OnDemand Panel Debate: Clearing the air: strategies for enhancing urban air quality

Join the latest SmartCitiesWorld Panel Debate to understand how to improve air quality in urban environments, and hear real-world case studies from leading cities. Watch Here

OnDemand Panel Debate (11 Dec): Going behind the scenes of Dallas’ smart city initiatives

SmartCitiesWorld gets up close and personal with the City of Dallas and its innovative smart city strategies. Panellist from City of Dallas, National League of Cities and Ubicquia. Watch OnDemand

Green, active and integrated: mobility in focus at Cities Climate Action Summit

From accelerating electric vehicle infrastructure to promoting active and shared modes of transport, the Cities Climate Action Summit (26-27 June) strives to unlock sustainable mobility solutions for a cleaner, healthier future.

Podcast: in conversation with Xavier Brice, CEO, Sustrans

The latest episode of the SmartCitiesWorld Podcast sees editor Luke Antoniou joined by Sustrans CEO Xavier Brice for a conversation on all things sustainable urban mobility.

Smart Cities Reports

SmartCitiesWorld City Profile –Shenzhen

SmartCitiesWorld City Profiles explore the city of Shenzhen, designated as China’s first special economic zone and a role model of urban modernisation. Find out more about Shenzhen’s smart city strategy in this 16-page report.

SmartCitiesWorld City Profile – Atlanta

Find out more about Atlanta’s smart city strategy, focused around equitability and inclusion.

Podcasts

Podcast: in conversation with Xavier Brice, CEO, Sustrans

The latest episode of the SmartCitiesWorld Podcast sees editor Luke Antoniou joined by Sustrans CEO Xavier Brice for a conversation on all things sustainable urban mobility.

Podcast: How distributed acoustic sensing can give greater insight into your smart city, with Fotech

In the latest SmartCitiesWorld podcast, Sarah Wray talks to Chris Shannon, CEO of Fotech Group and Stuart Large, Product Line Director & Business Development.

Opinions

No more pedalling the cycle lane myth: for a less congested London, we need fewer cars

Lime’s Alan Clarke explains how the UK capital can move away from private vehicles towards a lifestyle where city-dwellers can move seamlessly between different modes of public transport.

The future of smart city technologySponsored by Huawei

Imagination and vision is required to enable successful digital transformation in our cities, writes Huawei’s Nadim Abdulrahim.

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Latest City Profile

SmartCitiesWorld City Profile – Dallas

Smart Cities Reports

Discover how the City of Dallas is pushing ahead with its smart city efforts with the latest new-look City Profile from SmartCitiesWorld.

Latest Trend Report

Air Quality Trend Report 2024

Trend Series

We assess the current trends in air quality monitoring and improvement, identifying projects, policies and technologies that are aiding cities in creating more liveable and breathable urban environments.

Latest Webinar

OnDemand Panel Debate: Paving the way towards sustainability with proactive strategies & intelligent transport system

Webinars

This SmartCitiesWorld panel discussion is now available OnDemand and brings cities together for bilateral learnings on the challenges and potential solutions to sustainability by utilising intelligent transport systems (ITS). The CSO of the City of Vilnius - European Green Capital 2025 are among the speakers.

Latest Podcast

Urban Exchange Podcast Episode 19 - The intersection between risk, resilience and insurance

Urban Exchange Podcast

The Urban Exchange welcomes Miami-Dade County’s Galen Treuer and Howden’s Peter Adams to explore the challenges facing residents and insurers in the face of climate events.

Latest Urban Exchange Podcast

Urban Exchange Podcast Episode 19 - The intersection between risk, resilience and insurance

Urban Exchange Podcast

The Urban Exchange welcomes Miami-Dade County’s Galen Treuer and Howden’s Peter Adams to explore the challenges facing residents and insurers in the face of climate events.

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Congestion

The latest news on congestion in smart city projects across the world.

Optibus partners with Snapper to improve on-time performance

Optibus partners with Snapper to improve on-time performance

Analytics14 May 2024

Operators are able to visualise complex data sets easily, implement improved runtimes and monitor the impact of service changes – all from one unified platform.

Panasonic V2X platform enables roadway intelligence

Panasonic V2X platform enables roadway intelligence

Road travel23 Apr 2024

Cirrus 2.0 cloud toolkit is aimed at Departments of Transportation and commercial fleet operators seeking V2X technologies to improve roadway mobility.

