Rail users at 75 West Midlands railway stations in the UK will be able to take advantage of the Swift smartcard scheme, which will be introduced next year.
The vision for the new green travel district in the Birmingham area is for less congestion, less pollution, fewer accidents and more productive communities.
Urban Mobility Partnership’s James Lancaster provides real-world examples of mobility partnerships that are working for cities and residents in the UK.
Scoring criteria for emissions reduction targets have been strengthened to align with science-based climate targets in this year’s A List from non-profit CDP.
Airly particulate matter sensors have been independently verified for qualitative and quantitative measurements and comply with Environment Agency standards.
Birmingham City Council launched the Clean Air Zone in 2021 as part of its plan to tackle the risk to public health caused by poor air quality in the city.
SmartCitiesWorld welcomes a number of new members from the global smart cities community, who will play a key role in helping us create smart, sustainable cities.
A collaboration between BP Pulse, the EV Network and NEC Group, the hub is able to charge 180 EVs simultaneously and includes 16 ultra-fast 300KW DC chargers.
The first phase of the scheme will see 200 Beryl e-scooters made available to hire in the city centre and surrounding neighbourhoods in the West Midlands.
The Brum Breathes air quality programme will make use of revenue generated from the Birmingham Clean Air Zone, which is celebrating its second anniversary.
Raj Mack, head of Digital Birmingham at Birmingham City Council, explains how the West Midlands city is building an international digital brand and reputation.
The Climate Action Implementation programme will help Bogotá, Guadalajara, Lima, Medellín and Mexico City progress plans to become carbon-neutral by 2050.
Funding from the ICLEI Action Fund and Google.org will help to boost projects aimed at improving the environment, reducing GHG and climate change adaptation.
Deployment of full fibre across the city has been identified as one of the key foundations within the Digital City Roadmap and will target underserved areas.
Stuart, which repurposes under-utilised city centre properties to create delivery hubs, is extending its last-mile service to Leeds, Birmingham and Manchester.
Heavily residential communities across Birmingham are embracing micromobility for commuter journeys following Voi’s city-wide expansion ahead of the recent Commonwealth Games.
UK city of Birmingham saw an extra 10,000 journeys made on the micromobility company’s electric scooters compared to the same length of period before the games.
As the official Smart Environments Provider for the Games, North has deployed smart technology at key locations around event venues and across the host city of Birmingham.
The UK city has registered a reduction in the levels of nitrogen dioxide within the zone while compliance for passenger and light goods vehicle categories has increased.
Five per cent of total screen time on each Street Hub unit can be used to promote local community and municipal services such as food banks, health and social care or leisure activities.
The campuses in Birmingham and Dubai will combine digital sensor and analytics technologies, AI, decentralised energy generation and storage, and renewable energy to create a living lab.
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.
Moovit’s mobility app will show users where Voi e-scooters and e-bikes are available nearby in 16 UK cities, including Northampton, Birmingham, Cambridge, Liverpool and Bristol.
5PRING and local authorities are inviting start-ups and small businesses to submit ideas focused on health and social care, public services, social and events, and public safety.
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.
It will cover an area of the city inside the inner ring road with owners of the most polluting vehicles required to pay a daily charge to drive into or through the zone.
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.
The research, carried out by Honda, was based on a range of factors including household recycling, domestic CO2 emissions and household eco measures, combined with survey responses.
Voi has been awarded an exclusive tender and will work with Transport for West Midlands to bring e-scooters to major towns and cities in the region including Birmingham and Coventry.
Researchers at Aston University in the UK have developed a technology which imitates how the insects share knowledge and which can be used to optimise routes around busy cities.
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.
Located in the West Midlands and spanning the cities of Coventry and Birmingham, it will allow connected and autonomous vehicles to be trialled on urban, rural, suburban and highway roads.
Goals behind the transport plan include connecting citizens with new job and training opportunities, prioritising people over cars and revitalising the city centre and local areas.
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.
