Fort Worth to boost smart city through NTXIA
Fort Worth has joined the North Texas Innovation Alliance (NTXIA), a grouping of more than 40 cities, agencies, research institutions and corporations that aim to build a connected, smart [...]
Montreal plans Vulnerable Road User Awareness
The City of Montreal has picked Kapsch TrafficCom to provide video analytics and connected vehicle technology to provide Vulnerable Road User Awareness. The system will be deployed across nineteen [...]
700 cities to deploy Urban Metaverse by 2030
According to ABI Research, close to 700 cities will have deployed urban metaverse infrastructure by 2030, often as extensions of existing urban digital twin platforms and solutions. Benefits for [...]
San Antonio deploys location-based chatbot
The City of San Antonio in south central Texas has introduced a location based chatbot to inform the public of progress in building development on the city’s Lower Broadway [...]
KT provides tech for Indonesia’s new capital
South Korean mobile carrier KT Corp is working with Indonesia’s Public Telecoms Operator Telkom Indonesia to develop a smart city project for the country’s new capital city, Nusantara on [...]
Uber offers autonomous rides through Waymo
Uber customers in Phoenix, Arizona, can get matched with a fully autonomous, all-electric Waymo vehicle with no human driver behind the wheel. This is available in the more than [...]
US City microgrids get largest ever investment
The US Department of Energy has announced $3.46 billion for 58 projects to strengthen and modernise city and state electric grids. The projects include city-wide microgrids. Funded by the [...]
NYC launches Smart City Testbed programme
New York City has launched a Smart City Testbed programme to accelerate development and adoption of smart city technologies by the city. Eight pilots using advanced technology will be [...]
Bath introduces emission-based parking charges
One of Europe’s largest tourist destinations is introducing emission-based charging to improve air quality in its historic city centre. The City of Bath in west England is introducing variable [...]
Vertical farming lowers Amsterdam emissions
Hydroponic farming specialist Growy is building a multistory 4,750 sqm vertical farm in the centre of Amsterdam. The new large scale vertical farm will reduce food transportation emission in [...]
Cleveland adopts ParkMobile parking app
The City of Cleveland Ohio is adopting the ParkMobile app to provide for on-demand parking throughout central Cleveland. Once launched, users will be able to pay for parking digitally [...]
D2 Traffic Technologies partners Streetline
Transport technology provider D2 Traffic Technologies is joining forces with real-time parking specialist Streetline. Streetline’s platform powers infrastructure-less sensing, an Internet of Things (IoT) portfolio, and a suite of [...]
