Pittsburgh, PA
Municipality dans l’État Pennsylvania
United States
Pittsburgh, PA collaborates with local groups on Data Justice for Pittsburgh's Black Neighborhoods
Pittsburgh and the Black Equity Coalition (BEC) received funds from the de Beaumont Foundation to address health inequities. Community leaders are prepared for discussions about inequities created by poor data governance through data literacy workshops. City officials plan channels for community feedback into departmental use of data related to Pittsburgh's environmental. health, and housing policies. The project's goal is the creation of data systems unencumbered by structural racism.
Pittsburgh, PA
United States
Pittsburgh, PA turns food waste into quality soil with SoilMill PGH community composting pilot
SoilMill PGH began with one year of research by the city about food disposal practices. The city's Sustainability & Resilience team will select 300 applicants evenly divided among five regions for five months of home composting. Participants receive bins and filters for their participation in training and regular surveys. Pilots at park shelters, a senior center, and a community center experiment with different techniques including mechanical and hot-box composting.
Pittsburgh, PA
United States
Pittsburgh, PA Downtown Conversion Program incentivizes redevelopment of commercial vacancies
The city's Urban Redevelopment Authority published an RFP for commercial-to-residential conversion projects. Eligible projects involve vacant office spaces in the Central Business District. Developers receive up to $100,000 per unit with a cap of $3,000,000 per project. The incentive amount depends on the percentage of units leased to tenants earning under the area median income (AMI). City officials will emphasize projects serving downtown workers earning less than 60% of AMI.
Pittsburgh, PA
United States
Pittsburgh, PA approves a comprehensive bridge evaluation in response to recent bridge collapse
The Pittsburgh City Council approved a two-year, $1.5 million contract with engineering services firm WSP Global’s WSP USA division to manage a comprehensive bridge assessment in response to a recent bridge collapse. The contract calls for the Bridge Asset Management Program report to include recommended maintenance, repair, or rehabilitation for each of the 150 city-owned bridges throughout the city.
Pittsburgh, PA
United States
Pittsburgh, PA Disruptive Properties program charges mismanaged property owners for city services
The city of Pittsburgh is planning to revive a Disruptive Properties program in order to lower crime rates. Through the program, the city's Public Safety Department declares a property as disruptive after it has received three citations for "disruptive activity" such as noise complaints, public intoxication, prostitution, gunfire, etc. The property owner can then appeal through the disruptive properties appeal board. If that appeal is denied, the owner must pay for any city services sent there.
Pittsburgh, PA
United States
Pittsburgh, PA launches a one-year curb management pilot with smart loading zones
The city of Pittsburgh's Department of Mobility and Infrastructure is partnering with Automotus to launch a one-year curb management pilot program. The pilot will involve replacing 20 existing delivery loading areas with camera-enabled smart loading zones. During the one-year pilot, Automotus will analyze real-time activity at the loading, automate payment for delivery firms, and share parking availability data with drivers.
Pittsburgh, PA
United States
Pittsburgh, PA prepares the launch of the "Smart Spines" real-time traffic management system
The City of Pittsburgh is preparing to launch the "Smart Spines" traffic-management system to reduce congestion in high-priority traffic corridors. The smart city plan will use a combination of CCTV cameras and sensors to collect real-time traffic data and remotely adapt traffic signal timing. The Smart Spines project is scheduled to begin phase one of construction this summer.
Pittsburgh, PA
United States