News Articles

Barcelona mulls future smart city developments

A workshop in Barcelona has discussed proposals for the city’s future smart city development. These included proposals for last mile logistics, reducing congestion and increasing urban sustainability. Under the [...]

MIT-TA expands NYC social equity tool

MIT’s Norman B. Leventhal Center for Advanced Urbanism (LCAU) and urban transportation campaign group Transportation Alternatives has launched a new version of their Spatial Equity NYC software. This is [...]

NEC India launches enhanced smart city products

NEC India has launched a set of enhanced technology solutions as part of the Global Smart City Suite that includes NEC Mi-Command (Integrated Command and Control Centre), NEC Mi-City [...]

US DOT $15m Complete Streets AI initiative

The US Department of Transportation has launched a $15 Million Complete Streets Artificial Intelligence initiative for small businesses. The department is seeking innovative tools for generating, integrating, and activating [...]

Tech helps cut NYC pedestrian deaths 45%

New York City has reported significant progress in its Vision Zero safer city streets initiative. According to NYC DOT Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez, eight of the ten safest years on [...]

Düsseldorf buys stake in city network operator

The city of Düsseldorf has taken a co-ownership share in the city’s new network operator NetDüsseldorf (net.D). The move is to support the city, capital of Germany’s most populous [...]

Hong Kong smart lamp-post pilot

The City of Hong Kong has begun operation of a smart lamp-post pilot scheme to support smart city development in the city, and improve 5G mobile network roll-out. Under [...]

KAUST shares smart city tech with Medina

The development authority for Al-Madinah (Medina) is partnering the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) to develop smart city technologies for the city, one of Islam’s holiest [...]

PATRIZIA builds smart street lighting portfolio

Smart city investment fund PATRIZIA Infrastructure is acquiring an 85% stake in Atlantico, Italy’s third-largest independent smart street lighting operator by number of light points (LPs) managed. The acquisition expands [...]

Iveda expands Smart City footprint across Egypt

AI specialist Iveda is expanding its smart-city focused presence in Egypt with the opening of an office in Egyptian capital Cairo and a smart city demonstration centre. The expanded [...]

Iteris helps prioritise buses in Los Angeles

California-based infrastructure firm Iteris is working on a smart mobility project for the city of Downey in Los Angeles County, California. The five-month, nearly $900,000 contract was awarded under [...]

Dubai plans air-taxi service by 2026

Dubai is to launch an air-taxi service by 2026 using all-electric aircraft from California-based Joby Aviation. Joby is developing the all-electric aircraft for the commercial passenger service in an [...]