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Sherelle Fairweather

Digital Strategy Lead

Manchester’s Digital Strategy

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Deputy Mayor for Transport

City of Prague

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Liz St Louis

Smart City Director

Sunderland City Council

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Mark Wheeler

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Montgomery County

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John Moran

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Limerick City and County Council

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Matjaž Rakovec

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Erin Mendenhall

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Salt Lake City

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Julia King

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House of Lords

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NYC Transit Tech Lab announces 2026 project partners

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Mayors recognised for local climate action leadership

Mayors recognised for local climate action leadership

Climate action05 Jun 2026

The mayors have been honoured in the 2026 Mayors’ Climate Protection Award at the US Conference of Mayors’ 94th Annual Meeting in Long Beach, California.

NYC Transit Tech Lab announces 2026 project partners

NYC Transit Tech Lab announces 2026 project partners

News15 May 2026

Challenges are focusing on technologies designed to help the transit agencies improve infrastructure management, modernise data, and update workflow processes.

Detroit names winners of clean freight cities challenge

Detroit names winners of clean freight cities challenge

News24 Apr 2026

Winners of the Sustainable Cities Challenge are driving innovation in the areas of electric semi-trikes, hydrogen production, and fast-charging battery systems.

New Yorkers have say on location for e-bike battery swapping locations

New Yorkers have say on location for e-bike battery swapping locations

Micromobility21 Apr 2026

The e-bike battery swapping cabinets provide safe charging stations where electric micromobility users can plug in dead batteries and pick up full ones.

Los Angeles releases latest Climate Action Plan

Los Angeles releases latest Climate Action Plan

Climate action17 Apr 2026

It comprises 50-plus actions creating a path for the City to reach carbon neutrality by 2045, double local solar production and install 120,000 EV chargers.

Santa Monica boosts Big Blue Bus fleet with $56m investment

Santa Monica boosts Big Blue Bus fleet with $56m investment

Climate action14 Apr 2026

Project supports local job creation through construction and electrical work, while advancing workforce training in clean energy and zero-emission vehicle tech.

UK councils call for clearer EV charging rules

UK councils call for clearer EV charging rules

Electric vehicles27 Mar 2026

Report finds that narrow streets, limited street width and competing resident requirements are making it difficult to deliver charging that works for everyone.

Ausgrid works with Itron to manage consumer energy resources

Ausgrid works with Itron to manage consumer energy resources

Batteries and renewables24 Mar 2026

Itron’s system is designed to enable electricity distributors like Ausgrid to manage distributed resources like rooftop solar, battery systems and EVs.

Ionity unveils charging hubs in Fort William and Inverness

Ionity unveils charging hubs in Fort William and Inverness

Electric vehicles20 Mar 2026

The high-powered EV charging sites in the Scottish Highlands strengthen Scotland’s network and support sustainable travel for both tourists and locals.

Vehicle-to-home demo test takes place in Washington state

Vehicle-to-home demo test takes place in Washington state

Electric vehicles19 Mar 2026

Puget Sound Energy and ChargeScape are showing how electric vehicles can power homes during outages, turning vehicles into distributed energy resources.

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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.

ST Engineering to provide smart city platform for Lusail City

The company will build and operate a smart city platform with citywide network connectivity for the Qatar city using advanced AI and data-driven technologies.

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Swedish city on path to smart

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Self-sufficient: how corporate EV fleets could develop following economic incentives

Justin Tarr of L-Charge explains how grid-independent electric vehicle charging solutions can offer a solid foundation ...

Reimagining an EV future

Changing work patterns gives a real opportunity to embrace healthier and safer transport networks, writes Simon Brammer,...

Are the barriers to electric cars lower than we think?

Assumptions about electric cars are wrong and holding back adoption, argue Sergio M. Savaresi and Prof. Silvia Strada – ...

Cities prepare for the electrification of transport in an ever-changing world

E-mobility is set to transform all aspects of transportation across the next decade as the technology becomes ...

The role of smart energy in the UK’s green transport system

Charging infrastructure development must catch up if the UK’s smart transport system and carbon reduction ambitions are ...

New energy, changing behaviour and blockchain: 5 transport predictions for 2020

Rabih Arzouni, Fujitsu UK’s CTO of transport, shares his transport predictions for the year ahead.

Can city infrastructure support EVs at scale?

Foolproof’s Peter Ballard calls for collaborative working, reimagined processes and better use of data to drive EV ...

Aachen’s city administration leads the way towards shared mobility

Kristine Hess-Akens, from the sustainable mobility projects department, City of Aachen, outlines how the city ...

Smart cities: Will they ad up?

Advertising in smart cities throws up a lot of questions. Now’s a good time to talk about them.

Gearing up for an electric vehicle future in greener smart cities

The Rolton Group’s Chris Evans looks at the infrastructure requirements for integrating electric vehicles into our ...

The road to EV adoption: UK infrastructure priorities

The UK is on the cusp of a transport revolution but we must act now to ensure that the infrastructure is in place so ...