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How cities can walk, wheel and cycle their way to liveability

Editor's Blog22 Mar 2024

As well as provide greener and more convenient ways to get around, these examples show how active travel is helping to improve quality of life in cities.

Wellington adds two suburbs to sustainable transport network

Climate action15 Dec 2023

Wellington City Council has given the go ahead for two projects which include new raised pedestrian crossings, bus route improvements, and safer bike routes.

Auckland accelerates climate action with month-long festival

Climate action09 Aug 2023

By coming together for a concentrated period every year helps the New Zealand city align and decide on its climate action activities to drive deep change.

Green light to map what’s beneath Wellington’s streets

Digital twins03 Jul 2023

Programme aims to reduce disruption to Wellington streets by shifting from legacy records and outdated paper processes to a centralised online map-based library.

Wellington installs wildlife-friendly solar lighting

Lighting10 May 2023

The solar lights with charging panels integrated into the lighting poles will light the paths along a popular harbourside walking and cycling route in the city.

Wellington involves affected communities in climate adaptation

Climate action03 May 2023

The city’s six-phase Community Climate Adaptation Programme will create a series of local adaptation plans that have been developed by and for each community.

Beam begins integration of path detection technology

Micromobility31 Jan 2023

The AI-powered technology can detect whether an e-scooter is travelling on a road, footpath or bicycle lane, allowing for customised education and enforcement.

Beam to launch fifth-generation e-scooter in Wellington

Micromobility23 Jan 2023

The micromobility provider will replace its entire 400-strong fleet in the New Zealand city with the Saturn 5 model that features upgraded IoT capabilities.

LoRaWan deployed for drought alerts in New Zealand

Sustainable development goals19 Aug 2022

The drought early warning system comprises a rainwater tank and rain monitors to analyse water consumption and rain forecasts in remote New Zealand and South Pacific Island communities.

Auckland locks in billion-dollar urban climate action package

News18 Jul 2022

The package includes procurement of new electric and low-emissions ferries, electric or hydrogen buses, as well as completion of key links in the city’s cycling network.

Christchurch launches free wifi service in city centre

Fibre networks05 Jul 2022

Access to the network is through a partnership between Christchurch City Council and fibre broadband provider Enable, with the New Zealand city using existing infrastructure such as streetlights for installation.

Smart Cities Council and Digital Twin Consortium partner to support cities

Digital twins09 Jun 2022

Globally, the aim of the collaboration is to leverage the council’s presence in Australia, New Zealand and India to further educate and drive digital twin adoption in cities.

Wellington installs recycled bus boarding platforms

Road travel11 May 2022

Part of the city’s road improvement plans, the footpath-height, accessible platforms are designed to allow people to get on and off buses safely and cross the new bike lanes to the footpath.

Wellington lays groundwork for circular economy road work trial

Resilience05 May 2022

The council-led project is using the untapped resource of unwanted clothing and textiles as a performance additive in asphalt on the New Zealand city’s roads.

Wellington announces suburb-to-city routes for lower carbon commutes

Planning and redevelopment28 Feb 2022

Street changes will support growing neighbourhoods and new ways of living in and moving around the city, as well as make the transport system more resilient in the face of major events.

Alliance established to advance fare payments-as-a-service across Australasia

Road travel11 Feb 2022

Alliance will see Masabi combine its ticketing and fare payment platform with Fujitsu’s regional payments footprint with the aim of accelerating innovation, and upgrading passenger experience.

Auckland pilots living bus shelters to boost green infrastructure

Planning and redevelopment06 Dec 2021

The shelters, understood to be the first in the country, are part of Auckland Transport’s wider effort to respond to the changing climate and learnings will feed into the Greening Our Network project.

New Zealand accelerates 5G roll-out

News23 Sep 2021

Nokia is supporting telecoms provider Spark to achieve 90 per cent population coverage by the end of 2023 and will deploy its 5G radio access network.

Smart streetlights save Christchurch ratepayers $1.5m

News16 Aug 2021

The city has been working to convert all of the city’s streetlights to LEDs and reports that it has so far reduced its annual street lighting power consumption by more than 70 per cent.

