The city of Columbus, Ohio, is well underway with its pilot projects for mobility after receiving a $40-million grant from the U.S. Dept. of Transportation in 2016 as part of a Smart Cities challenge. Engineers from traditional construction and infrastructure backgrounds say the program exemplifies how their jobs are evolving to respond to disruptive technologies.
Columbus also received $10 million from Vulcan Inc., the Seattle-based investment firm led by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, to promote electric vehicles and grid modernization, among other goals.
