The Homeless Data Integration System, launched by the Homeless Coordinating and Financing Council, will allow the state to make data-driven policy decisions in efforts to prevent and end homelessness.
Cities were recognised for not only being advanced in terms of technologies adopted throughout the city, but in their government’s efforts to bring the city population along with their digitalisation journey.
Civic engagement tech provider Zencity is acquiring data analytics and community polling company Elucd to provide stronger, data-driven strategic guidance to state and local leaders.
Based on census records and inventory data, visualisations show low-income and Black communities disproportionately have fewer city street trees and so see less of the benefits of trees.
The switch is a sign of how the city is working to quickly adapt to a new normal post-coronavirus and aligns with the steep decline in the use of physical currency.
The World Economic Forum said AI’s potential requires strong buy-in from citizens and governments, based on their trust that applications and technologies making use of it are built and used ethically.
The project is being undertaken in partnership with kerb management platform provider Coord to streamline kerbside loading, reduce congestion, and support local economic activity.
It was announced in mayor Erin Mendenhall’s state of the city address in which she shared her vision for a more resilient and equitable city and encouraged citizens to view a new report card of the council’s performance.
Core to the boom in GovTech development and investment is the recognition of a new digital focus by governments which have been forced towards digital adoption through the pandemic.
The pilot aims to build upon the recent switch to flex zones rather than metered parking in Rosemary Square as part of efforts to modernise the City’s kerb management strategy.
The forum has focused on FRT for passengers boarding aircraft and the toolkit’s questionnaire has been tested by Tokyo-Narita Airport, which will encourage other airports to adopt this framework.
Digitising the kerb opens the door for more dynamic regulations and new approaches to kerb-usage fees that could enable more goal-driven management strategies.
Report sets out to demonstrate how cities can be “critical drivers” of solutions for the multiple short-term challenges created by Covid-19 as well as emerging long-term challenges of climate change.
A majority of the responses indicated a plan to return to pre-pandemic commuting choices and, of those who did plan to switch, more plan to change to driving alone than any other mode.
This was one of the messages from the Menino Survey of Mayors, the only national representative survey of America’s mayors conducted annually by Boston University’s Initiative on Cities.
A survey by the National League of Cities reveals that 71 per cent of US cities indicate their government’s condition will worsen without another stimulus package.
Plan proposes five key measures including smart traffic signals and intelligent intersections to make the city’s transportation system more resilient in response to the effects of Covid-19.
Course has been designed in partnership with the cities of Helsinki, Amsterdam and London and aims to help public administration, businesses and the public understand what the ethical use of AI means.
Research will focus on the various safety aspects of e-scooter use as well as rider travel behaviour and the challenges and opportunities of the integration of e-scooters within a city.
The goal is to embed greater equity into the programme, particularly as local economies feel the impact of Covid-19, and to help close the racial wealth gap.
According to Ehang, the flight tours across Seoul, Daegu, and Jeju Island signify the starting point to explore the urban air mobility (UAM) market in South Korea.
The toolkit was launched to set clear guidelines on the ethical use of AI to prevent having a fragmented, incoherent approach to ethics, where every entity sets its own rules.
The World Economic Forum has chosen the cities to pioneer a global policy roadmap developed by its G20 Smart Cities Alliance for the ethical and responsible use of data and technology.
According to analysis from Frost & Sullivan, hydrogen production will double by 2030 as the world advances towards a sustainable energy economy and countries battle climate change.
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.
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