Elk Grove to trial next-gen emergency vehicle pre-emption

Elk Grove to trial next-gen emergency vehicle pre-emption

Road travel10 Apr 2024

City of Elk Grove pre-emption pilot aims to improve emergency vehicle safety and travel times for first responders travelling to local emergency facilities.

Orange County advances countywide smart mobility initiative

Orange County advances countywide smart mobility initiative

Road travel28 Mar 2024

Orange County Transportation Authority has awarded a $9.6m contract to Iteris to provide signal timing design, operations and maintenance for 34 cities.

IDC Government names 2024 smart city winners

IDC Government names 2024 smart city winners

News28 Mar 2024

Winners of the seventh IDC Government Smart Cities North America Awards span solutions in microclimate modelling and digital twins to quantum computing.

AppyWay to close latest investment cycle on Crowdcube

AppyWay to close latest investment cycle on Crowdcube

Road travel26 Mar 2024

Digital kerbside management specialist AppyWay wants to give the public a unique opportunity to shape the parking landscape in UK and beyond via crowdfunding.

Denver progresses smart city traffic management initiative

Denver progresses smart city traffic management initiative

Road travel22 Mar 2024

The City and County of Denver is working with Western Systems to tackle immediate traffic challenges and to support long-term sustainability and safety goals.

Florida uses AI to increase road safety and efficiency

Florida uses AI to increase road safety and efficiency

AI and Machine Learning21 Mar 2024

AI platform gives traffic authorities and infrastructure operators the ability to fully control and prioritise traffic flow for all kinds of transportation.

US DoT awards $50m to transportation tech projects

US DoT awards $50m to transportation tech projects

Economic Development15 Mar 2024

The projects are part of the President’s Investing in America agenda and encompass locations across 22 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.

San Jose ranked top city for carbon-friendly transportation

San Jose ranked top city for carbon-friendly transportation

Climate action14 Mar 2024

Streetlight Data index ranks the 100 most populous metro areas in the US based on eight key transportation factors impacting greenhouse gas emissions.

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Public technology Portal sculpture unites Dublin and New York

Each sculpture features a 24/7 visual livestream from a Portal in the other city, allowing real-time interaction between Dubliners and New Yorkers and visitors.

Edinburgh expands electric charging for car club members

The car club chargers and electric vehicles provide opportunities for residents to try out and use electric vehicles without needing to own their own vehicle.

Exeter develops liveable city charter

Exeter City Council said the Liveable Exeter Placemaking Charter is not just about constructing buildings but also about crafting thriving communities.

Renowned global climate expert to open day two of Cities Climate Action Summit 2024

The two-day global climate action summit for cities and municipalities will convene city leaders and industry experts from around the world to accelerate local climate action.

What is ‘Smart City’ and why do we need them?

Smart city is the framework based on Information and Communication technologies that enable the development of sustainable practices to address the urbanisation challenges. Leveraging the technology is one of the foremost pillars of ‘smart cities’ in order to increase efficiencies and improve the quality of resident’s life and the city’s services.

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Guest Opinions

Navigating the future: the evolution of urban transportation

Liz St Louis, director of smart cities and enabling services at Sunderland City Council, explores how advancements in ...

Why housing plans must factor in multimodal transit systems

James Lancaster of the Urban Mobility Partnership reflects on the UK political party conference season and considers ...

How cities can take back control of their mobility dataSponsored by Meep

Guillermo Campoamor, founder and CEO of Meep, highlights the need for cities and local authorities to maintain control ...

Why we need citywide shared transport frameworks

Ulez expansion is a significant step, but a standardised framework for e-bike parking and riding is also required to ...

Air pollution is a social justice issue

PlanetWatch’s Claudio Parrinello says air quality improvement measures must be targeted and designed so they don’t fall ...

How technology drives smarter traffic management to deliver liveable and sustainable citiesSponsored by ST Engineering

Intelligent traffic management solutions aren’t only critical tools for transport authorities and departments – they ...

Five principles for sustainable mobilitySponsored by Accenture

When it comes to discussing urban mobility, Accenture’s Steve Zoegall observes how a systems mindset has taken root ...

The road ahead for machine learningSponsored by Cloudera

Michael Ger, managing director, manufacturing and automotive, Cloudera, explains why the data-intensive processes ...

Watch: Cloudera and IBM Storage discuss how cities can unlock the true value of their dataSponsored by Cloudera & IBM

SCW talks to Cloudera and IBM Storage on the power of big data and machine learning

Podcast: The data tech unlocking new value in smart cities

In the latest SmartCitiesWorld podcast, Graeme Neill speaks to Alexander Zschaler, regional sales director at Cloudera G...

