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SmartCitiesWorld City Profile – Bristol

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

The role of smart energy in the UK’s green transport system

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.

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Bristol reports 10 per cent improvement in air quality

Bristol prepares to launch clean air zone

London and Edinburgh top smart city ‘leaderboard’

Bristol expands micromobility fleet with 500 e-bikes

Silver Spring expands IoT in Stockholm

London ranked UK's greenest city

UK station to be a testbed for passenger tech and innovation

Bristol micromobility programme enters new phase with Tier

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Bristol is a city and county in South West England, with a population of 449,300 in 2016. Bristol is one of the eight largest regional English cities that make up the Core Cities Group, and is ranked as a gamma world city by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network - the fourth highest ranked English city. In 2014, Bristol’s gross domestic product was £30.502 billion.

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SmartCitiesWorld City Profile – Bristol

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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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Manchester launches People’s Panel for AI

The panel aims to provide residents with access to education and training on AI, enabling local communities to influence the development of AI initiatives.

What is ‘Smart City’ and why do we need them?

Smart city is the framework based on Information and Communication technologies that enable the development of sustainable practices to address the urbanisation challenges. Leveraging the technology is one of the foremost pillars of ‘smart cities’ in order to increase efficiencies and improve the quality of resident’s life and the city’s services.

UK train station harvests kinetic energy from commuters’ footsteps

The project at Leighton Buzzard station aims to show how untapped footfall energy at transport hubs represents a real opportunity to provide sustainable energy sources.

SmartCitiesWorld to host second Cities Climate Action Summit

The in-person (London) and online event takes place 26-27 June and will convene city leaders, climate experts and organisations from around the world.

Riyadh to deploy smart pole infrastructure pilot

The project follows an agreement between Apollo International and Riyadh-based House of Invention to deploy smart poles and infrastructure across the Kingdom.

SmartCitiesWorld Newsletters (Daily/Weekly)

Our editorial newsletter pulls together our latest news items into one email, direct to your inbox. We also feature our latest city interviews, Special Reports and Guest Opinions.