The 279-A legislation, which promotes sustainability across areas of city government operations, is projected to save $90m in taxpayer funds over four years.
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 Mobility House will manage charging for 27 charge ports across two New York City Transit bus depots in Staten Island and Queens during the year-long pilot.
Proposals call on the City to replace Rikers’ jail complex’s ‘noxious’ energy and waste infrastructure with a range of green- and equity-focused measures.
Six startups have been selected to scale up projects across MTA, Port Authority and New Jersey transit networks as winners in the Transit Tech Lab challenge.
Senet’s integration partnership with the Helium Network provides access to more than 27,500 Helium-compatible hotspots in the New York City area, densifying and extending LoRaWan network coverage.
Report by the Citizens Housing & Planning Council details necessary changes that need to be made to housing policy, emergency systems and infrastructure to protect New Yorkers and save lives.
Powered by Google’s ARCore Geospatial API, Bird’s visual parking system enforces parking norms and is available for free to the e-scooter provider’s city partners.
Inventories will enable London and New York City to develop a suite of actions to incentivise more sustainable consumption in collaboration with people and businesses and pioneer new ways to measure emissions.
Collaboration will help National Grid reduce electricity consumption at four of its New York City offices during times when conservation is most critical to the regional electric grid.
The new report outlines a vision for urban tech in the city’s new administration including focusing on privacy and security, equity in the digital economy, and better management of the built environment.
Research will begin on the ground in Central Park before expanding to other New York City greenspaces and then select city parks to mitigate and adapt to climate change.
The Argentine capital was recognised for its municipal solid waste management plan and its aim to develop circular economy models for each waste current.
Initiatives include establishing the Resilient Energy Studio to advance energy storage innovation and a fellowship to support traditionally underrepresented founders working in urban tech.
In partnership with Tortoise and Urb-E, AxleHire has been running automated delivery pilots in Los Angeles and New York City, and reports these will be scaled nationally in 2021.
E-scooter providers Bird, Lime and Veo will make up to 3,000 e-scooters available in the East Bronx for phase one of the programme with this figure increasing to 6,000 next year.
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.
The plan provides a blueprint for enhanced freight management and includes 32 initiatives to improve efficiency, foster safety, enhance equity and promote the responsible movement of goods.
Transformation of the historic Tin Building in Mahattan will include embedded micro-LED technology in its façade, creating a seamless connection between the physical and digital experience.
Programme is designed not just to create vibrant new public spaces but also to build city capacity for working with artists and community groups on projects involving transportation infrastructure.
The Vision Plan for the Union Square-14th Street neighbourhood responds to the city’s current challenges and proposes a series of targeted enhancements.
The Collaborative Cities guide is part of Bloomberg Philanthropies’ efforts to support global municipal leaders who can adapt these lessons to their own challenges and circumstances.
Siemens eMobility solutions’ meter integrated charger provides an innovative, cost-effective approach to measuring the quantity of electricity needed to charge electric vehicles.
The MTA and the Transit Innovation Partnership want to engage the private tech industry to evaluate and deploy technologies that make transport safer and more responsive to needs amid the pandemic.
Prepared by IESE Business School´s Centre for Globalisation and Strategy, the Cities in Motion Index 2020 analyses the level of development of 174 world cities.
Sensor networks that provide visibility into air pollution and autonomous aqua drone technology that captures critical water data are among the solutions that will be piloted across the city.
Mastercard is launching a set of tools and a series of research studies to help inform cities’ responses and decision-making as they recover from the coronavirus pandemic.
QBE AcceliCity programme will recognise and support innovators which leverage smart city solutions that help cities manage and respond to physical, economic and social risk.
Tree-planting initiatives form part of the global effort to substantially reduce carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and counteract the effects of climate change.
The programme aims to show what can happen when the private and public sector team up with civic groups and academic experts to tackle the biggest challenges facing the city.
NYC is staging its second Library Privacy Week which will see libraries providing hands-on instruction in using digital privacy tools and understanding facial recognition technology.
Start-ups and entrepreneurs with products that improve accessibility, enhance traffic coordination, or create new sources of revenue are invited to submit applications.
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 system uses cloud-based analytics to identify and predict conditions that may result in an incident so that preventative actions can be taken to avoid a potential disaster.
The David Prize will award $200,000 to five “trailblazing individuals” who contribute to the social, environmental, economic, and cultural fabric of the city.
Seven finalists will receive an award of $10,000 from NYC to test their proposals in the city, and be given the opportunity to partner to deliver solutions to local small businesses.
The goal of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s Transit Tech Lab accelerator programme is to establish the city as the centre of innovation for mobility and public transit.
The latest IDC smart cities spending guide highlights priority areas as resilient energy and infrastructure projects followed by data-driven public safety and intelligent transportation.
Over the coming weeks the service will extend to more than 2,000 square miles and 11 million people, giving Sprint the largest initial 5G coverage footprint in the US.
Technology developed by three start-ups in the Circular City programme have provided new insight and solutions to address congestion and safety issues in the booming neighbourhood