New Zealand councils commit to smart cities network

News12 Aug 2021

A multi-year partnership with Smart Cities Council will ensure all New Zealand councils have the opportunity to engage and contribute to the nation’s smart cities agenda and internationally.

Bloomberg names 50 finalist cities for 2021 Global Mayors’ Challenge

News16 Jun 2021

The cities chosen are considered to have come up with the boldest urban innovations emerging from the pandemic with the challenge aiming to spread the most promising ideas.

Auckland named most liveable city in the world

News10 Jun 2021

The New Zealand city ranks top in the Economist Intelligence Unit’s Liveability index which explores the impact of the pandemic and assesses cities in five areas.

Men Leong Chew, President, Urban Solutions, ST Engineering

Talent Interviews02 Jun 2021

ST Engineering has more than 700 smart city projects deployed in over 130 cities around the world. Its head of urban solutions explains why every day must be a learning day.

Think Tank: Cities on the frontline and lessons for a resilient recovery

Opinions31 Mar 2021

In the latest of our opinion pieces from members of our Advisory Board, the question ’how can I build resilience for the next crisis?’ is answered.

Perth Airport improves performance and agility

News23 Feb 2021

The transformation of the airport’s operational management systems will fast-track its ability to scale up operations efficiently when international and domestic travel fully resumes.

Marie Hélène Mansard, business development director, Asia-Pacific, Axis Communications

Talent Interviews08 Dec 2020

Marie Hélène Mansard explains how Covid-19 has spawned a range of new applications for video surveillance systems and why 5G experimentation means it’s a good time to be a smart city manager in Asia.

Christchurch launches electric bike hire trial with Lime

News24 Nov 2020

The council wants to investigate how a shared e-bike service might fit into the transport network in the long-term in the New Zealand city.

Which cities make the environmental action A-list for 2020?

News16 Nov 2020

CDP has named 88 global cities that are working to become resilient, healthy, and prosperous places to live and work while cutting emissions and rapidly building resilience against the climate crisis.

Waiheke Island rolls out Auckland's first electric bus fleet

News10 Nov 2020

As part of the Low Emissions Roadmap, Auckland Transport plans to only procure low emission buses from 2025 and have a full low emission fleet by 2040.

Spark switches on 5G in Auckland and demonstrates smart city applications

News15 Oct 2020

It has partnered with Auckland Transport to install an IoT-enabled infrastructure in the Wynyard Quarter to demonstrate connected lighting, smart parking, smart benches and smart bins.

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.

Canberra to launch shared e-scooter scheme

News28 Aug 2020

The shared scheme will be run by two companies, Beam Mobility and Neuron Mobility, with a maximum of 1,500 e-scooters made available in the Australian capital city.

Christchurch and Auckland prepare to roll-out electric bus fleets

News27 Aug 2020

Electrification of the country’s transport sector will further drive New Zealand’s decarbonisation efforts and support its aims to have a full zero emission bus fleet by 2040.

Smart Cities Council launches academy in Australia and New Zealand

News31 Jul 2020

Modules delivered through the academy will cater for early career practitioners as well as advanced professionals and policy-makers seeking recognition of their ongoing contribution to the industry.

IDC reveals Asia-Pacific 2020 smart city award winners

News29 May 2020

Nineteen smart city projects across the region have been recognised in the sixth annual awards programme, which were announced in a virtual event this year.

Chief resilience officers announce the Global Resilient Cities Network

News11 Feb 2020

It is comprised of member cities and experts from the former 100 Resilient Cities programme and supports a community of resilience practitioners in 98 cities and 40 countries.

Ottawa named best city to live for expats

News14 Aug 2019

Seventy cities were judged on 24 criteria across the four categories of environment and urbanisation, family and society, experience and economics.

Asia-Pacific smart city project winners named

News11 Jul 2019

IDC notes a “surge” in cutting-edge future city projects being deployed across first-tier cities in developed economies across the 12 functional e-service categories.

Rockefeller Foundation winds down funding for 100 Resilient Cities

News04 Apr 2019

The Rockefeller Foundation is to end funding for the 100 Resilient Cities programme, the largest privately funded climate adaptation initiative in the US.

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