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UK airport group adopts Veovo platform to improve journeys

Air Travel16 Apr 2024

System will provide actionable intelligence to tailor airport services and reduce wait times at any moment or place in the terminal for a more seamless journey.

UK city dwellers demand access to nature and green space

Parks and green space14 Mar 2024

City residents believe protecting nature and biodiversity should be the second biggest priority behind transport links and expect action on climate change.

Manchester launches People’s Panel for AI

Citizen engagement12 Mar 2024

The panel aims to provide residents with access to education and training on AI, enabling local communities to influence the development of AI initiatives.

Salford increases Lime e-scooter fleet as trip numbers soar

Micromobility01 Mar 2024

Expansion has been agreed in partnership with Salford City Council with the aim of bringing even more residents access to shared, sustainable transport options.

City park to complete major Manchester regeneration project

Parks and green space19 Jan 2024

The “green heart” marks the closing chapter of the Ancoats project and will also help create a low-traffic, pedestrian-first neighbourhood in the UK city.

Three examples of innovative bus services and strategies

Editor's Blog29 Sep 2023

Initiatives demonstrate how cities are actively reimagining their bus services to better serve their communities and meet evolving transportation needs.

Greater Manchester takes control with integrated bus service

Road travel27 Sep 2023

Passengers on Greater Manchester’s Bee Network will benefit from earlier and later, more frequent and better integrated bus services as well as a mobility app.

Manchester City Council on track to meet solar targets

Solar power28 Jul 2023

The council aims to have almost 10,000 solar panels on its buildings across the city by the end of 2023, supporting its Climate Change Action Plan 2020-25.

Construction underway on Manchester mobility hub

Transport hubs12 Jun 2023

Work has started on site to build what is claimed to be the UK’s first mobility hub in Manchester, which forms part of the Ancoats people-first neighbourhood.

Siemens proposes roadmap to decarbonise industrial estate

Batteries and renewables17 Apr 2023

The Low Carbon Trafford Park 2038 study covers a range of solutions and supports Trafford Council’s net zero aims for the Greater Manchester borough by 2038.

Funding deficit threatens UK cities’ climate action plans

Climate action31 Mar 2023

Two thirds of local authorities say budgetary capacity is holding back their ability to adapt to a warming planet with the investment gap standing at £17.4bn.

Apcoa launches inaugural mobility hub in Wales

Transport hubs23 Jan 2023

The first Urban Mobility Hub in Camarthen will be followed by more in the UK and will feature a range of services, including electric vehicle and bike charging.

Transport for Greater Manchester orders 50 e-buses

Electric vehicles04 Jan 2023

Funded by the City Region Sustainable Transport Settlement, the buses follow an initial procurement of 50 vehicles for the next phase of the Bee Network.

Manchester trials connected vehicle tech at traffic lights

Road travel28 Nov 2022

The trial uses open data provided by TRL Software’s Scoot 7 traffic management software to create a demonstration app that helps drivers minimise wait times.

Amazon expands micromobility e-cargo hubs in UK cities

Logistics25 Nov 2022

With hubs in Manchester and London, the retailer says it will help take traditional delivery vans off the road to reduce congestion and improve air quality.

Smart cities network sets up UK operation in Manchester

News17 Nov 2022

Smart Cities Council, under the brand ‘Everyone’, aims to spark conversations between industry, government, academia, and entrepreneurs to spearhead change.

UN names Resilience Hubs in Portugal and Italy

Resilience24 May 2022

Matosinhos and the Province of Potenza have been recognised by the UN-led coalition Making Cities Resilient 2030 for pioneering strategies to reduce the impact of disasters including fires and earthquakes.

Manchester City Council establishes housing development company

Residential buildings07 Feb 2022

Company will focus on high quality, low-carbon homes and will deliver a mix of accessible rent and market properties, with the latter helping to subsidise the development of homes priced at or below the Local Housing Allowance rate.

UK council climate plan scorecards revealed

Climate action01 Feb 2022

An assessment of the plans also found that a fifth of local councils have still not published plans to tackle climate change even though most have declared a climate emergency more than two years ago.

