Twenty-two West Coast cities and counties are challenging a recent federal ruling that restricts what municipalities can charge phone companies for installing next-generation wireless equipment.

Planned upgrades include an automated fingerprinting identification system to be shared by Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont.

The city will host five public meetings in the coming weeks to ensure locals have a chance to be included in the evolution of the local government's privacy policy.

The mayor of Seattle, a leading city in the dispute, announced it will appeal rules she called an "overreach by the Trump administration."

The nonprofit says it's on track to hit 100 communities within the next five years.

The additional technology arrives as city council prepares to vote on the Smart Cities PDX initiative.

"Facial recognition in American communities threatens freedom," the organization says of Amazon's Rekognition platform.

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The city will collect congestion and speed data and self-reported rider comfort levels to improve pedestrian and bicycle transit.

A group of city and county leaders are encouraging others from around the country to join their "name and shame" campaign.