The cities of Boise, Dallas, Detroit and Tucson are among those committing to help combat extreme heat and wildfires, as well as other adverse effects of climate change, by protecting and planting more trees.
Interactive Citypost smart digital kiosks at Dallas Area Rapid Transit bus and light rail stations have been upgraded to be contactless to help address Covid-19 concerns.
The North Texas Innovation Alliance, which has also joined the City Possible network, will focus both on immediate challenges related to Covid-19, as well as look ahead to establish core priorities.
The Capitol and SCM partnership will utilise SCM’s Citypost platform to help public health officials conduct outreach about testing sites and deliver other real-time information related to the pandemic.
Initiative aims to help cities build a pipeline of projects and small business investments that move beyond the early stages of planning and attract private investment in economically distressed areas.
Innov8te is also establishing Startup City Hall, which will provide senior leaders at the city a dedicated office in which to discuss ideas and solutions with the chosen companies.
The US Smart Cities Council said trends this year include a focus on regional collaboration and two finalists are trying to give their communities a second life.
The communications services company has announced that standards-based 5G is on-air with a commercial service expected to be available in the first four cities in May
Laila Alequresh will lead the newly created Office of Innovation, which aims to drive operational and technological improvements and bring change by introducing new ideas to city leaders
New ride-hailing business, Alto, is joining forces with mobility services platform, Bestmile, to accelerate time to market and offer differentiated service
FIWARE CEO Ulrich Ahle speaks to Graeme Neill about how the Smart Cities for Germany programme is helping the country’s poor track record on digitising services and how the battle for public opinion on open-source has been won.
