SmartCitiesWorld talks to Octavi de la Varga, secretary general of Metropolis, about how its digital platform is helping the global village battle against Covid-19.
In this edition, we focus on Dortmund in western Germany. With around 600,000 inhabitants, Dortmund is the eighth-largest city in Germany and the gateway to the Rhine-Ruhr region in the heart of Europe.
John Fitzgerald, Project Director, Linesight, explains why major reskilling, outreach work by government and the right messaging will be key to realising benefits.
The second annual Eurocities Pulse Mayors Survey collected results from 92 mayors in 28 European countries, unveiling major trends, challenges and priorities.
The GSMA’s 2024 Mobile Net Zero climate report spotlights regional leaders in cutting carbon emissions since 2019, led by a 50 per cent reduction in Europe.
The micromobility market has been characterised by rapid growth, high pace of merger and acquisitions, and many shutdowns of services during the past few years.
The all-electric AppliedEV vehicle, driven by Oxbotica, is operating in Oxford with no on-board driver, marking the next step in commercialising autonomous vehicle technology.
Voi has set an ambition to take one billion car trips off Europe’s roads by 2030 and expansion into new markets and solutions are integral to achieving this.
Making use of a database of 70 million parking spaces across 15,000 cities and 89 countries, the service seeks to address driver “pain points” surrounding public charging.
Partnership will fit out Bolt scooter users with two types of insurance already embedded in the rental fee: personal accident insurance; and rider general liability insurance.
The testbed is part of the 5G-Routes international effort to ensure cross-border automated mobility and has demonstrated its first use case with a teleoperated vehicle simulation.
Market research firm Berg Insight estimates the number of connected electric vehicle charging points in the two regions reached 1.6 million units in 2020.
The win was attributed to strong technology application, digital capability and pandemic performance and, for the first time in 14 years, more than half of the top 100 cities were from the US.
By signing the declaration, Glasgow will become a member of a network of more than 50 European cities, working to raise awareness of the benefits of the circular economy.
Electric mobility companies Ekoen and Ekoenergetyka-Polska won the contract to install charging stations at 10 locations on highways and expressways throughout the country.
The cities chosen are considered to have come up with the boldest urban innovations emerging from the pandemic with the challenge aiming to spread the most promising ideas.
The New Zealand city ranks top in the Economist Intelligence Unit’s Liveability index which explores the impact of the pandemic and assesses cities in five areas.
It will operate on Dublin City University campuses and aims to improve e-scooter safety and explore smart city use cases for computer vision-equipped micro-mobility vehicles.
The autonomous aerial vehicle technology platform company is partnering with architecture firm Giancarlo Zema Design Group to help extend its air mobility solutions in Europe.
It’s a strange time. Of course, it has been a strange time for well over a year but optimism surrounding vaccination rates in countries like Israel, the UK and Chile is being sharply tempered by fresh and sudden lockdowns in Europe, vaccine scepticism in some countries and a deadly and passive approach to the virus in Brazil.
The city’s Mobility and Environment Agency will use the mobility and kerb managment platform to ensure the post-Covid world is greener, fairer and more resilient for citizens.
FIWARE CEO Ulrich Ahle speaks to Graeme Neill about how the Smart Cities for Germany programme is helping the country’s poor track record on digitising services and how the battle for public opinion on open-source has been won.
Bilkollektivet will collaborate with the shared mobility specialist, Digital Mobility Solutions, to provide a “total package” for Norwegian municipalities less equipped for car-sharing.
The six-month pilot will provide contactless service via FrontDesk’s innovative technology and also aims to optimise efficiency, reduce employee stress, and result in safe service and satisfied customers.
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.
According to analysis from Frost & Sullivan, post-pandemic, investment in smart projects like smart grids, autonomous vehicles, smart lighting and e-governance will gain traction.
The partnership will see EIT InnoEnergy support Ono in the roll-out of its Pedal Assisted Transporter as well as connect Ono to its European partner ecosystem.
Esri UK is partnering with drone specialist Heliguy to offer customers drone hardware, pilot training and flying services along with its existing flight planning, data capture, data processing and GIS software services.
The French city was praised for its pioneering approach to climate management that includes a strong commitment to systemic change and an innovative participative approach to city governance.
The official trials started last month on public roads near Friedrichshafen, southern Germany, with a fleet of self-driving vehicles navigating a complex urban environment.
The programme is aimed at both existing urban professionals, as well as those with multi-disciplinary environmental backgrounds and will create professional pathways in urban climate change leadership.
The continued growth of skyscrapers and urban infrastructure means AVs are at risk of signal black-out in cities across the world, warns UK-based AV software specialist, Oxbotica.
Prepared by IESE Business School´s Centre for Globalisation and Strategy, the Cities in Motion Index 2020 analyses the level of development of 174 world cities.
The product aims to help solve the issue of charging for vehicle owners without access to off-street parking, currently a major barrier for electric vehicle uptake in urban areas.
Societies must be rebuilt in a way that safeguards our health and our economy and networks and knowledge sharing will be essential in building in robust structures to defend against future shocks.
The European Institute of Innovation and Technology aims to help finance projects that help tackle the coronavirus pandemic and support start-ups, scale-ups and SMEs for whom investment is drying up.
E-mobility is set to transform all aspects of transportation across the next decade as the technology becomes mainstream, writes Christopher Burghardt, Managing Director for Europe, ChargePoint.
Smart city technology is already showing how key it is to tackling the challenges brought by the Covid-19 pandemic and the sector as a whole will be central to rebuilding and recovery.
Nine cities make the shortlist for the European Green Capital and Green Leaf Awards, which recognise those cities that are making urban environments better and healthier places to live.
The consortium contends that we must prepare for a future in which we are largely dependent on consumers with their electric cars, home batteries and heat pumps to stabilise the grid reliably and sustainably.
The increase in traffic congestion, together with the rise in the number of road accidents, is expected to drive the growth of the ITS market between now and 2024.
84 per cent said they are open to sharing their personally identifiable information and 41 per cent would be comfortable with it being shared between government agencies in exchange for more personalised customer service.
The government says the projects could see over 250,000 people’s homes powered by local renewable sources by 2030 – which could lead to their energy bills reducing by as much as half.
The Bloomberg Philanthropies initiative aims to help the cities deliver "high impact" digital services and share lessons learned with the rest of the world.
The global market for smart city surveillance equipment was worth €6.5 billion in 2018 and is forecast to grow at a CAGR of 24.5 per cent to reach €19.5 billion by 2023.
A new ranking reveals that Singapore, London and New York are marginally better prepared but governments and private sector institutions around the world need to do more.
Everyone talks about 5G hype but Kevin Hasley RootMetrics & IHS Markit argues that the importance of 5G to connected communities and smart city success has been underplayed.
A report from IESE Business School examined the economic performance of bike-sharing initiatives across 13 cities in Europe as well as emerging potential challenges.
A Teaming Grant of €32 million will enable TalTech and Aalto Universities to build a global centre of excellence to advance a joint smart city environment.
In this edition, we focus on Dortmund in western Germany. With around 600,000 inhabitants, Dortmund is the eighth-largest city in Germany and the gateway to the Rhine-Ruhr region in the heart of Europe.
