OnDemand Webinar: The IoT is rapidly overhauling how logistics and transportation industries operate

The Internet of Things (IoT) is playing a vital role in the development of smart transportation and logistics. Smart transportation has facilitated huge development in the field of smart cities.

WEBINAR: Smart technology and the pandemic: how digital twins are central to cities' strategies

Learn how digital twin technology has played a key role in helping cities to deal with the Covid-19 pandemic & what role it can play in the future.

Innovative partnership powers Atlanta’s future

A pioneering initiative between Georgia Power, the City of Atlanta and a cohort of partners is showing what’s next in smart cities and demonstrating the power of public-private partnerships.

Can the train take the strain?

Digitisation is the only way to deal with the logistics needed to cope with an all time high demand for rail travel

SmartCitiesWorld City Profile – Barcelona

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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.

Four ways machine learning is powering the mobility revolution

AWS’s Swami Sivasubramanian explores how machine learning is making transport and logistics smarter and more successful

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TomTom’s Ralf-Peter Schäfer discusses the power of real-time data in reshaping city life, and what the future holds for smart urban mobility.

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Urban Exchange Podcast Episode 31 – Resilient Sydney: 33 local governments, one resilience strategy

Urban Exchange Podcast

Join us for a journey of collaboration on the Urban Exchange Podcast, where we discover how Resilient Sydney is aligning more than 30 local council on a single resilience plan.

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

Autonomous delivery robots to hit the streets of Riverside

Autonomous delivery robots to hit the streets of Riverside

Logistics30 Oct 2025

Through the collaboration, Riverside is seeking to establish a model for the “thoughtful integration” of robotics and automation into local infrastructure.

Shanghai and LA green corridor project reaches milestone

Shanghai and LA green corridor project reaches milestone

Logistics22 Oct 2025

Phase one achievements of the green corridor project include expansion of shore power infrastructure to meet 100 per cent electrification serving container vessels.

Detroit to build $40m multimodal transportation hub

Detroit to build $40m multimodal transportation hub

Transport hubs20 Oct 2025

The multimodal hub will be located within the 30-acre Michigan Central Innovation District and feature a new passenger rail and intercity bus transit station.

Buffalo advances smart kerb programme

Road travel13 Oct 2025

The City is working with Umojo to modernise real-time kerb management, enhance public safety, improve parking, and strengthen emergency services coordination.

E-bike and e-scooter parking system deployed in Denver South

E-bike and e-scooter parking system deployed in Denver South

Micromobility07 Oct 2025

The Sparkpark system introduces advanced digital parking infrastructure to make it easier for riders to locate, park and check in Spin e-bikes and scooters.

Tallinn selects latest smart city projects for testing

Tallinn selects latest smart city projects for testing

News02 Oct 2025

Projects selected span drone pilot training and AI-based mapping of outdoor advertising to biometric identification of pets and smart education analytics.

Cargo drone pilot launches at Michigan innovation district

Cargo drone pilot launches at Michigan innovation district

Logistics16 Sep 2025

Detroit urban drone logistics pilot will demonstrate the commercial and logistical potential of middle-mile drone operations in a real-world urban setting.

Royal Mail to roll out solar-powered postboxes in UK cities

Royal Mail to roll out solar-powered postboxes in UK cities

Logistics28 Aug 2025

A solar panel powers the scanner and drawer to make it easier for customers to send and return labelled parcels up to the size of a shoebox.

Aurrigo accelerates sustainable airport and transport innovations

Aurrigo accelerates sustainable airport and transport innovations

Connected and autonomous vehicles26 Aug 2025

The UK autonomous tech specialist has secured £1m of grants and support for four projects at East Midlands Airport, The Orkney Islands and the West Midlands.

AI-driven consultancy aims to address the ‘paratransit paradox’

AI-driven consultancy aims to address the ‘paratransit paradox’

AI and Machine Learning13 Aug 2025

With ageing populations and increased demand for paratransit, Kuban Transit Solutions wants to build new frameworks to unify traditionally separate transit systems.

