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Skip Descant

Skip Descant writes about smart cities, the Internet of Things, transportation and other areas. He spent more than 12 years reporting for daily newspapers in Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana and California. He lives in downtown Sacramento.

Irving will be using technology from Volta Charging to locate public charging infrastructure. Data is a useful tool to help officials ensure that certain groups are not left out of the shift toward electric vehicles.
The Department of Motor Vehicles may be the most common way residents interact with state government, and Texas plans to transform that.
A toll road that is an innovation corridor uses high-tech satellite imaging to find tiny flaws in pavement and other structures in need of maintenance.
Planning and paying for trips across multiple transportation modes in San Antonio can now be accomplished in a single app, enabling a long-sought customer convenience.