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Budapest recognised for top mobility programme

Road travel19 Mar 2024

The European Mobility Week Awards recognise municipalities that have excelled in promoting sustainable urban mobility during the campaign’s main week.

Digital twin to accelerate the energy transition in Vienna

Digital twins15 Nov 2023

Aspern Smart City Research project will use the digital twin technology to increase grid capacity and flexibility in the Aspern Seestadt urban development.

Which city is most conducive to eco-business?

Air quality18 Jul 2023

Fifty cities were analysed across a variety of metrics, including their sustainability ranking, pollution score, air quality and number of B corporations.

How Vienna became the world’s most liveable city – again

Citizen engagement06 Jul 2023

Thomas Madreiter, director of planning for the city of Vienna, explains how citizen participation and engagement on critical issues has shaped the city’s urban planning strategy to earn it the top ranking in this year’s Economist Intelligence Unit Liveability Index.

Three liveable city projects in the spotlight

Inclusivity04 Jul 2023

Luke Antoniou explores how citizen engagement and inclusivity is shaping smarter, more sustainable cities and highlights the world’s most liveable city.

Vienna returns to top of the EIU Liveability Index

News28 Jun 2023

Its first place is down to a combination of stability, good culture and entertainment, reliable infrastructure, and exemplary education and health services.

Open source event aims to create value from data transformation

Open data24 May 2023

The open source FIWARE Global Summit in Vienna will share sustainable solutions and showcase digital transformation projects in smart cities and other sectors.

Why do people choose to stay in or leave their cities?

Demographic change08 Mar 2023

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.

Which cities are performing best in the 4IR?

News01 Feb 2023

The 2022 Smart City Index analysed 31 global cities to examine the urban changes taking place against the backdrop of the 4th Industrial Revolution.

Vienna bus company joins Optibus network

Cloud and edge computing28 Nov 2022

As one of largest bus companies in Austria, Dr Richard Linien is also bringing cities such as Graz, Linz, Villach, and St Pölten onto the cloud-based platform.

Vienna returns to the top of global liveability index

News28 Jun 2022

The Economist Intelligence Unit reports that scores for culture and environment, healthcare and education have improved on the back of Covid-19 restrictions being eased but the global average score remains below pre-pandemic levels.

German micromobility provider expands into further European cities

Micromobility09 Mar 2022

Dance is expanding services into Hamburg, Munich, Vienna, and Paris as well as in its home city of Berlin and is also launching an enterprise product to enable employers to offer an e-ride subscription as an employee benefit.

Vienna metro premieres digital passenger experience

Rail Travel17 Jan 2022

The dynamic and visual presentation of information in Wiener Linien’s new X-car carriage aims to make use of mass transit in the city easier and more convenient.

Future energy smart city project in Vienna moves into next phase

Commercial buildings03 Dec 2021

The Aspern Smart City Research project, located in the city-within-a-city development zone of Seestadt, aims to point the way forward for smarter energy systems in urban areas.

City of Vienna launches climate-friendly mobility programme

News09 Nov 2021

Under the banner of “Traffic Management 2.0”, Vienna, in partnership with Kapsch TrafficCom, is implementing a set of measures for future-oriented transportation development.

Tokyo named most innovative city in annual ranking

News09 Jul 2021

The win was attributed to strong technology application, digital capability and pandemic performance and, for the first time in 14 years, more than half of the top 100 cities were from the US.

Connecting the silos to open up the smart city

Opinions22 Jun 2021

Franck Le Gall, CEO, EGM, and Juanjo Hierro, CTO, FIWARE Foundation, explains why interoperability and open systems need to be on every city’s radar.

Canberra judged most sustainable city in the world

News11 Jun 2021

The Australian capital offers 48 per cent of its energy in sustainable ways and scored among the lowest on pollution rates in the global ranking by Uswitch.

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.

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.

European Commission names Leuven as capital of innovation

News28 Sep 2020

The Belgian city actively involves its citizens in the creation and testing of new ideas and was praised for its ground-breaking collaboration model.

The Value of Life in Smart Cities

Opinions24 Sep 2020

SmartCitiesWorld talks to Huawei’s York Yue about how smart city technology can change society.

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.

City Lights: Thomas Madreiter, Director of Urban Planning, City of Vienna

City Lights17 Aug 2020

SmartCitiesWorld talks to Thomas Madreiter, Director of Urban Planning, City of Vienna, about the city’s climate change focused strategy and how the term "smart cities" should be replaced with "sensible cities".

Levelling up

Editor's Blog07 Aug 2020

Smart cities need great ideas and great technology behind them but they also need great people, which is why SmartCitiesWorld is launching a new People & Skills section.

Vienna establishes climate protection areas

News13 Jul 2020

Areas are identified based on their ability to supply energy needs with district heating systems and at least one additional renewable energy or waste heat heating system must be feasible.

Nevada ‘blockchain city’ to break ground in 2022, despite staffing changes

News30 Mar 2020

Blockchains said its Web3.0 platform for digital asset custody and digital identity management will also be released in 2022.

Vienna pilots virtual ‘culture token’ to reward greener travel

News20 Feb 2020

The app uses motion-tracking to measure distances covered using green modes of transport and calculates the CO2 savings compared to a car trip.

Tallinn and Penang scoop top climate challenge awards

News05 Feb 2020

Semi-finalists from five global cities and 10 citizens from eight nations attended the recent ChangeNow summit in Paris for the inaugural Climathon Global Awards.

Austria opens intelligence lab for cities

News13 Sep 2019

The City Intelligence Lab at the Austrian Institute of Technology aims to become an international model for the urban planning processes of the future.

Vienna remains top city for liveability

News05 Sep 2019

Austrian capital retains its position in the Economist Intelligence Unit’s index which assigns cities a rating of relative comfort for over 30 qualitative and quantitative factors.

€82 million in ERDF funding for 20 city projects

News08 Aug 2019

They were put forward by cities under the Urban Innovative Actions project and focus on digital transition, sustainable use of land, urban poverty and urban security.

Guangzhou chosen as urban air mobility pilot city

News08 Aug 2019

The autonomous aerial vehicle technology platform company, EHang, will establish a low-altitude aviation transportation network that will shuttle passengers and goods.

Is greater regulation required for bike-sharing?

News23 May 2019

A report from IESE Business School examined the economic performance of bike-sharing initiatives across 13 cities in Europe as well as emerging potential challenges.

Lime and Octopus team for a greener London

News25 Apr 2019

Lime warehouses, which charge Lime-E electric assist bike batteries, are being powered by clean and renewable energy in the UK capital.

Vienna ranked top for smart city strategy

News14 Mar 2019

In Roland Berger’s second smart city index, 90 per cent of cities do not yet have an official and integrated smart city strategy

Copenhagen and Bern named most liveable cities

News13 Feb 2019

Global mobility expert ECA International evaluated cities on a range of factors such as infrastructure, air quality and personal safety for its annual liveability rankings

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