The Scottish capital has used digital tools to improve infrastructure and services and now wants to further boost digital inclusion and sustainability.
Displays offer live departure information and will soon offer details of diverted routes and disruptions for multiple operators, including train and air travel.
Draft plan for the environmentally friendly, coastal development in Seafield aims to help address the housing emergency that exists in the Scottish capital.
The car club chargers and electric vehicles provide opportunities for residents to try out and use electric vehicles without needing to own their own vehicle.
At the heart of the partnership is a commitment to advance research that helps deliver a just energy transition, with a particular emphasis on hydrogen.
As well as provide greener and more convenient ways to get around, these examples show how active travel is helping to improve quality of life in cities.
The biannual Walking and Cycling Index draws on independent survey feedback from a cross-section of more than 1,200 residents in the capital, surveyed in 2023.
Edinburgh’s smart city projects have already tackled issues such as digital inclusion and air quality and helped the council deliver services more effectively.
Fifty cities were analysed across a variety of metrics, including their sustainability ranking, pollution score, air quality and number of B corporations.
Despite being a greener alternative, train travel remains second choice for most European passengers with air often outcompeting rail in three critical areas.
It is using Veovo’s Intelligent Airport platform to improve collaboration with aviation partners, optimise use of fixed assets and increase revenue opportunities.
The analysis is compiled from seven criteria, including AI-related job ads, the number of AI companies located in the city, and the number of tech meet-ups.
Buses will travel up to 50mph on the 14-mile route that crosses the Forth Road Bridge and is made up of A-roads, motorways, bus lanes and private land.
As part of the plan, it is seeking to unlock access to funding as well as work with a commercial charge point operating partner with whom it will share profits.
It will provide a key link in Edinburgh’s active travel network with a cycle path as well as incorporate green community spaces promoting biodiversity and play.
HubCap will prioritise the re-use of buildings and will focus on emerging models like aparthotels and co-living, with sites acquired in Edinburgh and London.
The initiative supports delivery of the council’s climate change targets and seeks to provide learning to inform the wider approach to participatory budgeting.
The City Operations Centre aims to position the Scottish capital as a leader in the UK for smart security and surveillance as well as integrate other data sources.
Co-developed by City of Edinburgh Council and Novoville, the app has helped coordinate repairs of 5,000 shared properties in the city with a future version expanded to make energy-efficiency upgrades more accessible.
Intelligent sensor data will be used to develop and drive improvements for better waste management, transmitted using North’s IoT Scotland network, allowing the city council to improve services.
Switched on Towns and Cities funding aims to transform Edinburgh’s provision of charge points at key park and ride sites and through 72 new on-street charging bays across the city.
The project is led by the City of Edinburgh Council with support from construction and academic partners and is part of the council’s ambitions to deliver 20,000 affordable homes by 2027.
Since the end of 2018, the Scottish capital has upgraded more than 55,000 lanterns with energy-efficient LED lights, which it is estimated will generate savings of £54m over 20 years.
The 11 per cent drop in greenhouse gas emissions in the past financial year supports the Scottish capital council’s ambition of becoming a net-zero organisation by 2030.
As part of the agreement, consulting firm CGI will deploy its SensorInsights360 real-time data platform to improve operational efficiencies while monitoring and managing critical services.
After becoming a signatory to the International Glasgow Food and Climate Declaration, the City of Edinburgh Council is putting food at the centre of its response to the climate emergency.
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.
Based on an approach used worldwide, the strategy aims to build a more sustainable place, improve public services, and build on the Scottish city’s strong sense of local community.
Researchers at the University of Glasgow said the experience provides key lessons for future data engagement, especially in the context of the Scottish Government’s digital strategy.
Draft plans include ensuring that all new council operational buildings are constructed to the highest energy criteria and electrifying all council car and van fleets.
The City Mobility Plan aims to create a better connected, net zero carbon transport system and a more inclusive capital that also champions the concept of the 20-minute neighbourhood.
A network of public drinking water top-up taps installed by Scottish Water across Scotland has saved the equivalent of 250,000 plastic bottles and is being expanded to 70 more locations.
The UK city won top place in the national Digital Leaders 100 Awards and was recognised for prioritising digital transformation for the wider benefit and creating opportunities for communities and businesses alike.
The strategy, which has been unanimously approved, sets out principles for how the council’s future technology services should be designed, sourced and delivered.
The Scottish capital will further work with provider CGI to put in place a programme of digital transformation which includes a range of smart city applications.
The scheme follows an initial pilot at six primary schools with a reported 69 per cent fewer vehicles identified outside those schools during the morning drop-off and afternoon pick-up.
The first phase of Project Cygnus will deploy €1m in EIT Climate-KIC funding to analyse current economic and environmental investment trends to support regions and countries in their recovery.
Saughton Park in the Scottish capital city is using micro-hydro technology on the Water of Leith, generating electricity for all the park’s needs, including running two ground source heat pump systems.
The city council wants to explore what it means to be a thriving green city and ensure outdoor spaces deliver benefits in areas such as health, active travel, biodiversity and social cohesion.
The public can use the Commonplace platform to share suggestions for creating safer spaces for walking, cycling and wheeling as the current lockdown restrictions begin to be lifted.
The Scottish capital’s city council said it has been working closely with Transport Scotland and Sustrans to develop an approach to re-designating road space.
The project will involve developing a demonstrator that will create a virtual 3D environment that models Orkney and the different components in its energy system from electric vehicles to generators and turbines.
The commission has been established to connect stakeholders from the business, public and civil society sectors and will work to create opportunities for local climate action.
Tree-planting initiatives form part of the global effort to substantially reduce carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and counteract the effects of climate change.
Goals behind the transport plan include connecting citizens with new job and training opportunities, prioritising people over cars and revitalising the city centre and local areas.
The 10-year draft plan aims to respond to the city’s evolving demands as well as reinforce the Council’s ambition of making the Scottish capital carbon-neutral by 2030.
The cities of Bordeaux, Barcelona, Debrecen, Edinburgh, Eindhoven, Florence, Ghent, Helsinki, Manchester, Rijeka and Zaragoza collaborated on the guidelines.
Five autonomous single-deck vehicles will run between Fife and Edinburgh across the Forth Road Bridge in 2020, carrying up to 10,000 passengers a week.
Boston Networks claims that by the end of November, over 30 per cent of businesses, six local authorities and almost 1.4 million people will have access to affordable IoT connectivity across Scotland.
Amey has commissioned Clearview Intelligence to install Scotland’s first wrong-way slip detection on roads in Philpstoun, Wallyford, Tranent and Lasswade.
Bus company Lothian is introducing the country’s first contactless and fare-capped public transport system in Edinburgh as part of a partnership with Flowbird Transport Intelligence.
Global mobility expert ECA International evaluated cities on a range of factors such as infrastructure, air quality and personal safety for its annual liveability rankings
