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Embracing the connected life and intelligent future, RINGA Launch 2021

Embracing the connected life and intelligent future, RINGA Launch 2021

Nascent technologies like smart devices and the IoT simplify our day-to-day operations. Smart devices provide our homes and workspaces with automation, advanced security, and a host of other benefits. The IoT gives us new business insights while reducing our operating costs.
OnDemand WEBINAR: The open smart city: From strategic vision to reality

OnDemand WEBINAR: The open smart city: From strategic vision to reality

Based on new research and case studies, this webinar will explore the journey to more open, interoperable smart city solutions.

Special Reports

Smart City Expo: think digital, think green, think inclusion

Smart City Expo: think digital, think green, think inclusion

The first day of the online event confirmed that the smart cities sector is well aware of its destination but it’s how it gets there that will be the problem.

Smart Cities Reports

Podcasts

Podcast: The central role of cities in the sharing economy, with Chelsea Rustrum

Podcast: The central role of cities in the sharing economy, with Chelsea Rustrum

There’s a big opportunity for cities to better harness the sharing economy to achieve municipal goals and give power back to the people, Rustrum says.

Opinions

Towards the smart cities of 2025

Towards the smart cities of 2025

From tech trends to behavioural shifts and new ways to make smart cities economically sustainable, Matthew James Bailey explores what the next five years could look like.

Smart Cities News

Peachtree Corners to deploy lidar solution to improve safety

Peachtree Corners to deploy lidar solution to improve safety

AI and Machine Learning03 May 2024
Collaboration will see Seyond deploy and validate its lidar solutions in a real-world environment in an effort to create safer streets and smoother traffic flow.
NEC X names next wave of tech disruptors for its accelerator

NEC X names next wave of tech disruptors for its accelerator

News25 Apr 2024
Programme seeks to fast-track entrepreneurs in the ideation and prototyping phase, preparing to scale their innovative technologies across global markets.
Delray Beach introduces smart parking programme

Delray Beach introduces smart parking programme

Road travel24 Apr 2024
Data from sensors placed in on- and off-street parking assets will be shared via a public website so drivers can quickly find parking spaces in real time.
London Gatwick creates new geospatial platform

London Gatwick creates new geospatial platform

Data management & software12 Apr 2024
The system is already making engineering and construction works safer by reducing accidental strikes on buried utilities as well as managing biodiversity.
Elk Grove to trial next-gen emergency vehicle pre-emption

Elk Grove to trial next-gen emergency vehicle pre-emption

Road travel10 Apr 2024
City of Elk Grove pre-emption pilot aims to improve emergency vehicle safety and travel times for first responders travelling to local emergency facilities.
New generative AI chatbot seeks to transform public sector

New generative AI chatbot seeks to transform public sector

AI and Machine Learning03 Apr 2024
Chatbot is designed around a family of expert domain fine-tuned models that have unique access to government databases and generates responses and explanations.
Japanese city establishes urban air mobility centre

Japanese city establishes urban air mobility centre

Air Travel02 Apr 2024
Tsukuba City and EHang will use the facility as a base for various pilotless electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft in the region, including EH216-S.
Florida uses AI to increase road safety and efficiency

Florida uses AI to increase road safety and efficiency

AI and Machine Learning21 Mar 2024
AI platform gives traffic authorities and infrastructure operators the ability to fully control and prioritise traffic flow for all kinds of transportation.
Budapest recognised for top mobility programme

Budapest recognised for top mobility programme

Road travel19 Mar 2024
The European Mobility Week Awards recognise municipalities that have excelled in promoting sustainable urban mobility during the campaign’s main week.
Costa Rican utility deploys advanced metering infrastructure

Costa Rican utility deploys advanced metering infrastructure

Smart grids11 Mar 2024
Project included installation of 50,000 smart electricity meters and connection of Itron’s DI-enabled AMI solution with Coopesantos’ customer information system.
IBM commits up to $45m for urban climate adaptation

IBM commits up to $45m for urban climate adaptation

Climate action07 Mar 2024
IBM will increase investment in its Sustainability Accelerator by 50 per cent, committing up to $45m in cash and in-kind donations over the next five years.
Huawei and Unilumin collaborate on smart pole solution

