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Manchester road tests MaaS

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The latest news in regulation on smart city projects and initiatives across the world.

Cities need a holistic plan to decarbonise buildings

Cities need a holistic plan to decarbonise buildings

Regulation23 May 2022

Research identifies that the most successful cities balance regulation, incentives, innovation and accelerators and work in partnership with landlords, investors, developers and occupiers.

World Economic Forum announces coalition of cities for urban aerial mobility

World Economic Forum announces coalition of cities for urban aerial mobility

Air Travel29 Mar 2022

City and regional leaders are committing to accelerating the adoption of services within their own geographies through the new coalition, whose founding members include Amsterdam and Los Angeles.

Study reveals how cities are using tech and data to drive social development goals

Study reveals how cities are using tech and data to drive social development goals

News30 Mar 2021

ESI ThoughtLab collaborated with a coalition of government, business, and academic leaders to conduct the global benchmarking study.

Los Angeles launches urban air mobility programme

Los Angeles launches urban air mobility programme

News18 Dec 2020

The strategy will help Los Angeles map out challenges identified by local, diverse stakeholders surrounding public airspace and property rights – and implement solutions to these issues.

Open Mobility Foundation launched to help create new open data standards for the kerb

Open Mobility Foundation launched to help create new open data standards for the kerb

Regulation10 Dec 2020

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.

LA and the World Economic Forum present blueprint for global UAM adoption

LA and the World Economic Forum present blueprint for global UAM adoption

News21 Sep 2020

Clean, safe and inclusive urban air mobility closer to becoming a reality with new partnership.

Singapore tops smart city ranking for second year running

Singapore tops smart city ranking for second year running

News17 Sep 2020

The 2020 Smart City Index measures citizens’ perceptions of the impact that technology has on their lives, surveying them on areas such as governance, health and safety, mobility and opportunities.

Bogotá and Rio de Janeiro join global coalition of cities working to create clean air for all

Bogotá and Rio de Janeiro join global coalition of cities working to create clean air for all

News08 Sep 2020

By confirming their undertaking, the mayors of Bogotá and Rio de Janeiro come together with a coalition of 35 other city mayors that aim to ensure clean air for some 150 million people.

Danish municipalities launch ambitious climate action plans

Danish municipalities launch ambitious climate action plans

News01 Jul 2020

Samsø and Sønderborg have launched their strategies as part of the Danish Deadline 2020 project, DK2020, which is aligned with the Paris Agreement.

Uber files lawsuit against LADOT over dockless data-sharing

Uber files lawsuit against LADOT over dockless data-sharing

News25 Mar 2020

Uber claimed it has been left with little choice than to take the action but LADOT defended its data policy and lamented the “unfortunate timing".

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Huawei seals smart city deal with Barcelona

They will collaborate on projects relating to 5G, smart city applications and digital transformation.

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

AI tools for city management launched at Bloomberg CityLab

City AI Connect will be a single destination for local government leaders to ideate, develop, and test new uses for generative AI with peers across cities.

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Smart city trend tracker: The top stories on SmartCitiesWorld in 2019

We round up our main takeaways from smart city developments in 2019. We’d love to hear yours.

Successful shared mobility in cities and beyond

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Smart cities: Software is eating the world

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MaaS: A world without traffic jams?

moovel’s vision is “a world without traffic jams”. Thomas Friderich shares his insights on how MaaS can help to make ...

Three ways cities can improve their cybersecurity resilience

Todd Weller, Bandura Cyber, explores how increasingly connected cities can mitigate growing cyber threats.

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How do you make a city smart? That is the underlying question that unites the responses to the SmartCitiesWorld/ Philips Lighting survey, which draws on input from 150 thought leaders from across the world.