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The winning projects include an Alexa-assisted citizen contact centre and data-driven systems to reduce flooding and address road accident hotspots.

Up to two winners will be selected for each challenge and they will be eligible to receive $20,000 and pilot their technology in NYC for a year.

Newly formed CARS says it wants to “set the record straight” about MDS programmes but LADOT called it “a disinformation campaign”.

San Francisco is the latest of a growing number of cities to close off some or all of the centre to private vehicles.

Fast-growing neighbourhoods are the perfect testing ground for the latest connected technologies. Toby Olshanetsky, co-founder and CEO of prooV, highlights a "quiet" technological revolution.

SmartCitiesWorld talks to Long Beach’s CIO, Lea Eriksen.

Carlsbad wants to be the “best-run government” around and is seeking digital transformation partners to support this.

A deep energy retrofit aims to achieve a 50 per cent or greater reduction in building energy usage and can reduce carbon emissions 30 per cent or more.

The project will integrate efficient infrastructure with transparent and effective governance, supported by the “intelligent application” of smart technology.

By using these technologies to transform and interconnect their urban ecosystem, government leaders aim to deliver a myriad of benefits to their stakeholders.