Huawei and Unilumin collaborate on smart pole solution

4G and 5G05 Mar 2024
Solution is designed to promote the construction of smart cities that emphasise secure, efficient city operations, and comprehensive city sensing management.
Optibus supports Spanish transit agencies to exchange data

Optibus supports Spanish transit agencies to exchange data

Data management & software28 Feb 2024
Geoactio is making Optibus’ GTFS Manager accessible to Spanish public transit agencies and cities that have been struggling to transfer service data to the cloud.
Barcelona claims city data is “more accessible than ever”

Barcelona claims city data is “more accessible than ever”

Open data13 Feb 2024
The tool from the Municipal Data Office seeks to democratise access to and the usage of statistical data relating to the city from multiple perspectives.
San Antonio launches dashboards to increase transparency

San Antonio launches dashboards to increase transparency

Citizen engagement12 Feb 2024
The City is launching a set of dashboards focused on streets, drainage, parks and more to keep residents informed about public works-managed projects.
Iteris gains granular visibility into driving patterns

Iteris gains granular visibility into driving patterns

Analytics12 Feb 2024
It is working with mobility data and analytics company Arity to integrate a broader suite of traffic data solutions of its AI-powered ClearMobility platform.
Plug and Play unveils Orlando office focused on smart cities

Plug and Play unveils Orlando office focused on smart cities

Economic Development02 Feb 2024
Plug and Play’s strategic move reflects its commitment to fostering innovation and supporting startups in the rapidly growing field of smart city technologies.
Vianova joins Dutch smart and sustainable cities consortium

Vianova joins Dutch smart and sustainable cities consortium

Data management & software31 Jan 2024
Vianova is the only non-Dutch organisation in the consortium and will contribute mobility data to improve road safety and reduce carbon emissions in cities.
Initiative helps agencies improve operational efficiency

Initiative helps agencies improve operational efficiency

Economic Development23 Jan 2024
Pilot winners of the US Transit Tech Lab accelerator-style challenge include battery analytics, passenger flow sensors and lidar and imagery fusion technology.
WEF explores establishment of GovTech centre in Kyiv

WEF explores establishment of GovTech centre in Kyiv

People and skills18 Jan 2024
World Economic Forum and Ukraine Ministry of Digital Transformation have announced mutual interest in setting up a Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
AI semantic search engine launched for data portals

AI semantic search engine launched for data portals

Data management & software11 Jan 2024
Based on a vector model, it makes it easier for data portal users to find relevant data assets, increasing usage and driving greater data democratisation.
Las Vegas’ RTC introduces open payments across the network

Las Vegas’ RTC introduces open payments across the network

Mobility-as-a-Service19 Dec 2023
Las Vegas tourists and local riders can now simply tap their contactless cards or mobile device to pay for transit without having to download RTC’s app.
Akita works with Optibus to optimise public transportation

Akita works with Optibus to optimise public transportation

AI and Machine Learning18 Dec 2023
In line with the third edition of its Public Transportation Policy Vision, the Japanese city aims to establish a more sustainable public transport network.
Fiware Foundation announces incoming CEO

Fiware Foundation announces incoming CEO

People and skills15 Dec 2023
Former Red Hat head of business development, Andrea Battaglia, will lead the open-source specialist in introducing new digital strategies and solutions globally.
Cop28: Digital dashboard to monitor UAE net zero activities

Cop28: Digital dashboard to monitor UAE net zero activities

Climate action12 Dec 2023
The UAE Earth platform aims to help advance progress and support decision-making in five domains: economy, adaptation, reduction, transition and health.
Polish province digitises planning documents

Polish province digitises planning documents

Planning and redevelopment11 Dec 2023
Digitised maps and documents will provide city officials, businesses and the public in the Świętokrzyskie Province faster access to spatial planning data.
Combining digital twins and drones for emergency preparedness

Combining digital twins and drones for emergency preparedness

Digital twins07 Dec 2023
How Lincolnshire Resilience Forum is using geospatial technology and image recognition and drone software to improve understanding of potential catastrophes.
Cop28: Proof-of-concept net-zero data utility unveiled

