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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.

Smart cities and cybersecurity: Is it wise to get smarter?

As the popularity and inevitability of smart cities expand, so too does a cybercriminal’s opportunistic attack surface. Keiron Shepherd, F5 Networks, evaluates the risks.

Intelligent infrastructure: From data to wisdom

Amey’s Alexandra Knight looks at how to bridge the gap from data to wisdom, and why it matters.

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

Mérida deploys Mexico’s first open loop payments service

Mérida deploys Mexico’s first open loop payments service

Mobility-as-a-Service10 Oct 2025

The ticketing system, powered by Littlepay, modernises automatic fare collection across the Agencia Transporte Yucatan’s buses and bus rapid transit network.

How becoming clean energy hubs can benefit ports and people

How becoming clean energy hubs can benefit ports and people

Climate action19 Sep 2025

The Ports as Clean Energy Hubs report demonstrates how to capture opportunities in sustainable fuel hubs, electrification hubs, and offshore wind hubs.

Global startup challenge announced for Smart City Expo 2025

Global startup challenge announced for Smart City Expo 2025

News20 Aug 2025

North Texas Innovation Alliance’s 2025 pitching challenge aims to underline the importance of supporting international innovation and economic development.

Autonomous logistics project launched at Port of Tyne

Autonomous logistics project launched at Port of Tyne

Logistics05 Aug 2025

Running over nine months, the project aims to demonstrate a scalable and commercially viable autonomous logistics solution, supporting the UK’s net-zero goals.

AI public transport platform to support electric ferries in Hamburg

AI public transport platform to support electric ferries in Hamburg

Sea travel23 Jun 2025

Ferry operator Hadag will use Optibus to optimise electric ferry schedules on the German city’s waterways as well as provide real-time passenger information.

New York transit tech finalists announced

New York transit tech finalists announced

News02 Jun 2025

The Transit Tech Lab public-private initiative invests in companies and programmes that advance the application of new technologies to address urban challenges.

Unlocking the future of clean energy on River Thames

Unlocking the future of clean energy on River Thames

Climate action27 May 2025

The Electric Thames project is exploring vessel-to-grid technology, which allows electric boats to act as floating batteries, feeding power back into the grid.

UAE boosts sustainable port operations with electric pilot boat

UAE boosts sustainable port operations with electric pilot boat

Sea travel12 May 2025

Maritime company has signed an agreement to purchase the 100 per cent electric EF-12 Pilot boat, supporting United Arab Emirates’ Net Zero by 2050 programme.

Can HyperloopTT transform port logistics?

Can HyperloopTT transform port logistics?

Logistics12 Mar 2025

Working with EGA Group and the Federal University of Santa Catarina, HyperloopTT’s study highlights capacity, sustainability and economic benefits of a HyperPort system.

Sonora partners with Foxconn for smart city solutions

Sonora partners with Foxconn for smart city solutions

News27 Feb 2025

The Mexican state will focus on transportation, security, ports and delivering an improved digital experience for residents, business and local governments.

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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.

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.

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.

Speaker line-up announced for Cities Climate Action Summit

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The importance of building with – not over – nature

Noah Baars, cities analyst, and Laxmi Haigh, lead of editorial, Circle Economy, highlight why cities need to think ...

Our society needs systemic changes. Hyperloop is just one way we can get there

Hyperloop’s futuristic concept overshadows its substantial environmental benefits, argues Juan Vicén, co-founder of ...

Why utilities and cities make powerful partnerships

A pioneering initiative between Georgia Power, the City of Atlanta and a team of technology partners, is showing the ...

Three ways cities can improve their cybersecurity resilience

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

What makes a city truly smart?

ASEAN’s key economies – Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia – recently celebrated another year of independence. Martin ...

San Diego: Creating a scalable smart city

Sarah Wray talks to Austin Ashe, General Manager of Intelligent Cities at Current by GE.

Going cashless: How cities benefit from simpler payments

Pursuing cashless initiatives could be an important step in delivering smarter cities, says Gemalto’s Ankit Kumar.

Data-driven transport: Putting the passenger in control

With new market entrants and business models increasingly gearing mobility services towards passengers, transport ...

It’s good to share: Open data will drive the MaaS revolution

Quality, real-time data will be critical to making MaaS a reality, says Johan Herrlin, CEO, Ito World.

A solutions-first smart city approach will benefit citizens faster

Smart infrastructural changes are highly valuable for improving our cities. However, they must go hand in hand with ...

Smart cities: Are we asking the wrong questions?

In the rush for smart cities, are we starting with the wrong questions? Amy Barker and Miguel Lira, Urban Control, ...

Smart city projects are missing visual data

Visual data is "conspicuously absent" from many current smart city applications and this could be limiting potential, ...

To deliver real change, cities must embrace start-ups

Tim Stone, Venture Partner, at IoT specialist investor, Breed Reply, looks at how cities can better tap the creative ...

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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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Smart City Expo: think digital, think green, think inclusion

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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: 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.

City data spaces: A guide to building and operationalising data services

City data spaces: A guide to building and operationalising data services

How data spaces are transforming data sharing, and establishing new frameworks to create data services to improve urban services and liveability.

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