Manchester progresses plans to buy own solar farm

Solar power12 Jan 2022

Producing renewable energy directly would improve energy security and give the the UK city’s council greater certainty over future costs, as well as support its climate change action plan.

Manchester to build low-carbon social homes

News29 Sep 2021

The project brings a long-term under-used brownfield site back into use and the homes will be characterised by green roofs, electric vehicle charging and other sustainable features.

Car-sharing company completes £3m pre-series A round to expand UK city coverage

News19 Aug 2021

Peer-to-peer car-sharing platform Karshare’s keyless technology means all cars are instantly available via an app so there is no need to arrange a time and date to collect keys from the owner.

More than half of Britons don't understand what a smart city entails

News16 Jul 2021

Latest research also reveals that a fifth of people had never heard the term before and 10 per cent either found the concept of smart cities confusing or didn’t know what it meant.

UK local authorities work together to reduce carbon footprints

News13 Jul 2021

Developed with the Anthesis Group, the initiative is designed as a public sector alternative to traditional carbon offsetting and aims to help the authorities benefit from local insetting investment choices.

Commission aims to identify green investment opportunities across UK cities

Commercial buildings07 Jul 2021

Initial analysis by the new UK Cities Climate Investment Commission suggests that meeting net zero in London and the major cities could bring up to £330bn of investment into the country.

Greater Manchester chooses Beryl Bikes for cycle hire scheme

News23 Jun 2021

The micromobility scheme is part of wider plans from mayor Andy Burnham to develop Greater Manchester’s Bee Network, an affordable, integrated and accessible transport network.

District heat network in Manchester awarded £14.6m funding

News15 Jun 2021

It is set to become one of the largest and most diverse decentralised energy networks in the UK and will deliver decarbonised, lower cost heating and electricity to a variety of stakeholders.

Planned transport hub in Manchester prioritises streets for people over vehicles

Transport hubs03 Jun 2021

The developer claims streets and public space across the neighbourhood will immediately become cleaner and safer as on-street parking is removed and vehicle movements are reduced.

London ranked UK's greenest city

News07 May 2021

The high ratio of green spaces per 10,000 of the population, and availability of electric vehicle charging stations contributed to London’s leading position.

Harrow Council moves to the cloud to enhance service delivery

Cloud and edge computing01 Apr 2021

Solution equipped the council’s contact centre operators with the ability to engage customers across voice and digital channels while having a 360-degree view of customer needs and interactions.

Smart Dublin chooses IoT solution to curb ring buoy theft

News05 Nov 2020

Proptech company ZiggyTec will work with the city on the first phase of Smart Dublin’s ring buoy monitoring project to reduce theft and help to save lives.

Smart city accelerator launched in MediaCityUK testbed

News09 Oct 2020

The programme is aimed at UK based start-ups and scale-ups which have market-ready technology solutions that aspire to help people live, work, play and learn in new innovative ways.

Greater Manchester gears up for clean energy innovation

News25 Sep 2020

New Energy Agency to establish the region as leading clean growth test-bed

Manchester's civic heat network project passes significant milestone

News17 Aug 2020

The final sections of the UK city’s 40 metre high Tower of Light have been installed, which will act as a chimney for a low carbon energy centre.

UK campaign records ‘major’ rise in journeys by bike during Covid-19

News02 Jul 2020

Research from the national cycling campaign #BikeIsBest, in partnership with Strava Metro, reveals significant year-on-year increases in cycling across several major UK cities.

Manchester to roll out electric refuse collection vehicles

News03 Jun 2020

The city council is aiming to halve its direct carbon emissions by 2025 as part of a wider drive to make Manchester zero carbon by 2038 at the latest in response to the climate change emergency.

City resilience officers form global coalition for recovery

News07 May 2020

The Global Resilient Cities Network’s initiative offers a platform to cities and other urban centres to engage in short- and long-term planning for a sustained, resilient recovery.

The smartest cities on climate: What can we learn?

