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Urban Movement Labs aims to unite government, business, academics and residents around new mobility solutions for the city.

A new Digital Innovation Appendix outlines all proposed digitally enabled systems for Waterfront Toronto, aiming to clarify the ‘how’ and ‘who’ for each service as well as the ‘what’ and ‘why’.

The bold plan, which aims to boost productivity and reduce the digital divide, has received mixed reactions.

Boston Networks claims that by the end of November, over 30 per cent of businesses, six local authorities and almost 1.4 million people will have access to affordable IoT connectivity across Scotland.

Banks are more trusted to use personal data ethically than local authorities. Further, just seven per cent would trust public transport providers.

The island is piloting a single-touch biometric identity system that will enable citizens to carry out a number of transactions with the government.

The participating cities are New York, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles and San Francisco.

The public-private partnership will work with Japanese railway company JR East to share best practices and business models to further develop MaaS worldwide.

Overarching strategies, funding approaches and business models all need to be adjusted if cities are to see a genuine return on their investment in smart city tech, says Itai Dadon, global head of smart cities at Itron.

The Storage and Flexibility Model has been built in response to the increasingly complex challenge of balancing supply and demand in the energy system.