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Technology Is Changing Transportation, and Cities Should Adapt

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million deaths in 2015 ), and air pollution (health problems like respiratory ailments). McKinsey and Bloomberg New Energy Finance have estimated that in 50 metropolitan areas worldwide, a rapid transition to advanced mobility systems could yield $600 billion in societal benefits through 2030. billion per year by 2030.

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Too Many Infrastructure Projects Go It Alone

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To renew and reinvent our aging transportation infrastructure, we must turn our attention to coalition-building. Over a billion cars currently are on the road worldwide and a billion mobile devices use Android software, but these converging means of transportation and communication are barely connected. Consider new software for cars.

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What Makes New Orleans a Startup City to Rival the “Big Three”

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based companies that they finance,” according to a paper published by the National Bureau of Economic Research. There’s a great irony when you consider that the “Big Three” cities for entrepreneurship — San Francisco/San Jose, Boston, and New York — are some of the most difficult places in the U.S.

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Writing Your Résumé When Your Job Title Doesn’t Reflect Your Responsibilities

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” Voluntarily led response to 2015 flooding of School of Design building. Throughout four-day visit, arrived early and left late to ensure that everything ran smoothly, including meetings, housing, transportation, and meals. Establish functions from scratch — Finance, Accounting, Marketing, Sales, and HR.

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What’s Wrong with the FAA’s New Drone Rules

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In 2012, Congress gave the FAA until 2015 to develop rules for military, commercial, and privately-owned drones to operate in U.S. Well, 2015 has now arrived, and earlier this month, investors, entrepreneurs, and other drone supporters gave two cheers when the agency at last released a draft of its proposed regulations. .

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Stop Saying Big Companies Can’t Innovate

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But Vanguard’s robo-advisor platform hit the ground running in its May 2015 debut and by the end of the year had $31.1 The company’s 136-year journey has taken it from power through transportation, appliances, health care, finance, media, and industry leaps.

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How One Hospital Improved Patient Safety in 10 Minutes a Day

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Next, the team leader asks if there is anything in particular the team needs to know to work more effectively together that shift: For example, “Is there a delay in public transport so we can expect patients to be late for their appointments?,” ” or “Is there a patient with some kind of special need coming in?”