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Hayden AI fits smart cameras to New York buses

Buses in New York are to be fitted with cameras from California-based Hayden AI to spot bus lane traffic violations. Hayden AI specialises in smart traffic enforcement powered by [...]

Derq uses AI to improve road safety in Texas

MIT spin-off Derq, a provider of real-time artificial intelligence (AI) analytics for connected roads and vehicles, is enhancing road safety and smart traffic infrastructure in Texas. Working with its [...]

Taiwan targets transport in smart city initiatives

Helping drivers find parking spaces and providing guidance inside a busy train station are the latest two initiatives in the Smart City Taiwan project. The Industrial Development Bureau at [...]

Kapsch upgrades Australian highway with ITS

Austrian firm Kapsch TrafficCom is helping upgrade Queensland’s Bruce Highway with an intelligent transport system (ITS), jointly funded by the Australian and Queensland governments. The Cooperative & Automated Vehicle [...]

Drover AI raises $5.4m to push machine learning

Californian micromobility start-up Drover AI has raised $5.4m in a series A round to scale its onboard computer vision (CV) and machine learning (ML) technology. This should help enhance [...]

Sharjah deploys smart taxis to improve services

UAE-based Sharjah Taxi is using artificial intelligence to improve vehicle operations and safety in what it claims are the first-of-its-kind smart taxis in the Middle East. Sharjah Taxi, a [...]

AT&T plans USA’s first 5G smart city at scale

AT&T is working with real-estate company JBG Smith to make National Landing in Washington DC the USA’s first 5G smart city at scale. The collaboration is part of a [...]

Hitachi connects city’s entire transport network

Hitachi Rail has launched a smart mobility suite that can connect a city’s entire transport network. It includes a mobile app that allows passengers access to every mode of [...]

Hyundai reveals smart city vision

Hyundai Motor Group (HMG) presented its smart city vision at this week’s World Cities Summit in Singapore. The model represents the South Korean car maker’s vision for smart cities [...]

Ameresco updates streetlighting in Memphis

Massachusetts-based cleantech integrator Ameresco is upgrading more than 77,000 streetlighting fixtures in Memphis, Tennessee. In partnership with Memphis Light, Gas & Water (MLGW), Ameresco’s LED streetlighting, controls and networking [...]

Leoben creates digital twin of city-centre trees

The city of Leoben in Austria has created a digital twin of all its 3000 trees using technology from Greehill. Urban green spaces are essential in the fight against [...]

Road safety fears put women off using e-scooters

Road safety concerns are putting women off using e-scooters, according to a report by Dutch micro-mobility company Dott, which found that 70% of new riders were male. The research [...]