OnDemand Panel Debate: Clearing the air: strategies for enhancing urban air quality

Join the latest SmartCitiesWorld Panel Debate to understand how to improve air quality in urban environments, and hear real-world case studies from leading cities. Watch Here

OnDemand Panel Debate (11 Dec): Going behind the scenes of Dallas’ smart city initiatives

SmartCitiesWorld gets up close and personal with the City of Dallas and its innovative smart city strategies. Panellist from City of Dallas, National League of Cities and Ubicquia. Watch OnDemand

Cities Climate Action Summit 2024: going green in the built environment

The SmartCitiesWorld Summit, which takes place 26-27 June, will act as a call to action for cities to make the transformation of the built environment a central part of their climate action strategies.

Green, active and integrated: mobility in focus at Cities Climate Action Summit

From accelerating electric vehicle infrastructure to promoting active and shared modes of transport, the Cities Climate Action Summit (26-27 June) strives to unlock sustainable mobility solutions for a cleaner, healthier future.

Smart Cities Reports

SmartCitiesWorld City Profile 2024 – City of Madrid

Discover how the city of Madrid is innovating to become a smarter, more sustainable city that’s able to deliver improved services to residents and visitors alike.

SmartCitiesWorld City Profile – Shenzhen

SmartCitiesWorld City Profiles explore the city of Shenzhen, designated as China’s first special economic zone and a role model of urban modernisation. Find out more about Shenzhen’s smart city strategy in this 16-page report.

Podcasts

Urban Exchange Podcast Episode 12 – Metropolitan Area of Guadalajara and Visa – Innovation in the urban mobility sector

The Urban Exchange brings together the Metropolitan Area of Guadalajara’s Diego Marquez and Visa’s Jose Rodriguez to talk through the transformative role of urban mobility policy and technology in the Mexican city.

Podcast: in conversation with Marc Hannis, Principal, Innovation Fund, Ofwat

Marc Hannis is the latest guest on the SmartCitiesWorld podcast, talking about the need for more innovation and collaboration in the water sector.

Opinions

Cities Climate Action Summit 2024 – meet the exhibitor: AppyWay

AppyWay will show cities why they need to adopt dynamic and data-driven kerbside management systems to optimise the use of kerb space and reduce congestion.

No more pedalling the cycle lane myth: for a less congested London, we need fewer cars

Lime’s Alan Clarke explains how the UK capital can move away from private vehicles towards a lifestyle where city-dwellers can move seamlessly between different modes of public transport.

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Latest City Profile

SmartCitiesWorld City Profile 2024 – City of Madrid

Smart Cities Reports

Discover how the city of Madrid is innovating to become a smarter, more sustainable city that’s able to deliver improved services to residents and visitors alike.

Latest Trend Report

AI in Utilities Management for Cities Trend Report 2024

Trend Series

Discover how AI is transforming utilities with improved efficiency, reliability, and sustainability, enhancing operations and customer service.

Latest Webinar

Panel discussion: Harnessing the power of AI for smarter utilities

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Join the next SmartCitiesWorld panel discussion to discover how AI can bring innovative solutions to enhance efficiency, sustainability, and reliability for utilities providers.

Latest Podcast

Urban Exchange Podcast Episode 23 - Identifying urban solutions at the intersection of climate, health, and equity

Urban Exchange Podcast

Tune into the latest Urban Exchange podcast, where guests from the city of Buenos Aires City Government and Yale University discuss the links between climate, health and inequity.

Latest Urban Exchange Podcast

Urban Exchange Podcast Episode 23 - Identifying urban solutions at the intersection of climate, health, and equity

Urban Exchange Podcast

Tune into the latest Urban Exchange podcast, where guests from the city of Buenos Aires City Government and Yale University discuss the links between climate, health and inequity.

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AI drone-in-a-box solution launched for emergency response

Partnership to explore smart parking solutions in Saudi Arabia

Lancashire County Council deploys AI to improve bus network

Snapper boosts public transit efficiency using position data

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Congestion

The latest news on congestion in smart city projects across the world.

