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

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.

Urban Exchange Podcast Episode 22 - Digital solutions shaping the urban landscape

This episode of Urban Exchange takes us inside the world of digital financial innovation and how it supports urban resilience, with experts from Cape Town and StateUp.

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The built environment’s Scope 3 emissions conundrum

Without serious consideration for Scope 3 emissions, we will be unable to reach global net zero goals and improve the quality of life of building occupants, says Mahesh Ramanujam, CEO of Global Network for Zero.

Cities Climate Action Summit 2024 – meet the exhibitor: Latitudo 40

Latitudo 40 sits at the convergence of satellite imagery analysis and AI and will demonstrate the vital role satellite data has to play in helping cities tackle the challenges of climate change.

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Latest Urban Exchange Podcast

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

Urban Exchange Podcast

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

How to design safe and bikeable streets

Micromobility13 Jan 2025

The Urban Bikeway Design Guide includes detailed policy, planning, and project guidance to ensure connected bikeable streets become standard practice in the US.

TRC teams with Carahsoft to deliver on-demand transit solutions

TRC teams with Carahsoft to deliver on-demand transit solutions

Mobility-as-a-Service13 Jan 2025

The Routing Company said the partnership means the public sector can access its advanced transit solutions without the complexities of traditional procurement.

Bristol to install 40 cycle hangars across the city

Bristol to install 40 cycle hangars across the city

Micromobility13 Jan 2025

The cycle hangars project has been made possible through funding secured by the West of England Mayoral Combined Authority from Active Travel England.

Glasgow expands cycle storage scheme with Cyclehoop

Glasgow expands cycle storage scheme with Cyclehoop

Micromobility06 Jan 2025

Convenient, secure on-street cycle storage is a vital element of the city’s plans to encourage people living in flats to see cycling as viable everyday option.

SmartCitiesWorld’s top news stories of 2024

SmartCitiesWorld’s top news stories of 2024

News30 Dec 2024

Which cities, trends and technologies made the smart cities headlines over the past 12 months? SmartCitiesWorld brings you its 10 top stories of 2024.

Glasgow pop-up transport hub boosts active travel rates

Glasgow pop-up transport hub boosts active travel rates

Transport hubs20 Dec 2024

Mobility hubs bring together a range of transport options and community services in one place, making it easier for people to travel without using private cars.

Forest and Bird announce e-bike service integration

Forest and Bird announce e-bike service integration

Micromobility12 Dec 2024

As North America’s largest micromobility operator, Bird’s global customer base will bring new users to Forest and its fleet of 15,000 e-bikes in London.

Edinburgh opens Roseburn to Union Canal active travel route

Edinburgh opens Roseburn to Union Canal active travel route

Micromobility11 Dec 2024

The £17m project has transformed public spaces along the route, creating a green corridor and spaces with enhanced walking, wheeling and cycling connections.

Venice chooses Sustainable Cities Challenge semi-finalists

Venice chooses Sustainable Cities Challenge semi-finalists

News10 Dec 2024

Toyota Mobility Foundation announces 10 innovators chosen for $3m Venice challenge to increase use of existing low/zero carbon transport modes in the city.

Biking feedback map helps evaluate cycling safety in cities

Biking feedback map helps evaluate cycling safety in cities

Citizen engagement09 Dec 2024

Love to Ride’s app captures data about everyday bike trips and translates it into a real-world picture of cycling habits, patterns, and preferences via the map.

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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.

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.

AI used to monitor and optimise Swedish road infrastructure

Computer vision and machine learning specialist, Univrses, will work with the Swedish Transport Administration to digitise and manage roadside infrastructure.

AI tools for city management launched at Bloomberg CityLab

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.

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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 ...

The top trends for micromobility in 2024

Manish Kharel, general manager for Lime, says 2024 must be the year micromobility infrastructure develops in line with ...

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 ...

Making active travel the first and easiest transport choice

Matt Winfield, chief operating officer at Sustrans, talks about how he wants walking, wheeling and cycling to be front ...

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 ...

Six predictions for smart city transport and mobility

As smart city innovation accelerates, Cubic Transportation Systems’ Galen Chui explores how developments in transport ...

How smarter junctions contribute to safe and efficient travelSponsored by ST Engineering

ST Engineering’s Yeo Khiaw Ming explains why cities must explore the use of advanced technologies that enable more ...

How micromobility is boosting local economies

Cormac Quinn of Neuron Mobility explains how shared e-scooters are providing financial benefits to cities in turbulent ...

Why UK leaders must double-down on active travel promises

Xavier Brice, CEO of walking, wheeling and cycling charity, Sustrans, says the drive to net zero, cost-of-living crisis ...

Helsinki’s journey to becoming a 15-minute city

Anni Sinnemäki, Helsinki’s deputy mayor for the urban environment, provides expert insight into the Finnish city’s ...

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-...

A hydrogen-fuelled city – a practical reality for the UK or a pipe dream?

Hydrogen’s flexibility can unlock new use cases for smart cities.

City of Ottawa: Driving the future of mobility and smart citiesSponsored by Accenture

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

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

Podcast: in conversation with Xavier Brice, CEO, Sustrans

Podcast: in conversation with Xavier Brice, CEO, Sustrans

City of Ottawa: Driving the future of mobility and smart cities

City of Ottawa: Driving the future of mobility and smart citiesSponsored by Accenture

City Profiles

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SmartCitiesWorld City Profile 2024 – City of Madrid

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SmartCitiesWorld City Profile – San Diego

Delve into this City Profile which focuses on how the City of San Diego is innovating through policy and technology to best serve its communities. Find out how it splits the city’s challenges and matches them to solutions that demonstrate exactly how technology, policy and investment come together to overcome both every-day and long-term issues.

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

Cities Climate Action Summit 2024: lessons and takeaways

Cities Climate Action Summit 2024: lessons and takeaways

With Cities Climate Action Summit 2024 at a close, look back at some of the key actions and considerations for cities including actionable insights to accelerate climate action, emphasising the development of policies, the deployment of cutting edge technologies and the methods of financing projects in climate action across energy, mobility and the built environment.

White Paper: A blueprint for using AI to create smarter cities

White Paper: A blueprint for using AI to create smarter cities

This white paper maps the end-to-end journey from data discovery to implementing complex AI models that can provide customised insight. It puts forward a blueprint for cities to use artificial intelligence to become smarter and more liveable by taking an outcomes-focused approach.

White Paper: Building truly sustainable cities

White Paper: Building truly sustainable cities

This white paper covers how connected systems can help cities build sustainability and wellbeing into their indoor and outdoor spaces. We look at the scale of the decarbonisation challenge faced by cities, how cities can use connected technologies to create greener buildings and the vital role of retrofitting. We includes detailed analysis of the energy and cost-savings that energy efficiency programmes can bring in cities.

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