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The long term-impact of the UK’s decision to leave the European Union and the country’s poor performance in the Covid-19 pandemic, are among the complex set of challenges it faces if London is to remain one of the world’s most influential and enviable cities.
Truck of the Future programme seeks to enhance road safety for vulnerable road users in urban areas by mitigating potential conflicts with large fleet vehicles.
“Miyawaki method” creates dense, biodiverse forests that improve climate resilience and overall ecological sustainability in the areas where they are planted.
Taking place at Pier 36, the Expo will have a special focus on the smart technologies and innovation helping 16 cities prepare for the 2026 Fifa World Cup.
Bloomberg American Sustainable Cities initiative will support 25 US cities leading the way in reducing emissions and building more prosperous communities.
Delivery workers will be able to securely charge their vehicles and exchange depleted batteries at Swobbee stations at multiple locations across the city.
Investing in jobs and sectors to help combat climate change will also position New Yorkers to benefit from the 400,000 projected green-collar jobs by 2040.
Collaboration between Hayden’s real-time location accuracy and Lyt’s transit signal priority system seeks to enhance public transit reliability and experience.
The IESE analysed 183 cities in 92 countries worldwide for the 2024 Cities in Motion Index according to 114 indicators that feed into nine key dimensions.
This is the focus of a project by New York City Fire Department and C2Smarter transportation centre, which will create a digital twin of the streets of Harlem.
Bloomberg Philanthropies has awarded 12 new US and Latin American cities in its certification programme for exceptional use of data in their operations.
Pilot winners of the US Transit Tech Lab accelerator-style challenge include battery analytics, passenger flow sensors and lidar and imagery fusion technology.
TomTom is releasing the 13th edition of its traffic index that provides data and information on traffic trends from 387 cities in 55 countries throughout 2023.
It will fund installation of shoreside rapid charging infrastructure to support the fully electric operations of the new hybrid-electric Governors Island ferry.
Sixteen C40 cities have signed a commitment to address flooding and drought by 2030, with each city taking steps to improve water access, and flood protection.
As part of the public showcase, City of New York outlined a new vision for the future of the Downtown Manhattan Heliport, seeking to reduce emissions and noise.
New York City capital projects tracker provides a detailed view into projects, spanning critical infrastructure such as bridges, sewers, sanitation, and parks.
New York smart city accelerator programme will enable agencies, private companies and academia to test and evaluate eight pilot technology projects per year.
Expo will gather visionaries, experts, and thought leaders to explore forward-thinking solutions and strategies to build cities that are smart, and sustainable.
Clean concrete mandate establishes emissions limits on concrete used in state-funded public building and transportation projects and supports climate action.
The new strategy delivers on goals outlined in PlaNYC: Getting Sustainability Done, New York City’s long-term strategic climate plan released in April.
Using AI and satellite images, Arup’s Urban Heat Snapshot mapped the most extreme hot spots in a 150km2 sample of the urban centres of a range of cities.
The Big Apple Connect free broadband programme is being expanded to 17 new public housing developments in an effort to close they city’s digital divide.
Under the theme “The Future is Here,” the two-day event at Pier 36 will convene global experts working to build smarter, more equitable, and sustainable cities.
A district geothermal ground-source heat pump will provide renewable heating and cooling to Coney Island commercial retail and high-rise residential community.
Climate tech investor Elemental Excelerator will support rideshare company Dollaride to deploy electric vehicles to advance its Clean Transit Access programme.
Upgrades aided by the project facility will instantly reduce carbon emissions and create revenue-earning opportunities for residents and building owners alike.
The latest phase of the plan will deliver two new plazas, shared streets, and a two-way bike lane on Broadway from West 25th Street to West 32nd Street.
Boston Consulting Group has surveyed more than 50,000 people in 79 cities to find out what makes urban residents want to move away from them or remain.
Upgraded high-capacity carrier-grade fibre network, which leverages the power of 5G small cells and IoT, will more than double in size along the subway system.
The Brooklyn-based Hub was founded in mid-2022 to identify and help develop promising start-ups to drive new innovations in the offshore wind industry.
The electric vehicles will include electric transit vans and pick-up trucks for agencies citywide, and electric refuse trucks and hybrid plug-in street sweepers.
Legislation will support pedestrians, bikers and transit riders across the state by giving increased funding for a more holistic approach to street design.
NYCSBUS will leverage the Mobility House’s charge and energy management system to optimise infrastructure planning and operation for 30 electric school buses.
Third Clean Fight NY programme will focus on battery and energy storage that can help speed the clean energy transition and position NYC as a hub for innovation.
Reimagined car-free areas in iconic areas in London, Paris, and New York have further fuelled the desire by residents to see fewer vehicles in their cities.
Survey of residents in London, Paris and New York reveals they want to see less cars in their cities and support more space to pedestrians and cyclists.
ANC’s installation in the Tin Building is the largest deployment of the fully transparent, LED-embedded and construction-grade Glaam Media Glass in the US.
The NSF Engineering Research Centre for Smart Streetscapes aims to help forge liveable, safe and inclusive communities through real-time, hyperlocal technologies for streets and their surroundings.
When completed, the Port Authority Trans-Hudson tunnel will provide the lowest latency connectivity to financial, telecom and colocation facilities in and around Northern New Jersey and lower Manhattan.
The Digital Cities Index 2022 report by Economist Impact found that involving citizens in the design of smart city schemes underpins meaningful inclusion.
MTA’s new strategic action plan looks to improve equity across the network by integrating bikes, pedestrians and micromobility options with the agency’s transport system.
Companies in the Transit Tech Lab competition will test solutions over an eight-week period with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and NJ Transit.
Research identifies that the most successful cities balance regulation, incentives, innovation and accelerators and work in partnership with landlords, investors, developers and occupiers.
The Savills 2022 Impacts programme examined 500 cities using metrics around economic strength, knowledge economy and technology, environmental and social governance, and real estate investment.
Move marks the micromobility company’s latest addition to its expanding suite of initiatives designed to increase e-mobility access for the disability community and follows extensive testing.
The New Zealand city emerged as the most able to absorb heavy rainfall, according to a study on seven major global cities, which revealed London as the least sponge-like.
As well as the Chinese city’s platform, other top cities in the ranking are showing how to leverage technology to deliver demonstrable benefits for their citizens.
New York Transit Tech Lab’s public-private initiative will give the winning companies the opportunity to scale their solutions and help make improvements in mass transit in the city as riders return.
Report contends growing ubiquity of connected vehicles will streamline data processing and make predictive analytics economically viable for urban planners.
The installation comprises more than 360 exterior LED lights with new colour-changing technology and it is claimed the system will reduce energy usage by at least 85 per cent.
Four innovators will partner with the cities of Berlin, London, New York City and Paris after being named winners in the six-month long, global Creative Cities Challenge.
The Smart Centres Index by the Z/Yen think-tank explores the ability of global commercial centres to be hubs for new technology based on factors such as innovation support and “creative intensity”.
With safety and mobility inherently linked, the micromobility company will provide free rides on its scooters and bikes for women to verified SafeUp guardians in a number of cities.
Stockholm is ranked number one in mobile sustainability thanks to continued investment in electrification and micromobility infrastructure, as well as corresponding increases in walking and cycling.
The Cities of the Future Index by EasyPark uses publicly available data to find out which cities are best adopting new technological solutions to improve sustainability and liveability.
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