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A clean and efficient future: energy in focus at Cities Climate Action Summit 2024

Discover how this year’s Cities Climate Action Summit puts the spotlight on the switch to clean and renewable energy, and the importance of energy-efficiency.

SusHi Tech Tokyo 2024: experience ‘Tokyo 2050’ todaySponsored by The SusHi Tech Tokyo 2024 Showcase Program Executive Committee

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SmartCitiesWorld City Profile 2024 – City of Madrid

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SmartCitiesWorld City Profile –Shenzhen

SmartCitiesWorld City Profiles explore the city of Shenzhen, designated as China’s first special economic zone and a role model of urban modernisation. Find out more about Shenzhen’s smart city strategy in this 16-page report.

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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

The latest 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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SmartCitiesWorld City Profile –Shenzhen

Smart Cities Reports10 Oct 2022

SmartCitiesWorld City Profile – Las Vegas

Smart Cities Reports29 Nov 2021

SmartCitiesWorld City Profiles explore the city of Las Vegas with its unprecedented growth, urban development, and leaps of imagination.

SmartCitiesWorld City Profile – Seattle

Smart Cities Reports25 Aug 2021

We explore Seattle’s journey to becoming a data-driven city and how it plans to continue to develop its smart city strengths

SmartCitiesWorld City Profile – London

Smart Cities Reports19 Mar 2021

The long term-impact of the UK’s decision to leave the European Union and the country’s poor performance in the Covid-19 pandemic, are among the complex set of challenges it faces if London is to remain one of the world’s most influential and enviable cities.

How IoT can enable sustainable choices in citiesSponsored by Thinkz

Special Reports14 Nov 2022

Moshe Gazit from Thinkz explains how IoT data in the hands of citizens can promote more sustainable choices, and introduces a new clean air routing tool that will be free-to-use in cities following its launch into Europe.

Urban Exchange Podcast Episode 7 - Part 2: Monica Barone, CEO, City of Sydney

Urban Exchange Podcast19 Oct 2022

Preview: In part two of our conversation with Monica Barone, CEO of the City of Sydney, we discover the changing nature of city relationships with citizens, how that can shape resilience and climate action, and lead to more equitable and inclusive communities.

Urban Exchange Podcast Episode 7 - Part 1: Monica Barone, CEO, City of Sydney

Urban Exchange Podcast27 Sep 2022

Preview: The part one of the latest episode of the Urban Exchange sees Monica Barone, CEO of the City of Sydney, in conversation with Jeff Risom to understand how the nature of resilience is changing, and how Monica and the city are adapting.

Urban Exchange Podcast Episode 6: Daniel Quintero, Mayor of Medellin

Urban Exchange Podcast16 Jun 2022

Preview: The latest episode of the Urban Exchange brings together Mayor of Medellín Daniel Quintero with Leading Cities’ Mike Lake to discuss the advance of urban resilience in Colombia’s second-largest city.

Urban Exchange Episode 5: Andy Foster, Mayor of Wellington

Urban Exchange Podcast08 Apr 2022

Preview: Lauren Sorkin, executive director at Resilient Cities Network, will be joined by Mayor of Wellington, Andy Foster, to focus on the overarching frame of Mayor Andy Foster’s leadership on digital resilience with highlights on Wellington’s award-winning Digital Twin initiative and working with start-ups and digital businesses.

Watch: The journey to decarbonisation for the energy sector

Special Reports21 Jan 2022

Dr Hu Hao, Chief Representative of Energy Transition (Carbon Neutrality), Global Energy Business Unit of Huawei Enterprise BG, explains how countries are preparing for a zero-carbon energy future and the details the solutions that could help them achieve their objectives.

Watch: Distributed acoustic sensing: the future of urban asset monitoringSponsored by Fotech

Special Reports15 Dec 2021

SmartCitiesWorld’s latest video interview, produced in partnership with Fotech, sees editor Luke Antoniou in conversation with Fotech’s Syed Aziz to discuss the impact of distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) technology on greenfield cities in the MENA region.

