Smart Cities News

Bloomberg expands its healthy urban environment initiative to 70 cities

News19 Aug 2021

The Partnership for Healthy Cities is a collaboration with WHO and Vital Strategies to support mayors in implementing programmes to reduce non-communicable diseases and injuries in their communities.

Bloomberg funds cities' outreach efforts to support more equitable vaccine roll-outs

News06 May 2021

The low- and middle-income countries selected will receive grants of up to $50,000 for six months’ worth of vaccine preparedness activities with an emphasis on reaching high-risk populations.

Las Vegas self-driving mobility service resumes operation

News23 Oct 2020

Service of the publicly available autonomous fleet run by Motional and Lyft was paused earlier this year due to Covid-19 but has resumed with enhanced protective measures.

Data reveals major improvement in London’s air quality since 2016

News05 Oct 2020

Even before lockdown, measures implemented by the mayor have helped to bring about a 94 per cent reduction in the number of Londoners living in areas exceeding legal limits for nitrogen dioxide.

Bogotá and Rio de Janeiro join global coalition of cities working to create clean air for all

News08 Sep 2020

By confirming their undertaking, the mayors of Bogotá and Rio de Janeiro come together with a coalition of 35 other city mayors that aim to ensure clean air for some 150 million people.

AI-based lifeguard system aims to bring smart city tech to the beach

News04 Aug 2020

The core system is based on deep-learning computer-vision technology and transmits real-time information to monitors in the lifeguard tower, sounding an alarm when swimmers are in danger.

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