Jointly building a smart city helps us all enjoy better urban livesSponsored by Huawei

Closed ecosystems mean limited choices, limited innovation, limited success, writes York Yuekun.

Control of data debate could finally come out in the wash

A new battle is starting over the control of data, writes Shiv Malik, Head of Growth for Streamr

With AI, Yanbu has become smarter and saferSponsored by Huawei

Yanbu has used Huawei’s Intelligent Traffic Management system to make a smarter, safer and better city, writes Thamer A...

Latest City Profile

SmartCitiesWorld City Profile – Dallas

Smart Cities Reports

Discover how the City of Dallas is pushing ahead with its smart city efforts with the latest new-look City Profile from SmartCitiesWorld.

Latest Trend Report

Air Quality Trend Report 2024

Trend Series

We assess the current trends in air quality monitoring and improvement, identifying projects, policies and technologies that are aiding cities in creating more liveable and breathable urban environments.

Latest Webinar

OnDemand Panel Debate: Paving the way towards sustainability with proactive strategies & intelligent transport system

Webinars

This SmartCitiesWorld panel discussion is now available OnDemand and brings cities together for bilateral learnings on the challenges and potential solutions to sustainability by utilising intelligent transport systems (ITS). The CSO of the City of Vilnius - European Green Capital 2025 are among the speakers.

Latest Podcast

Urban Exchange Podcast Episode 19 - The intersection between risk, resilience and insurance

Urban Exchange Podcast

The Urban Exchange welcomes Miami-Dade County’s Galen Treuer and Howden’s Peter Adams to explore the challenges facing residents and insurers in the face of climate events.

Latest Urban Exchange Podcast

Urban Exchange Podcast Episode 19 - The intersection between risk, resilience and insurance

Urban Exchange Podcast

The Urban Exchange welcomes Miami-Dade County’s Galen Treuer and Howden’s Peter Adams to explore the challenges facing residents and insurers in the face of climate events.

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Optibus partners with Snapper to improve on-time performance

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Panasonic V2X platform enables roadway intelligence

Dubai implements smart parking system to reduce congestion

Robot deliveries roll out in Milton Keynes’ centre

SmartCitiesWorld Newsletters (Daily/Weekly)

Our editorial newsletter pulls together our latest news items into one email, direct to your inbox. We also feature our latest city interviews, Special Reports and Guest Opinions.

Special Reports

Green, active and integrated: mobility in focus at Cities Climate Action Summit

Green, active and integrated: mobility in focus at Cities Climate Action Summit

Podcast: in conversation with Xavier Brice, CEO, Sustrans

Smart City Expo: think digital, think green, think inclusion

Smart City Expo: think digital, think green, think inclusion

City Profiles

Smart Cities Reports

SmartCitiesWorld City Profile –Shenzhen

SmartCitiesWorld City Profiles explore the city of Shenzhen, designated as China’s first special economic zone and a role model of urban modernisation. Find out more about Shenzhen’s smart city strategy in this 16-page report.

Smart Cities Reports

SmartCitiesWorld City Profile – Las Vegas

SmartCitiesWorld City Profiles explore the city of Las Vegas with its unprecedented growth, urban development, and leaps of imagination.

Smart Cities Reports

SmartCitiesWorld City Profile – Seattle

We explore Seattle’s journey to becoming a data-driven city and how it plans to continue to develop its smart city strengths

Research

White Paper: Building truly sustainable cities

White Paper: Building truly sustainable cities

This white paper covers how connected systems can help cities build sustainability and wellbeing into their indoor and outdoor spaces. We look at the scale of the decarbonisation challenge faced by cities, how cities can use connected technologies to create greener buildings and the vital role of retrofitting. We includes detailed analysis of the energy and cost-savings that energy efficiency programmes can bring in cities.

City data spaces: A guide to building and operationalising data services

City data spaces: A guide to building and operationalising data services

How data spaces are transforming data sharing, and establishing new frameworks to create data services to improve urban services and liveability.

The art of the practical: a guide to implementing smart spaces

The art of the practical: a guide to implementing smart spaces

This white paper explores how smart infrastructure can enhance the people experience, increase operational efficiency and boost the sustainability and security of smart spaces such as airports, campuses and stadiums.
By reading this whitepaper, you will learn:
• How to create smart spaces that are safe and sustainable
• How to ensure more predictive and proactive management of these spaces
• The role of artificial intelligence, machine learning, deep learning
Plus more...