Urban Exchange Episode 4: Francis Suarez, Mayor of Miami

Urban Exchange Podcast11 Nov 2021

Cities on the  Frontlines: LIVE from cop26 advancing net-zero and resilience

Preview: Lauren Sorkin, executive director at Resilient Cities Network, will be joined by Mayor of Miami, Francis Suarez, for reflections live from Cop26 and a discussion around advancing urban resilience.

Podcast: Enhancing city operations through 5G, AI and data management

Special Reports01 Nov 2021

In the latest SmartCitiesWorld podcast, sponsored by Cloudera and IBM Storage, senior editor Luke Antoniou hosts Anthony Behan, managing director for communications, media and entertainment at Cloudera, to talk 5G, data, connectivity, and what innovation in this space means for telcos and their customers in cities.

Urban Exchange Episode 3: Glasgow City Council Leader Susan Aitken

Urban Exchange Podcast20 Oct 2021

Cities on the  Frontlines: Urban Design for a Sustainable Future

Preview: Jeff Risom, Chief Innovation Officer at Gehl, will be joined by Glasgow City Council Leader Susan Aitken for a deep dive on sustainability, holistic urban planning and more.

Urban Exchange Episode 2: Mayor Ahmed Aboutaleb, City of Rotterdam

Urban Exchange Podcast13 Oct 2021

Cities on the Frontlines: Advancing Urban Resilience for Climate Adaptation

Lauren Sorkin, Executive Director at the Resilient Cities Networks, catches up with the City of Rotterdam’s Mayor Ahmed Aboutaleb on citizen engagement, climate change and much more.

Urban Exchange Episode 1: Mayor Sylvester Turner, City of Houston

Urban Exchange Podcast07 Oct 2021

Cities on the Frontlines: Resilient Infrastructure

The first episode of the Urban Exchange podcast sees Mayor Turner of Houston, the Chair of the Resilient Cities Network Board of Directors, in conversation with Paul Wilson, Chair of the SmartCitiesWorld Advisory Board. Together, they discuss Houston’s definition of resilience, Houston’s plans to build resilience, and why Houston’s status as an energy city places specific emphasis on its climate action plans.

Watch: Maximising asset value Sponsored by Cloudera & IBM

Special Reports29 Sep 2021

Cindy Maike, VP industry solutions and value management at Cloudera, talks to Luke Antoniou about realising the benefits of intelligent connected assets.

Podcast: How remote diagnostics and predictive maintenance can deliver major cost-savings for city fleet managers

Special Reports15 Sep 2021

In the latest SmartCitiesWorld podcast, Luke Antoniou speaks to Cloudera’s Cindy Maike about these empowering technologies

Californian city partners for drone delivery testing

News09 Jul 2021

The City of Ontario has partnered with Airspace Link to enable testing of the safe integration of drones into its airspace as well as stay ahead of smart city developments.

Companies join forces to improve safety for micromobility users

News09 Jul 2021

Swarco and Lime are combining their expertise in a pilot project to reduce the traffic crash risk of e-scooter and e-bike users at traffic light-controlled intersections.

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.

Computer vision e-scooter technology to be trialled in UK city

News08 Jul 2021

Micromobility specialists Voi and Luna are working together on the pilot programme that uses AI technology to detect when an e-scooter leaves the road and rides on a pavement.

Vancouver approves plans to increase electric vehicle charging options

News07 Jul 2021

The decision supports the city’s Climate Emergency Action Plan goal that by 2030 half of all kilometres driven on the city’s roads will be by zero emissions vehicles.

New partnership to bring autonomous delivery to US college campuses

News07 Jul 2021

Grubhub and Yandex Self-Driving Group will be rolling out delivery of food by autonomous robots at select campuses in the US later this autumn.