Cop28: Proof-of-concept net-zero data utility unveiled

Climate action05 Dec 2023
Net-Zero Data Public Utility will be the world’s first global, standardised source of private sector climate transition-related data, freely accessible to all.
Undergound digital asset map expands coverage in UK

Undergound digital asset map expands coverage in UK

Data management & software01 Dec 2023
National Underground Asset Register aims to transform the way organisations install, maintain, operate and repair the pipes and cables buried under the ground.
San Francisco Bay Area bolsters toll operations

San Francisco Bay Area bolsters toll operations

Road travel16 Nov 2023
Smart mobility infrastructure specialist Iteris will provide managed services that support traveller information and toll lane operations across the Bay Area.
Post-pandemic walking decreases in the US

Post-pandemic walking decreases in the US

Data management & software06 Nov 2023
An e-book, published by StreetLight Data, reveals the data-driven pedestrian activity trends in top US cities and details the national and state trends.
National Highways progresses Digital Roads strategy

National Highways progresses Digital Roads strategy

Road travel03 Nov 2023
The organisation in charge of A roads in England is using Esri geographic information systems software to create a single digital model of the road network.
Eight smart tech products to be tested in Colorado cities

Eight smart tech products to be tested in Colorado cities

Economic Development01 Nov 2023
C² Challenge sought smart cities solutions that address three specific problems faced by Colorado communities: accessibility, safe streets and public safety.
Seoul implements intelligent disaster prevention system

Seoul implements intelligent disaster prevention system

Citizen security30 Oct 2023
The technology includes an intelligent people counting and crowd detection system that automatically detects crowd density and informs of signs of risk.
Innovation campus launches real-estate experience app

Innovation campus launches real-estate experience app

Commercial buildings27 Oct 2023
Advanced Research Clusters is using the HqO app to capture and analyse critical user and property data to inform the complete lifecycle of real estate assets.
AI tools for city management launched at Bloomberg CityLab

AI tools for city management launched at Bloomberg CityLab

AI and Machine Learning20 Oct 2023
City AI Connect will be a single destination for local government leaders to ideate, develop, and test new uses for generative AI with peers across cities.
Consortium to build Abu Dhabi intelligent transport platform

Consortium to build Abu Dhabi intelligent transport platform

Road travel20 Oct 2023
ST Engineering subsidiary Urban Solutions will design and build the ITCP in addition to being responsible for system integration and overall project management.
Monaco turns to the cloud to bolster data security

Monaco turns to the cloud to bolster data security

Cloud and edge computing16 Oct 2023
Monaco Cloud aims to deliver the principality with digital infrastructure and services that meet the highest international security and compliance standards.
Veovo adds lidar technology to smart airport platform

Veovo adds lidar technology to smart airport platform

Air Travel22 Sep 2023
Addition of lidar tech to the Veovo smart airport platform enables it to track various moving objects around the airport, increasing situational awareness.
City of Mesa uses traffic data analytics to increase safety

City of Mesa uses traffic data analytics to increase safety

Analytics21 Sep 2023
City of Mesa’s Transportation Department is expanding use of UrbanLogiq’s traffic data analytics platform, adding its crash analysis tool to its capabilities.
Jordan utility partners to boost digital transformation

Jordan utility partners to boost digital transformation

Smart grids13 Sep 2023
The Jordan Electric Power Company is working with Itron to maximise the benefits of its smart meter roll-out project and bolster the region’s energy security.
The City of Phoenix seeks citizen input to advance open data

The City of Phoenix seeks citizen input to advance open data

Open data01 Sep 2023
It follows launch of the City Manager’s Performance Dashboard one year ago that displays more than 130 key metrics to provide a holistic view of its operations.
Ohio transit agencies adopt account-based ticketing

Ohio transit agencies adopt account-based ticketing

Mobility-as-a-Service31 Aug 2023
When utilising the EZfare app and smart cards, the system enables payments and transfers across all cooperating agencies, according to each agency’s fare rules.
Bringing pervasive AI to the edge for the City of Las Vegas

Bringing pervasive AI to the edge for the City of Las Vegas

AI and Machine Learning30 Aug 2023
Las Vegas expects collaboration to set a precedent for other cities globally, showcasing the potential of edge computing and AI in transforming urban landscapes.
Digital transformation experts to offer smart city capabilities

