In this edition, we focus on Bristol, a city that gave the likes of explorer John Cabot, engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel, and movie star Cary Grant, their big breaks
Charging infrastructure development must catch up if the UK’s smart transport system and carbon reduction ambitions are to be realised, says Thomas Newby, chief operating officer of Tonik Energy.
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.
Report data covers the first year of the city’s clean air zone and sets out how 88 per cent of journeys into the zone are now made in compliant vehicles.
Micromobility provider Tier Mobility is adding 500 shared Westbike electric bikes to the UK city’s micromobility fleet with Westcargo bikes to follow shortly.
Tier will deploy 2,000 e-scooters initially, with the number increasing to 4,000 with shared e-bikes and cargo e-bikes joining the micromobility fleet later.
A partnership between Network Rail and Connected Places Catapult will see Bristol Temple Meads become the country’s first station innovation zone, trialling technologies designed to upgrade passenger experience.
The roll-out will enable Optibus’ operating companies to improve the service and operational efficiency of buses across Glasgow, Bristol, Essex, Yorkshire, and Cornwall.
The projects are backed by almost than £56m of government funding and will combine to help around 29,000 homes and businesses see lower carbon emissions and energy bills.
C40 is inviting creative multidisciplinary teams – including architects, developers, community groups and more – to compete to design and develop climate-friendly urban projects.
The city council has awarded a contract to UK traffic safety and enforcement system provider Sea to detect vehicles that don’t meet the zone’s emission standards when it launches in September.
The UK city has chosen key partners for its Bristol City Leap decarbonisation project, which is designed to deliver lower energy costs, cleaner air, improved energy infrastructure as well as help boost the local economy.
Heat networks have been identified by the UK government as a key technology and its Heat and Buildings Strategy placed particular emphasis on the use of heat pumps.
The technology deploys hundreds of lightweight, driverless, zero emission electric pods to collect passengers from anywhere in a city using ground-level tracks or existing road networks.
Peer-to-peer car-sharing platform Karshare’s keyless technology means all cars are instantly available via an app so there is no need to arrange a time and date to collect keys from the owner.
Initial analysis by the new UK Cities Climate Investment Commission suggests that meeting net zero in London and the major cities could bring up to £330bn of investment into the country.
Moovit’s mobility app will show users where Voi e-scooters and e-bikes are available nearby in 16 UK cities, including Northampton, Birmingham, Cambridge, Liverpool and Bristol.
The high ratio of green spaces per 10,000 of the population, and availability of electric vehicle charging stations contributed to London’s leading position.
The feature is live on the company’s personalised information service and will soon be made available to transport operators, local authorities, and event organisers and venues.
CDP has named 88 global cities that are working to become resilient, healthy, and prosperous places to live and work while cutting emissions and rapidly building resilience against the climate crisis.
During the trial, operator Voi will hold weekly safety pop-up events where ambassadors will be on hand to answer any questions about how to use the scooters safely.
The research, carried out by Honda, was based on a range of factors including household recycling, domestic CO2 emissions and household eco measures, combined with survey responses.
Charging infrastructure development must catch up if the UK’s smart transport system and carbon reduction ambitions are to be realised, says Thomas Newby, chief operating officer of Tonik Energy.
A total of 28 cities and projects have been chosen across seven categories for the World Smart City Awards 2019 and winners will be announced on 20 November.
The festival, which takes place 4-10 November, has crowdsourced events from across the city and will also feature a showcase to highlight emerging technologies.
Simply asking people what they want through consultations, surveys and focus groups isn’t enough – cities have to reach a much broader range of people and move towards true ‘co-creation’.
In this edition, we focus on Bristol, a city that gave the likes of explorer John Cabot, engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel, and movie star Cary Grant, their big breaks
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