Bloomberg partners with selected cities to build back better

News06 Jul 2021

Three-year grants will fund innovation teams, or “i-teams,” to help mayors leverage data and digital technologies to enhance public services and create new value for communities.

Austrian postal service electrifies its fleet

News06 Jul 2021

The postal group decided to convert the entire delivery fleet to e-drives or other alternative forms by 2030 with the aim of achieving CO2-free delivery for its last-mile delivery.

Philadelphia challenge to use AR to upgrade transit accessibility

News05 Jul 2021

Proposals for the Septa for All: Augmenting Transit with Augmented Reality challenge can address any segment of a transit journey from trip planning through to arriving at a destination.

Companies join forces to offer accessible on-demand mobility

News05 Jul 2021

With Bird and Scootaround, persons with disabilities will be able to find, reserve and pay for one of three accessible vehicle types using a custom rider interface available only in the Bird app.

Moovit and Voi boost micromobility options in UK cities

News02 Jul 2021

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.

Technology partnership brings the autonomous future a step closer

News02 Jul 2021

Technologies from AWS and Vodafone have been used to power the Aurriga driverless shuttle used in the first- and last-mile trial taking place in the UK city of Cambridge.

Companies join forces to offer haulers electrification-as-a-service

News01 Jul 2021

Smart waste solution specialist Rubicon has announced an agreement to bring XL Fleet’s electrification offerings to its network of waste and recycling hauler partners.

Routing software helps London’s e-scooter riders navigate the city

News01 Jul 2021

Tier e-scooter riders type the destination into their smartphones and Beeline’s routing algorithm will offer a variety of journey options, based on the type of ride they want to take.

Electric buses begin operating in Copenhagen region

News30 Jun 2021

Expected to save more than 4,500 tonnes of CO2 emissions per year, the electric buses will serve five towns on Zealand, which has 2.5 million inhabitants, as well as the island of Falster.

Polish municipality rolls out smart e-bike shared service

News29 Jun 2021

Rzeszów will host a pilot programme run by Blinkee, which will deploy Vaimoo’s latest generation of connected e-bikes that can be integrated with a micromobility management system.

Utah DOT expands smart mobility initiatives

News28 Jun 2021

Iteris will extend UDOT’s use of its freeway transportation performance measures solution, which provides real-time vehicle speed, volume and classification data and historical analysis.

City of Akron launches mobile parking app

News28 Jun 2021

Flowbird’s app features a map-based user interface, integrated with Waze and other navigation systems to guide users to their preferred parking location.

Sustainable electric bike fleet to launch in London

News28 Jun 2021

HumanForest uses an advertising revenue model which means users will receive 10 minutes free every day and will then pay £0.15 per minute for usage during the rest of the day.

Dashcams and big data used to identify issues on US roadways

News25 Jun 2021

Blyncsy will use the billions of images collected by Nexar’s dashcams to identify issues on US roadways and report them to the state and local governments that maintain them.

London introduces hydrogen-powered double decker buses

News25 Jun 2021

The 20 new buses join a core fleet of more than 500 electric buses in the UK capital and mark another step towards making the bus fleet zero-emission and cleaning up London’s toxic air.

Bird launches shared e-bike and smart bikeshare platform

News24 Jun 2021

The micromobility company will partner with cities in North America and some European countries that do not have, or are looking to supplement, an existing bike or scooter-sharing network.

Helsinki urban tech incubator teams with local universities

News23 Jun 2021

This marks the first time that Helsinki and its three universities will engage in incubator-related cross-organisational cooperation with the aim of drawing new experts and businesses to its metropolitan area.

Greater Manchester chooses Beryl Bikes for cycle hire scheme

News23 Jun 2021

The micromobility scheme is part of wider plans from mayor Andy Burnham to develop Greater Manchester’s Bee Network, an affordable, integrated and accessible transport network.

Ivorian transport start-up partners to expand into West Africa

News22 Jun 2021

Moja Ride is an application that allows commuters in Abidjan to book and pay for their rides digitally, while also enabling transport operators to manage fleet, routes and payment.

