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Hamburg modernises police and fire operations

Analytics15 Nov 2023

The German city is deploying dispatch and data analytics technology from Hexagon to improve emergency response operations as part of a modernisation programme.

BP invests €7.5m in Berlin EV charging service provider

Electric vehicles28 Jun 2023

Service4Charger offers e-mobility solutions and full-service implementation, including the planning, installation and operation of charging infrastructure.

Six European cities awarded €7m for data-driven projects

Climate action27 Apr 2023

Funding from the ICLEI Action Fund and Google.org will help to boost projects aimed at improving the environment, reducing GHG and climate change adaptation.

Startup uses “internet of cameras” to create smart cities

Data management & software13 Apr 2023

Natix Network is a blockchain-based and crowdsourced camera network that can be used to create real-time maps of cities using contributions from citizens.

Bosch and Apcoa provide automated valet parking in Germany

Road travel01 Feb 2023

After approval for commercial use in Stuttgart airport, the companies will install the technology in a further 15 parking garages in cities across the country.

Bangkok to deploy AI-based traffic prediction technology

AI and Machine Learning13 Dec 2022

BlueSignal is collaborating with the Thai government to deploy AI-based CCTV traffic prediction technology for congested roads in and around the city.

Asus IoT and Media Broadcast partner for smart city solutions

4G and 5G02 Dec 2022

The global artificial intelligence of things specialist and Germany’s largest full-service provider will implement smart city applications across the country.

Hamburg aims to reduce building energy usage by 30 per cent

Municipal buildings31 Oct 2022

German city will hydraulically balance radiators and install smart thermostats in a large proportion of its public building stock to decrease consumption this winter.

Utah Inland Port: overhauling logistics networks and piloting new tech

Special Reports02 Sep 2022

Jack Hedge, President of the Utah Inland Port Authority, explains how the dry port has the potential to provide long-term sustainable solutions to the logistics supply chain.

German micromobility provider expands into further European cities

Micromobility09 Mar 2022

Dance is expanding services into Hamburg, Munich, Vienna, and Paris as well as in its home city of Berlin and is also launching an enterprise product to enable employers to offer an e-ride subscription as an employee benefit.

Hamburg Port Authority adopts data-based approach to truck management

Logistics22 Dec 2021

Using Here’s Corridor Travel Time-as-a-Service solution, the HPA can better monitor the traffic situation on relevant road corridors and manage the flow of traffic.

Siemens and Deutsche Bahn showcase automatic train

Rail Travel14 Oct 2021

The driver remains on the train to supervise the journey with passengers on board but shunting, such as turning the train around, is done without on-board personnel.

Parking operator and micromobility company expand urban hubs network

News13 Oct 2021

Apcoa parking garages will be used as charging locations for Tier Mobility’s fleet of e-scooters in Düsseldorf with Berlin, Cologne and Hamburg set to follow by the end of the 2021.

Sixt expands mobility offering in German cities to include e-mopeds

News24 Aug 2021

In addition to thousands of Tier e-scooters, users of the Sixt share app in Berlin, Cologne, Hamburg, and Munich can access the brand’s 3,500 e-mopeds as the next logical step for its integrated mobility platform.

Digital twin developed to test hydrogen use in aerospace in Hamburg

News08 Jul 2021

The German city is one of the three largest aviation clusters in the world and last year developed a clear vision of becoming a major hydrogen metropolis.

Hamburg schools chosen for renewable energy pilot through AcceliGOV challenge

News17 Jun 2021

Green electricity start-up Bioo will provide education kits to 10 high schools in the German city to educate students on its technology, which generates electricity from soil and plants.

Companies commit to 100MW hydrogen project in Hamburg

News25 Jan 2021

Shell, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Vattenfall and Wärme Hamburg aim to convert the Moorburg coal-fired power plant to jointly produce hydrogen from wind and solar power for use locally.

No city is fully prepared for the disruption of AI

News27 Sep 2019

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.

Where does micro-mobility have most potential?

News09 Sep 2019

The high proportion of short-distance trips – independent of a city’s density or public transit network – highlights the universal potential for shared scooters and bikes in a new report.

Helsinki top for work-life balance

News07 Aug 2019

A study has compared data on livability, work intensity, institutional support and legislation to rank cities based on their success in promoting work-life balance to citizens.

France top for sustainable parking policy

News25 Mar 2019

A report from the European Cyclists’ Federation finds it is the only country that has introduced maximum norms for car parking at a national level.

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