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City of Houston unveils smart city wayfinding kiosks

City of Houston unveils smart city wayfinding kiosks

Each kiosk serves as a free wifi hotspot and is geo-located, displaying informational listings based on what’s in the immediate proximity to the touchscreen kiosk.
Researchers to develop social digital twin tech for smarter cities

Researchers to develop social digital twin tech for smarter cities

The researchers are working with Fujitsu to develop a platform that delivers a broad set of solutions for a variety of social issues based on accurate simulations of the movements of people and vehicles.

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Boston expands fare-free bus programme following pilot

Boston expands fare-free bus programme following pilot

After fares were eliminated in August 2021 on one of the chosen routes, ridership increased to more than 90 per cent of pre-pandemic levels with over 12,000 riders every day.
Centre of excellence to build deep tech skills in Singapore

Centre of excellence to build deep tech skills in Singapore

Courses at the Universal Omniverse Experience Centre aim to deliver a holistic curriculum, integrating education and real-world applications of 3D technologies to demonstrate the power of spatial data for industrial and smart city projects.

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Japanese smart waste pilot converts to long-term agreement

Japanese smart waste pilot converts to long-term agreement

A nationwide technology licensing agreement will mean that Rubicon Technologies can work with Odakyu Electric Railway Company to promote sustainable waste solutions across Japan.
The pandemic’s impact on global congestion in 2021

The pandemic’s impact on global congestion in 2021

TomTom’s annual Traffic Index shows that congestion levels remain lower than those of 2019 but some cities have shown extreme fluctuations in traffic across the year.

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Boston expands fare-free bus programme following pilot

Boston expands fare-free bus programme following pilot

After fares were eliminated in August 2021 on one of the chosen routes, ridership increased to more than 90 per cent of pre-pandemic levels with over 12,000 riders every day.
Researchers to develop social digital twin tech for smarter cities

Researchers to develop social digital twin tech for smarter cities

The researchers are working with Fujitsu to develop a platform that delivers a broad set of solutions for a variety of social issues based on accurate simulations of the movements of people and vehicles.

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City of Houston unveils smart city wayfinding kiosks

City of Houston unveils smart city wayfinding kiosks

Each kiosk serves as a free wifi hotspot and is geo-located, displaying informational listings based on what’s in the immediate proximity to the touchscreen kiosk.
Global engineering company invests in smart city digital twin platform

Global engineering company invests in smart city digital twin platform

Investment from Ramboll will support Vu.City’s ambition to become a marketplace for data and solution providers to inform the development of smarter cities.
Special Reports
Here at SmartCitiesWorld, we produce Special Reports on a weekly basis. If you would like to contribute to any special report or opinion pieces please contact our editor Luke Antoniou on lukea@smartcitiesworld.net
Environment, economy and society – how Portland, ME puts sustainability front and centre
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Environment, economy and society – how Portland, ME puts sustainability front and centre

Climate action09 Feb 2022
Troy Moon, sustainability coordinator for the City of Portland, Maine, details the city’s approach to sustainability, including engaging with citizens, making equitable and inclusive climate action a community activity and collaboration across city government.

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SmartCitiesWorld City Profile – Las Vegas

SmartCitiesWorld City Profile – Las Vegas

Smart Cities Reports
SmartCitiesWorld City Profiles explore how the world’s leading cities apply technology and innovation to improve public services and quality of life. In this edition, we focus on Las Vegas, also known as the entertainment capital of the world and “Sin City”.