Transport accessibility app pilot underway in Scottish Highlands

News21 Jun 2021

The Go-HI app allows users to plan, book and pay for an end-to-end, multimodal journey in a single transaction using their smartphone or desktop devices.

UK's first accredited mobility hub launches in London

News21 Jun 2021

The mobility hub in South Woodford, London Borough of Redbridge, reclaims an on-street car parking space with a design aimed at connecting the area and helping the environment.

Smart Columbus will continue as innovation lab following challenge completion

News18 Jun 2021

Five of the eight grant-funded projects will be sustained by the City past the term of the grant, making new mobility tools available to travellers as mobility behaviours rebound post-pandemic.

Seattle pilots sustainable last-mile neighbourhood delivery hub

News18 Jun 2021

Using zero operating emissions technologies, the Seattle Neighbourhood Delivery Hub allows last-mile solutions providers to more quickly and efficiently test new vehicles and models.

West Midlands to deploy 5G-connected road sensor network

News18 Jun 2021

The network will relay live traffic information to the regional control centre to enable swift action to be taken as queues build up while data gathered will help plan future transport development.

Milla Group selects LeddarTech lidar for autonomous electric shuttle

News17 Jun 2021

The Pod will operate fully autonomously without a safety driver at a forthcoming mobility event and will be supervised by a monitoring engineer who can intervene if needed.

UK hospital trusts pilot sustainable riverboat delivery service in London

News17 Jun 2021

Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust has teamed up with Ceva Logistics, Absolutely and Livett’s Group in the proof-of-concept pilot that aims to help remove trucks from the capital’s roads.

Poland expands electric vehicle charging network

Road travel16 Jun 2021

Electric mobility companies Ekoen and Ekoenergetyka-Polska won the contract to install charging stations at 10 locations on highways and expressways throughout the country.

Nevada uses AI tech to reduce crashes and speeding on roads

News15 Jun 2021

Waycare’s predictive AI showed an 18 per cent reduction in primary crashes and a 43 per cent reduction in the percentage of speeding drivers along key corridors.

Autonomous aerial vehicles used for Covid-19 relief in Guangdong

News15 Jun 2021

EHang’s vehicles and technology have helped to establish aerial emergency channels across the Pearl River to support efforts to tackle the coronavirus in the Chinese province.

$1.6m awarded to Louisiana SmartPort initiative

News14 Jun 2021

Through the development of a decision-support tool to forecast shoaling at port facilities along the Mississippi River, SmartPort will improve port operations and benefit a variety of stakeholders.

Birmingham hosts live autonomous driving trial

News14 Jun 2021

Oxbotica’s autonomy software will power a fleet of specially adapted Ford Mondeos to operate across a five-mile area of the city in varied traffic and weather conditions.

Port of Los Angeles demonstrates hydrogen-powered electric vehicles

News11 Jun 2021

Part of a large-scale, multi-year demonstration, the project is designed to advance the port’s Clean Air Action Plan goals and help California achieve statewide climate change.

Canberra judged most sustainable city in the world

News11 Jun 2021

The Australian capital offers 48 per cent of its energy in sustainable ways and scored among the lowest on pollution rates in the global ranking by Uswitch.

Moovit calls on its community to report crowding levels on public transport

News11 Jun 2021

The mobility-as-a-service solutions provider is enabling riders in 3,400 cities across 112 countries to help one another avoid the crowds as restrictions ease and public transport usage increases.

Premium e-bike bids to usher in new era of urban transportation

News10 Jun 2021

Described as a reimagined form of urban transport, Civilized claims its Model 1 e-bike is also a credible alternative to the second car or moped and can carry cargo.

Watch: How connected and autonomous vehicles can manage data Sponsored by Cloudera & IBM

Special Reports10 Jun 2021

CAVs need to embrace open ecosystems to manage the data lifecycle.

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