Lancashire County Council deploys AI to improve bus network

Lancashire County Council deploys AI to improve bus network

AI and Machine Learning17 Dec 2024

Agreement with Lancashire County Council will see Alchera provide its bus solution to support the monitoring and evaluation of the county’s bus network.

Partnership to explore smart parking solutions in Saudi Arabia

Partnership to explore smart parking solutions in Saudi Arabia

Road travel17 Dec 2024

The proposed collaboration will focus on the implementation of digital technologies in the Kingdom to optimise traffic flow and enhance the end-user experience.

Seattle awards smart city infrastructure project

Seattle awards smart city infrastructure project

Fibre networks11 Dec 2024

Actelis’ hybrid-fibre networking technology will power essential traffic management applications, including signals, cameras, and congestion monitoring systems.

Maryland to use AI technology to manage traffic flow

Maryland to use AI technology to manage traffic flow

AI and Machine Learning05 Dec 2024

MDoT has approved the deployment of the AI mobility platform to eliminate gridlock at key intersections, improving traffic flow, and enhancing safety.

How shared transport can reduce UK emissions

How shared transport can reduce UK emissions

Climate action03 Dec 2024

A study carried out by CoMoUK reveals the extent to which the use of shared transport schemes in England and Wales could lead to a reduction in emissions.

US Dot launches local climate action playbook

US Dot launches local climate action playbook

Climate action26 Nov 2024

Climate Strategies That Work playbook includes 28 solutions to help reduce carbon pollution and create more resilient and sustainable transportation systems.

Can digital twins better manage integrated transport networks?

Can digital twins better manage integrated transport networks?

Digital twins12 Nov 2024

Report shows the potential impact of transport digital twins across the economy, environment and to the public to improve efficiency and promote greener travel.

Tech firms team to expand smart parking and kerb solutions

Tech firms team to expand smart parking and kerb solutions

Congestion11 Oct 2024

Comcast Smart Solutions collaborates with Umojo and eleven-x to help cities and municipalities deliver enhanced parking and kerb management technologies.

Smart Cities and Communities Survey 2024: let us know your priorities

Smart Cities and Communities Survey 2024: let us know your priorities

News09 Oct 2024

SmartCitiesWorld is partnering with Honeywell for our latest smart city survey which aims to find answers to some of the critical challenges faced by cities today.

Miami-Dade authority launches public innovation challenge

Miami-Dade authority launches public innovation challenge

Congestion07 Oct 2024

Challenge invites local and global early-to-growth stage companies to submit solutions that will reimagine, enhance, and improve transportation management.

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What is ‘Smart City’ and why do we need them?

Smart city is the framework based on Information and Communication technologies that enable the development of sustainable practices to address the urbanisation challenges. Leveraging the technology is one of the foremost pillars of ‘smart cities’ in order to increase efficiencies and improve the quality of resident’s life and the city’s services.

Are you going to Smart City Expo, Barcelona in Nov 2024?

Are you going to Smart City Expo, Barcelona in November? If so, just let us know and we’ll be able to invite you to a number of exclusive events!

Invisible LEDs light up Beijing landmark

Signify has installed connected architectural lighting into the façade of the China World Trade Centre’s Tower B

ST Engineering to provide smart city platform for Lusail City

The company will build and operate a smart city platform with citywide network connectivity for the Qatar city using advanced AI and data-driven technologies.

San Francisco’s BART tests earthquake early warning system

Earlier this week, San Francisco’s Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) tested a new earthquake early warning system, ShakeAlert 2.0.

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Cities Climate Action Summit 2024 – meet the exhibitor: AppyWay

AppyWay will show cities why they need to adopt dynamic and data-driven kerbside management systems to optimise the use ...

Navigating the future: the evolution of urban transportation

Liz St Louis, director of smart cities and enabling services at Sunderland City Council, explores how advancements in ...

Why housing plans must factor in multimodal transit systems

James Lancaster of the Urban Mobility Partnership reflects on the UK political party conference season and considers ...

How cities can take back control of their mobility dataSponsored by Meep

Guillermo Campoamor, founder and CEO of Meep, highlights the need for cities and local authorities to maintain control ...

