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Optibus transforms UK bus operator

New York software company Optibus has completed the digital transformation of First Bus, one of the UK’s largest bus operators, to improve its scheduling data, processes and systems across [...]

Populus raises $11m to improve city mobility

Californian start-up Populus, which makes a platform for cities to manage mobility and fleet services, has announced an oversubscribed $11m series A funding round. Populus will use the money [...]

Cohda provides cities with V2X connectivity

Australia’s Cohda Wireless has developed V2X connectivity to help pave the way for the introduction of connected vehicles on smart roads and highways. The MK6 RSU (road-side unit) and [...]

Eco Group develops off-grid street lighting

Scottish firm Eco Group has developed an off-grid street-lighting system that can cut energy bills and reduce the carbon footprint of businesses. The standalone LED lighting works independently from [...]

NYC adopts speed control tech for safer city streets

The City of New York has selected intelligent speed control technology from MAGTEC as part of a pilot programme to increase road safety. Part of the City’s Vision Zero [...]

Improving public transport for zero-car households

A coalition of city and county governments serving deprived communities across San Mateo County and East Palo Alto in California have completed a pilot of intelligent transit signal prioritisation [...]

Athens plans smart city at Ellinikon

One of Europe’s largest urban regeneration projects, the Ellinikon in Athens, has opened an experience centre to showcase its model for comprehensive mixed-use regeneration. The centre showcases the urban [...]

Urban Carbon Reduction in Canada’s Deep North

The Canadian City of Timmins is embarking on a pilot programme to reduce winter-time carbon emissions. Timmins, in Ontario, is running the pilot with DynaCERT HydraGen carbon emission systems [...]

Optimising energy efficiency with smart city modelling

GIS start-up Matidor and engineering consultancy Arup are coming together to develop new products to improve urban energy system planning. The companies will employ smart city modelling to optimise [...]

San Rafael preempts signals to cut response times

California’s City of San Rafael has installed traffic signal preemption technology to improve emergency blue light response times and safety. The signal preemption technology, from Opticom, has cut the [...]

Tolling tech to ease Tel Aviv roads

Colorado-based transport infrastructure tech company Vertex has developed new technology to relieve congestion in Tel Aviv’s central pricing zone. The company’s Optical Detection Intelligent Network, ODIN, provides compact tolling [...]

Learn how to protect IoT from cyber attacks

Those who want to learn how to safeguard their connected IoT programmes from cyber attacks should tune into an IMC webinar on August 31. Called “Using intelligence to defend [...]