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Urban Exchange Episode 4: Francis Suarez, Mayor of Miami

Urban Exchange Episode 4: Francis Suarez, Mayor of Miami

Urban Exchange Podcast
Cities on the  Frontlines: LIVE from cop26 advancing net-zero and resilience

Preview:  Lauren Sorkin, executive director at  Resilient Cities Network, will be joined by Mayor of Miami, Francis Suarez, for reflections live from Cop26 and a discussion around advancing urban resilience. 
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Podcast: In conversation with Monica Barone, CEO, City of Sydney
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Podcast: In conversation with Monica Barone, CEO, City of Sydney

Special Reports01 Feb 2022
The first episode of the SmartCitiesWorld podcast for 2022 take a deep dive into Sydney’s world-leading environmental strategy with city CEO, Monica Barone.
Watch: The journey to decarbonisation for the energy sector
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Watch: The journey to decarbonisation for the energy sector

Special Reports21 Jan 2022
Dr Hu Hao, Chief Representative of Energy Transition (Carbon Neutrality), Global Energy Business Unit of Huawei Enterprise BG, explains how countries are preparing for a zero-carbon energy future and the details the solutions that could help them achieve their objectives.
Stocking the urban data pond
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Stocking the urban data pond

Special Reports21 Jan 2022
Urban data platforms are vital in many smart city initiatives but cities sometimes struggle to build a business case for them. Tobias Brandt, Ting Li and Rasmus Ramm put forward a metaphor for success.
Climate change to climate action: shifting the focus
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Climate change to climate action: shifting the focus

Climate action06 Jan 2022
SmartCitiesWorld senior editor Luke Antoniou highlights a renewed focus for 2022 on urban climate action, focusing on some of the trends that could come to define cities’ progress in 2022.
WATCH - The technology enabling real-time action in Las Vegas’ city operations
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WATCH - The technology enabling real-time action in Las Vegas’ city operations

Special Reports13 Dec 2021
The latest video interview from SmartCitiesWorld, sponsored by NTT and Dell Technologies, takes a deep dive into the innovative technology rollout across the city of Las Vegas that is helping authorities make better, faster decisions.
Podcast: Maximising the use of fibre in the ground
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Podcast: Maximising the use of fibre in the ground

Special Reports08 Dec 2021
In the latest SmartCitiesWorld podcast, news editor Sue Weekes talks to Maria Shiao of Fotech about the opportunities distributed acoustic sensing technology can bring to cities to expand their use of fibre.
Urban Exchange Episode 4: Francis Suarez, Mayor of Miami
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Urban Exchange Episode 4: Francis Suarez, Mayor of Miami

Urban Exchange Podcast11 Nov 2021
Cities on the  Frontlines: LIVE from cop26 advancing net-zero and resilience

Preview:  Lauren Sorkin, executive director at  Resilient Cities Network, will be joined by Mayor of Miami, Francis Suarez, for reflections live from Cop26 and a discussion around advancing urban resilience. 
Podcast: Enhancing city operations through 5G, AI and data management
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Podcast: Enhancing city operations through 5G, AI and data management

Special Reports01 Nov 2021
In the latest SmartCitiesWorld podcast, sponsored by Cloudera and IBM Storage, senior editor Luke Antoniou hosts Anthony Behan, managing director for communications, media and entertainment at Cloudera, to talk 5G, data, connectivity, and what innovation in this space means for telcos and their customers in cities.

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5G and IoT technologies to smarten Australia’s waste trucks

An interconnected network of garbage trucks could be the new frontline in repairing local roads, thanks to a collaboration between Brimbank City Council in Victoria and academia.

Neom to launch cognitive digital twin metaverse platform

The XVRS platform aims to offer users multiple points of view and the ability to feature in a variety of locations across the metaverse in real time as an avatar or hologram.

Global engineering company invests in smart city digital twin platform

Investment from Ramboll will support Vu.City’s ambition to become a marketplace for data and solution providers to inform the development of smarter cities.

Europe’s leading capitals for green infrastructure

A study by the European Environment Agency (EEA) found that cities in the north and west of Europe tend to have more green space than cities in southern and eastern Europe.

Minneapolis and Saint Paul make electric vehicles more accessible to all

Designed and developed in the Twin Cities for the Twin Cities, the EV Spot Network is the nation’s largest publicly owned electric vehicle initiative to date.

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