Smart Cities News

USDOT publishes $1bn FY2025 SS4A winners

The US Department of Transportation has published the list of local authorities awarded nearly $1 billion in grants under the fiscal year 2025 Safe Streets and Roads for All [...]

Qatar to transform government with AI

Qatar has launched a national artificial intelligence company, Qai, as the Gulf state ramps up efforts to transition its energy-dependent economy into a high-tech regional hub. The move aims [...]

Spain: 89 million euros for smart cities

The Government of Spain has launched a programme to accelerate digitisation of cities and autonomous communities. The RedCyTI programme will provide a total of 89 million euros. The programme [...]

Poland expands smart agenda to villages

Poland is expanding its digital transformation agenda beyond urban hubs to include “smart villages,” the Ministry of Digital Affairs announced at the Smart City Expo Poland 2025, signalling a [...]

Dundee to build cybersecurity digital twin

Dundee City Council in the UK has joined the Abertay cyberQuarter research hub, marking a deepening of the city’s public-sector cybersecurity infrastructure. This will include the creation of a [...]

UCLA CivicTwin wins USDOT ARPA-I first round

UCLA Mobility Lab’s CivicTwin is one of the first round winners selected by the US Department of Transport’s ARPA-I Challenge. CivicTwin uses AI and generative video models to reconstruct [...]

Bahrain launches Open Data Policy 2.0

Bahrain’s Information & eGovernment Authority (iGA) has launched an updated Open Government Data Policy designed to streamline public access to state information and bring the kingdom’s digital framework in [...]

Sydney adopts Video-Based Tolling System

Transport for New South Wales (TfNSW) has awarded TransCore a contract to install its Infinity Digital Lane System with advanced video analytics for vehicle detection and identification at Sydney’s [...]

Saudi Arabia Agentic Tourism Initiative

The Saudi government and private sector partners have launched the Agentic Tourism Initiative, a digital framework for intelligent tourism. The initiative was unveiled at the inaugural TOURISE Summit in [...]

Zarqa gains off-grid desalination, energy

Beam has installed a BeamWell off-grid solar desalination, energy, and e-mobility system in Zarqa, the second largest city in Jordan. The system has been installed to provide clean drinking [...]

Grand Island re-renews ZeroEyes contract

The Grand Island Central School District in the State of New York has re-extended its contract with ZeroEyes, a company that provides an AI-based gun detection system. The district [...]

Genetec App for Vehicle Investigations

Montreal-based Genetec has launched Cloudrunner Mobile, a companion app for its vehicle-centric investigation system, Cloudrunner. The app provides law enforcement with secure mobile device access to vehicle data and [...]