![erik-van-dijk-uawrptz6n0s-unsplash.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum10826/files/styles/hwp_21_9__1920x825/public/datasmart/files/erik-van-dijk-uawrptz6n0s-unsplash.jpg?itok=rZBpIYTw) # Infrastructure Innovation October 06, 2022 - October 6, 2022 - [Infrastructure](/infrastructure) This page is a resource for cities attending the Infrastructure Innovation Summit, supported by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. This page highlights replicable innovations and emerging best practices, new research, and cutting-edge technologies in critical areas of [smart infrastructure](https://ash.harvard.edu/publications/toward-smarter-future-building-back-better-intelligent-civil-infrastructure-smart) and the cross-cutting issues like equity, sustainability, and community engagement. ## Equity - [Traffic Safety Recommendations](https://policingequity.org/images/pdfs-doc/RPS-ShortForm-TrafficSafety-Final.pdf) - [Equity in Urban Improvements: Oakland's Great Pave](https://datasmart.ash.harvard.edu/news/article/equity-urban-improvements-oaklands-great-pave) - [The American Rescue Plan Act: Promoting Equity through ARPA Implementation](https://www.usmayors.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/USCM-Equity-ARPA-Report-Final-6-3-22.pdf) - [US Environmental Protection Agency: Environmental Justice](https://www.epa.gov/environmentaljustice) - [Recreating “Ghost Neighborhoods” Destroyed By Highways](https://news.osu.edu/recreating-ghost-neighborhoods-destroyed-by-highways/) - [Building Back Fairly: Gender Equity and Public Transit](https://datasmart.ash.harvard.edu/news/article/building-back-fairly-gender-equity-and-public-transit) - [Addressing Racial Disparities in Traffic Deaths](https://datasmart.ash.harvard.edu/addressing-racial-disparities-traffic-deaths) - [Advancing Racial Equity through Federally Funded Public Transit, Bicycle, and Pedestrian Projects](https://www.urban.org/research/publication/advancing-racial-equity-through-federally-funded-public-transit) - [Defining and Redefining Public Safety with Hilary Rau](https://datasmart.ash.harvard.edu/defining-and-redefining-public-safety-hilary-rau) ## Community Engagement - [Community Engagement in Smart City Development](https://datasmart.ash.harvard.edu/community-engagement-smart-city-development) - [The Critics Agree: Citizen Engagement is Key](https://datasmart.ash.harvard.edu/news/article/critics-agree-citizen-engagement-key) - [Urban Architecture and the Power of Public Space with Vishaan Chakrabarti](https://datasmart.ash.harvard.edu/urban-architecture-and-power-public-space-vishaan-chakrabarti) - [Seeing the Future: Harnessing the Power of Virtual Reality for Community Engagement](https://www.stantec.com/en/ideas/market/mining/seeing-the-future-harnessing-the-power-of-virtual-reality-for-community-engagement) - [E-gentrification: Digital Community Engagement, Urban Change and Digital Rights to the City](https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-99940-7_7) - [Putting People First: Smart Cities And Communities](https://its.dot.gov/smartcities/SmartCities.pdf) - [Community-Engaged Methods at the Urban Institute](https://www.urban.org/research-methods/community-engaged-methods) - [Why Am I Always Being Researched?](https://chicagobeyond.org/researchequity/) - [Healing Together in Chicago](https://datasmart.ash.harvard.edu/news/article/healing-together-chicago) ## Smart Technology - [From Concept to Practice: Digital Twins to City Twins](https://datasmart.ash.harvard.edu/concept-practice-digital-twins-city-twins) - [Technology to Make Signalized Intersections Safer for Pedestrians with Disabilities ](https://highways.dot.gov/public-roads/winter-2021/technology-make-signalized-intersections-safer-pedestrians-disabilities) - [Building Back Better with Intelligent Infrastructure](https://datasmart.ash.harvard.edu/data-smart-city-pod-episode-twelve) - [The Highway of the Future is in Georgia](https://datasmart.ash.harvard.edu/highway-future-georgia) - [How Traffic Data Can Reduce Cyclist, Pedestrian