Why we need citywide shared transport frameworks

Ulez expansion is a significant step, but a standardised framework for e-bike parking and riding is also required to ...

Five principles for sustainable mobilitySponsored by Accenture

When it comes to discussing urban mobility, Accenture’s Steve Zoegall observes how a systems mindset has taken root ...

Watch: Cloudera and IBM Storage discuss how cities can unlock the true value of their dataSponsored by Cloudera & IBM

SCW talks to Cloudera and IBM Storage on the power of big data and machine learning

The future of smart city technologySponsored by Huawei

Imagination and vision is required to enable successful digital transformation in our cities, writes Huawei’s Nadim A...

Without smart transport networks, smart cities’ potential will not be realisedSponsored by Huawei

Cities need to implement intelligent road management solutions in order to support citizens and businesses, writes Hong-...

Cities prepare for the electrification of transport in an ever-changing world

E-mobility is set to transform all aspects of transportation across the next decade as the technology becomes ...

How smart cities can leverage open innovation to accelerate digital transformation

Is the IoT a trojan horse for smart cities?

Last month, the City of Atlanta faced one of the most significant cyber-attacks mounted against a major city anywhere ...

What is actually smart about cities right now?

Megan Goodwin, Interactive Rights Management digital innovation agency, looks at four key obstacles that need to be ...

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SmartCitiesWorld City Profile 2024 – City of Madrid

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AI in Utilities Management for Cities Trend Report 2024

Trend Series

Discover how AI is transforming utilities with improved efficiency, reliability, and sustainability, enhancing operations and customer service.

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Panel discussion: Harnessing the power of AI for smarter utilities

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Urban Exchange Podcast Episode 23 - Identifying urban solutions at the intersection of climate, health, and equity

Urban Exchange Podcast

Tune into the latest Urban Exchange podcast, where guests from the city of Buenos Aires City Government and Yale University discuss the links between climate, health and inequity.

Latest Urban Exchange Podcast

Urban Exchange Podcast Episode 23 - Identifying urban solutions at the intersection of climate, health, and equity

Urban Exchange Podcast

Tune into the latest Urban Exchange podcast, where guests from the city of Buenos Aires City Government and Yale University discuss the links between climate, health and inequity.

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AI drone-in-a-box solution launched for emergency response

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Lancashire County Council deploys AI to improve bus network

Snapper boosts public transit efficiency using position data

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Special Reports

Green, active and integrated: mobility in focus at Cities Climate Action Summit

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

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

Using the fourth space to help cities cope with Covid-19

Using the fourth space to help cities cope with Covid-19

City Profiles

Smart Cities Reports

SmartCitiesWorld City Profile 2024 – City of Madrid

Discover how the city of Madrid is innovating to become a smarter, more sustainable city that’s able to deliver improved services to residents and visitors alike.

Smart Cities Reports

SmartCitiesWorld City Profile 2024 – San Diego

Delve into the latest City Profile from SmartCitiesWorld, focusing on how the City of San Diego is innovating through policy and technology to best serve its communities.

Smart Cities Reports

SmartCitiesWorld City Profile – Dallas

Discover how the City of Dallas is pushing ahead with its smart city efforts with the latest new-look City Profile from SmartCitiesWorld.

Research

White Paper: The Urban Edge - unlocking smart city potential through kerb revolution

White Paper: The Urban Edge - unlocking smart city potential through kerb revolution

This White Paper explores how transforming the humble kerb can enhance urban efficiency, sustainability, and livability. ’The Urban Edge’ serves as a practical guide for city planners, policymakers, and innovators, offering actionable strategies to turn static kerbs into adaptable, multifunctional zones.

Trend Report: The Future of Transport & Road Safety in Smart Cities

Trend Report: The Future of Transport & Road Safety in Smart Cities

Smart mobility is undergoing a once-in-a-generation shift. Explore the emerging trends in road safety, urban mobility, and road transport.

Insight Report: Distributed Acoustic Sensors and the Smart Cities of the Future

Insight Report: Distributed Acoustic Sensors and the Smart Cities of the Future

How cities can convert the fibre that lies beneath into a platform for a range of smart city applications