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The new $148-million lightweight metals manufacturing institute announced in February by President Obama ( earlier post ) will locate in the Corktown neighborhood of Detroit, officials from the American Lightweight Materials Manufacturing Innovation Institute (ALMMII) and the city announced today.

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Battelle introduces Grid Command Distribution services and software for rapid modeling of smart grid distribution circuits

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Screen shot of a Grid Command Distribution “heatmap” analysis for a neighborhood. Battelle staff developed the new Grid Command Distribution software internally as part of its work over the past two years as part of an ongoing smart grid demonstration project in Ohio: AEP Ohio’s gridSMART program, sponsored by the DOE.

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Students Use Their Tech Know-How to Protect the Environment

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A solar electricity system for a community garden At the Charles Madison Nabrit Memorial Garden in Columbus Ohio, Damon Nabrit [right] shows a participant how a FarmBot works. Delaine Access to fresh produce is challenging in many low-income neighborhoods. The project includes a STEM outreach program for neighboring schools.

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Former CEO of American Electric Power Dies at 94

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After the war, he joined American Electric Power in Columbus, Ohio, as an assistant engineer. He worked in managerial positions in New York, Ohio, and Virginia, then became AEP's chief executive in 1976 and served in that role until he retired in 1991. While there, he suggested the company build more accurate calibration systems.

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