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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.

Smart city research initiative aims to develop results-driven playbook

ESI ThoughtLab will define the cost benefits of smart city investments and provide city and business leaders with an evidence-based guide.

Gothenburg boosts sustainable public transport push with e-bus roll-out

More than 150 electric buses will be introduced in the region covering Gothenburg, Mölndal and Partille, where 180 million trips are made by bus each year.

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.

Speaker line-up announced for Cities Climate Action Summit

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Data-driven mobility in cities: the role of maps and traffic dataSponsored by TomTom

Ralf-Peter Schäfer, VP Product Management Traffic and Travel Information at TomTom, explains how mapping data, combined ...

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 ...

How Northern Ireland’s spirit of enterprise is pioneering the future of travelSponsored by Invest Northern Ireland

Whether by land, sea or air, Invest Northern Ireland explains how the region’s businesses are shaping a greener, ...

How smarter junctions contribute to safe and efficient travelSponsored by ST Engineering

ST Engineering’s Yeo Khiaw Ming explains why cities must explore the use of advanced technologies that enable more ...

Creating smarter, data-driven supply chains

Gregor Stühler, CEO and co-founder of Scoutbee, explains how by fostering innovation in the procurement industry, ...

How IoT technology is making parking smarter in Wolfsburg

Mathias Petri, founder and CSO, StoneOne and Annelore Burggraf, senior consultant, Wolfsburg AG, explain how the German ...

Financing city digitisation in a post-pandemic world

Cities are facing a post Covid financial squeeze but there are ways of funding new projects.

What can theme parks teach us about smart cities?

At first glance, theme parks and smart cities may seem very different but behind the scenes, there could be a lot to ...

Electric cars: Leading the charge

Electric vehicles hold enormous potential but their deployment so far has fallen short. Jacob Klimstra, Senior Energy ...

Are we really building a smart city smartly, asks Ishaan Rajankar, MSc, Imperial College, London

To build a smart city smartly, we must first begin with smart construction

Enabling smart cities, by Dr. Shane Rooney, executive director, GSMA

A vital part of smart city development is Low Power Wide Area networks (LPWA)

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Download our latest report to uncover how artificial intelligence is being used to support cities in how they plan and operate city services to ensure they are vibrant, sustainable and economically thriving modern spaces.

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OnDemand Trend Report Panel Discussion: AI for personalised government services – building trust and inclusivity in cities

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Join city and industry experts to explore how AI is enabling more personalised, accessible, and trusted government services, and uncover practical strategies for responsible AI adoption that benefits all citizens. Hear from Manchester City Council and the City of Tampere.

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Podcast: Using mobility data to shape the future of cities

Podcasts

TomTom’s Ralf-Peter Schäfer discusses the power of real-time data in reshaping city life, and what the future holds for smart urban mobility.

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Urban Exchange Podcast Episode 31 – Resilient Sydney: 33 local governments, one resilience strategy

Urban Exchange Podcast

Join us for a journey of collaboration on the Urban Exchange Podcast, where we discover how Resilient Sydney is aligning more than 30 local council on a single resilience plan.

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Puerto Rico deploys secure IoT network to digitalise critical infrastructure

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EHang UAV completes long-range intercity cargo flight

Royal Mail to roll out solar-powered postboxes in UK cities

Autonomous delivery robots to hit the streets of Riverside

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Innovative partnership powers Atlanta’s future

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White Paper: A blueprint for using AI to create smarter cities

White Paper: A blueprint for using AI to create smarter cities

This white paper maps the end-to-end journey from data discovery to implementing complex AI models that can provide customised insight. It puts forward a blueprint for cities to use artificial intelligence to become smarter and more liveable by taking an outcomes-focused approach.

White Paper: Directions in sustainability for industry

White Paper: Directions in sustainability for industry

This white paper covers how to break the “take-make-waste” cycle in society. It looks at the desire and discipline to achieve the balance between individual human needs, economic viability, and environmental quality that defines sustainability.

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.