Deaths](https://www.iteris.com/blog/how-traffic-data-can-reduce-cyclist-pedestrian-deaths) - [Towards a Digital Twin for Supporting multi-agency Incident Management in a Smart City](https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-20178-8) - [Open Mobility as a Service](https://datasmart.ash.harvard.edu/data-smart-city-pod-episode-thirteen) - [Smart City and Cyber-security](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352484721007265) - [Practical Ways to Reverse the Trajectory of Fatalities by Red-Light Running](https://www.iteris.com/blog/practical-ways-reverse-trajectory-fatalities-red-light-running) ## Public Health - [Denver's Love My Air initiative](https://www.denvergov.org/Government/Agencies-Departments-Offices/Agencies-Departments-Offices-Directory/Public-Health-Environment/Environmental-Quality/Air-Quality/Love-My-Air) - [The Environmental Protection Agency's Air Sensor Toolbox](https://www.epa.gov/air-sensor-toolbox) - [The Most Detailed Map of Cancer-Causing Industrial Air Pollution in the U.S.](https://projects.propublica.org/toxmap/) - [“American Indian” as a Racial Category in Public Health: Implications for Communities and Practice](https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/full/10.2105/AJPH.2021.306465) - [IoT Pilots Deliver Smart-City Capabilities for San Antonio](https://www.rfidjournal.com/iot-pilots-deliver-smart-city-capabilities-for-san-antonio) - [Chicago's Air Quality and Health work](https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/cdph/provdrs/healthy_communities/svcs/air-quality-and-health.html) - [Guidebook for Developing a Community Air Monitoring Network](https://www.phi.org/thought-leadership/guidebook-for-developing-a-community-air-monitoring-network/) - [NASA and Google Team up to Better Track Local Air Pollution](https://www.nasa.gov/feature/nasa-and-google-team-up-to-better-track-local-air-pollution) - [Mapping the Coolest Spots Inside the World’s Sweltering Cities](https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2022-city-heatwave-adaptations/?leadSource=uverify%20wall) - [Airscapes Singapore - MIT Senseable City Lab](http://eoe.airscapes.io/) ## Sustainability - [Harnessing Sensing Systems Towards Urban Sustainability Transformation](https://www.nature.com/articles/s42949-021-00042-w) - [Tree “Fitbits” Track Urban Growth, Flowering, More](https://cires.colorado.edu/news/tree-%E2%80%9Cfitbits%E2%80%9D-track-urban-growth-flowering-more) - [Map Monday: The Environmental Justice Index](https://datasmart.ash.harvard.edu/map-monday-environmental-justice-index) - [Smart Cities and Climate Change: Lessons from Miami](https://datasmart.ash.harvard.edu/smart-cities-and-climate-change-lessons-miami) - [Sensors Tell Construction Crews Exactly How Long to Let Concrete Cure](https://infrastructurereportcard.org/gamechanger-item/sensors-tell-construction-crews-exactly-how-long-to-let-concrete-cure/) - [Climate Mapping for Resilience and Adaptation](https://resilience.climate.gov/) - [Five Cities that are Investing in Green Mobility](https://datasmart.ash.harvard.edu/news/article/five-cities-are-investing-green-mobility) - [Smart and Sustainable Buildings and Infrastructure](https://www2.deloitte.com/global/en/pages/public-sector/articles/urban-future-with-a-purpose/smart-and-sustainable-buildings-and-infrastructure.html) - [Center for Sustainable Infrastructure](https://csi.eng.ua.edu/) - [Infrastructure and the Environment: Mitigating Flooding in Baton Rouge](https://datasmart.ash.harvard.edu/infrastructure-and-environment-mitigating-flooding-baton-rouge) - [MIT Concrete Sustainability Hub](https://cshub.mit.edu/) - [The Data-Smart City Pod: Building Back Better with Intelligent Infrastructure](https://datasmart.ash.harvard.edu/data-smart-city-pod-episode-twelve) BY Data-Smart City Solutions • October 6, 2022 ## About the Author ### Data-Smart City Solutions See also:- [ Civic Engagement ](/topics/civic-engagement) - [ Environment ](/topics/environment) - [ Infrastructure ](/topics/infrastructure) - 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