Opinions05 Mar 2020

More cities must ramp up their climate ambition and deliver urgent action, fast, says Kyra Appleby, Global Director of Cities, States and Regions at CDP.

Manchester unveils five-year climate action plan

News03 Mar 2020

The plan will sit alongside a citywide Climate Change Framework which sets out how the city as a whole can reach the agreed target of becoming zero carbon by 2038.

105 cities make CDP’s climate action ‘A List’

News18 Feb 2020

Analysis suggested that, on average, cities on the A List are taking over three times as many climate actions as non-A List cities.

Private car journeys forecast to decrease 10% in largest cities by 2030

News18 Feb 2020

According to new research from Kantar, Manchester is set to see the biggest shift in the way people travel, followed by Moscow and São Paulo.

Manchester to implement counter-terrorism measures at venues ahead of national legislation

News15 Jan 2020

Martyn’s Law, if adopted by the UK government, would compel local authorities and venues to have a clear plan for terrorism threats. Manchester will roll out a voluntary scheme early.

‘Drivers are guests’: How Oslo cut traffic deaths to almost zero in 2019

News09 Jan 2020

Oslo’s governing mayor tells SmartCitiesWorld how the city is making its streets safer, and that autonomous vehicles could help with retaining and improving the results.

Massive Attack works with Liverpool for 2020 ‘super low carbon’ gig

News03 Dec 2019

European cities share 10 principles for using citizen data

News26 Nov 2019

The cities of Bordeaux, Barcelona, Debrecen, Edinburgh, Eindhoven, Florence, Ghent, Helsinki, Manchester, Rijeka and Zaragoza collaborated on the guidelines.

How to power smart cities in a clean, low-carbon future

Opinions22 Nov 2019

Microgrids transform urban energy into localised, efficient, resilient and sustainable systems, and investment in them will be critical to the future operation of the energy system, says Ian Lloyd, Strategic Growth Manager, Siemens.

Google’s tool to help cities measure emissions expands to Europe

News11 Oct 2019

The first European cities to gain access are Dublin, Birmingham and Manchester, with Wolverhampton and Coventry to follow soon.

Where does micro-mobility have most potential?

News09 Sep 2019

The high proportion of short-distance trips – independent of a city’s density or public transit network – highlights the universal potential for shared scooters and bikes in a new report.

New smart city roles for telcos

Opinions19 Aug 2019

Kulveer Ranger, Atos, on balancing the tensions at the heart of rail transformation

Opinions18 Jul 2019

Sarah Wray talks to Atos’ Kulveer Ranger about the challenges and opportunities digital technology presents for the rail industry in the UK.

More cities declare climate emergencies: Will it spur real change?

Special Reports15 Jul 2019

Experts praise cities for highlighting the scale of the climate crisis but urge them to follow up with concrete actions.

UK bus operator offers real-time service updates via Google Maps

News12 Jul 2019

Go North West is working with ITO World to integrate the information which will be used by those using its Manchester service to make more informed travel decisions.

Interactive map tracks the smart mobility progress of 100 cities

News23 Apr 2019

Frost & Sullivan’s data-driven study found that none of the cities achieved a score that would qualify them to be termed smart mobility leaders.

InLinkUK rolls out call-blocking algorithm to prevent kiosks being used for crime

News16 Apr 2019

InLinkUK and BT have worked with the police and local councils on the new technology which aims to cut anti-social behaviour such as drug dealing. Smart crime prevention or surveillance?

Many Brits won't give up their cars, even for the environment

News11 Apr 2019

Concern for the environment is the least popular reason to switch from a private car to alternative modes of transport, says a new survey.

MaaS: A world without traffic jams?

Opinions13 Mar 2019

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

PwC outlines a vision for smart cities built around people, not tech

News12 Mar 2019

Failure to do so could lead to divided and socially exclusive communities across the UK, says a new report

Manchester road tests MaaS

Special Reports19 Feb 2019

A MaaS trial in Manchester in the UK generated fascinating insights.

Belfast launches project to let citizens ‘talk’ to historic attractions

News11 Feb 2019

The collaborative project aims to create a ‘playable city experience’ for tourists and locals.

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