Digital transformation experts to offer smart city capabilities

Cloud and edge computing12 Jul 2023
The integration hub will be a place to combine specialist technologies created for connecting mobility, energy and buildings as part of modern urban planning.
Partnership leads the way for seamless, sustainable mobility

Partnership leads the way for seamless, sustainable mobility

Mobility-as-a-Service10 Jul 2023
FabMob and Flowbird will advance the Mon Compte Mobilité programme in France for mobility users to access services, and collect and manage their mobility data.
The Hague uses AI to reduce laughing gas nuisance

The Hague uses AI to reduce laughing gas nuisance

AI and Machine Learning05 Jul 2023
The Netherlands municipality tested the possibility of using smart artificial intelligence cameras to detect laughing gas abuse in the boulevard of Scheveningen.
Generative AI tool bids to make climate data open to all

Generative AI tool bids to make climate data open to all

AI and Machine Learning04 Jul 2023
OpenESG claims ChatESG integrates business-specific logic and data from SMEs, public companies and partnerships to deliver rapid, verified responses to queries.
How can city data spaces transform data-sharing?

How can city data spaces transform data-sharing?

Data management & software26 Jun 2023
FIWARE Foundation and SmartCitiesWorld have collaborated on a whitepaper to show how city data spaces are paving the way for a new era of data-sharing in smart cities.
Williamson County boosts flood preparation and response

Williamson County boosts flood preparation and response

Resilience07 Jun 2023
The Texas county, vulnerable to flooding, will use FloodMapp’s operational flood intelligence tools to enhance emergency preparation, response and recovery.
Shanghai ranked top smart city for second year

Shanghai ranked top smart city for second year

Cloud and edge computing25 May 2023
Juniper Research’s ranking of 50 world cities evaluates transportation, infrastructure, energy, lighting, city management, technology and urban connectivity.
Vegas venues aim to take leading role in climate action

Vegas venues aim to take leading role in climate action

News19 May 2023
Las Vegas Convention Centre and Allegiant Stadium will work with nZero to collect granular carbon emissions data to help develop more sustainable policies.
Village of Justice implements smart poles and lighting

Village of Justice implements smart poles and lighting

Lighting05 May 2023
As Viper Networks’ second major project in the Greater Chicago area, the first phase will include installation of 10 smart poles and 225 LED smart streetlights.
Partnership improves smart city monitoring and observance

Partnership improves smart city monitoring and observance

Data privacy and security03 May 2023
A tech integration between Iveda and NetGain will create observability-as-a-service offerings to help cities proactively monitor and manage critical systems.
Dubai launches app to help expedite government decisions

Dubai launches app to help expedite government decisions

Policymaking17 Apr 2023
The Hub Nub app serves as a platform for real-time strategic communication between Dubai government leaders across sectors that will help boost decision-making.
North American smart city winners revealed

North American smart city winners revealed

News13 Apr 2023
IDC Government Insights’ awards are designed to recognise the progress North American states and municipalities have made in executing smart city projects.
Startup uses “internet of cameras” to create smart cities

Startup uses “internet of cameras” to create smart cities

Data management & software13 Apr 2023
Natix Network is a blockchain-based and crowdsourced camera network that can be used to create real-time maps of cities using contributions from citizens.
Digital map of underground pipes and cables launched in UK

Digital map of underground pipes and cables launched in UK

Data management & software10 Apr 2023
The National Underground Asset Register is expected to deliver at least £350m per year of economic growth through improved efficiency and reduced asset strikes.
Urban-X accepts new climate tech innovators into accelerator

Urban-X accepts new climate tech innovators into accelerator

Climate action29 Mar 2023
Solutions developed by startups focus on areas such as greenhoguse gas emissions visualisation, forest fire detection and community feedback in urban planning.
Companies team to create carbon-negative blockchain

Companies team to create carbon-negative blockchain

Economic Development06 Mar 2023
Near and climate tech company Flowcarbon are launching a carbon-market ecosystem that will enable carbon credits to be traded on the Near blokchain network.
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