One City. One Problem.

Upcoming and planned

One problem per episode. One decision to make.

Every session is anchored to a realistic municipal scenario and a decision a team actually has to make. Reserve a seat for the launch series, or see what is next in the pipeline.

Launch series

Priority next wave

In development

The Intersection That Isn’t Working

Which combination of operations, design, enforcement, technology, and behavior change will improve safety and movement?

Multimodal data and diagnosis; safety/design alternatives; operations and performance measurement.

The $50 Million Capital Plan

How should the city turn competing needs and imperfect condition data into a transparent, deliverable five-year program?

Asset condition and risk; financial/scenario planning; delivery capacity and public accountability.

Making the City AI-Ready

What foundations, governance, and first use cases should the city establish before scaling AI?

Data readiness; governance/security/procurement; workflow design and measurable pilots.

Additional future problems

The problem pipeline

The Storm That Overwhelms the System
Prioritize drainage, green infrastructure, maintenance, and emergency measures using rainfall, capacity, topography, and consequence.
The Bridge with Ten Years Left — Maybe
Combine inspection, monitoring, load needs, lifecycle cost, and network consequence to decide whether to repair, restrict, or replace.
The Sidewalk Network Nobody Has Mapped
Create an accessible, maintainable inventory and turn it into an equitable improvement program.
The Road Program Residents Don’t Trust
Make pavement prioritization understandable by connecting condition, use, equity, utility coordination, and cost.
The Development Review Bottleneck
Redesign information, handoffs, and decision rights to improve speed without sacrificing quality or public accountability.
The Fleet Transition That Has to Work
Sequence vehicles, charging, facilities, routes, resilience, workforce, and procurement for an operationally credible transition.
The City’s Data Doesn’t Agree
Establish authoritative sources, ownership, standards, and a practical integration roadmap across GIS, work orders, finance, and field systems.
The Pump Station at the End of Its Life
Balance condition, redundancy, growth, energy, permitting, and consequence to choose the right intervention and timing.
The Downtown That Is Too Hot
Target shade, trees, materials, water, and public-space investments using heat exposure, vulnerability, maintenance, and co-benefits.
The Broadband Gaps Nobody Can See
Combine provider claims, field evidence, affordability, public assets, and community need into an investment strategy.
The Construction Detour That Changes Everything
Coordinate mobility, emergency response, freight, schools, businesses, communications, and live performance monitoring.
The Assets No One Owns
Resolve unclear ownership and maintenance responsibility for inherited, cross-boundary, or undocumented infrastructure.
The Grant Deadline Is in 60 Days
Move from an eligible idea to an evidence-backed, partner-supported, implementation-ready application.
The Coastal Road That Keeps Flooding
Compare protection, accommodation, maintenance, and relocation strategies across near- and long-term conditions.
The Field Crew Knows What the Database Doesn’t
Capture institutional knowledge and close the loop between field observation, asset records, work planning, and capital decisions.