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As cities develop and populations continue to grow, there is one common challenge most places face: transportation. In southwest Germany near the French border, Karlsruhe, the second-largest city in the state of Baden-Württemberg, has had a three-...
Article - 12/10/2018
Active Region(s): Europe
Category: Upward Mobility, Food and Water, Wellness, Shelter, Smart City Concepts, Definitions and overviews, Responsibility areas, Built environment, Economic development, Energy, Health and human services, Payments, Public safety and security, Telecommunications, Transportation
Surat, being the centre of opportunities for laborers and investors, has attracted migrants from nearby rural areas and cities. This has increasing the demand for intra-city transportation. In the year 2006, Surat Municipal Corporation’s (SMC)...
Article - 07/21/2017
Active Region(s): India
Category: Smart City Concepts, Transportation, The Enablers, Citizen engagement, Interoperability
By James CalderFebruary 23, 2017I am proud of my adopted home City of Philadelphia for many reasons, but that pride grew a little greater when I heard the news that Philadelphia was named one of five U.S. cities to win a Smart Cities Council...
Article - 03/16/2017
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Smart City Concepts
In 2015, the Smart Cities Council emphasized "interoperability" as one of the key things cities should demand from their vendors. As we enter 2016, the interoperability theme is beginning to resonate worldwide. For instance, I recently mentioned the...
Article - 01/20/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Smart City Concepts, Interoperability, Policy frameworks and tools
Once you read about the autonomous driving innovations just released by Mercedes, you'll realize that we're closer than ever to a revolution in transportation.This creates both a dilemma and an opportunity for city leaders. Should cities continue to...
Article - 01/13/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Smart City Concepts, Transportation, Connectivity
Envision America involves a year-long commitment in which representatives of selected cities will work with a variety of experts to develop their smart city projects, the technologies they need to accomplish them, determine costs and come up with an...
Article - 01/13/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Smart City Concepts, Public safety and security, Telecommunications, Transportation, Waste management
In the early days of the smart city movement, most cities built applications one at a time, typically for just one department. More and more, however, cities are realizing they don’t want to learn a separate tool for every separate application. Nor...
Article - 01/08/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Smart City Concepts, Public safety and security, Transportation, Citizen engagement
After learning that how it had been collecting and analyzing the country's economic statistics was inaccurate and failed to present an adequate representation of the economy, the UK government took steps to correct the problem.But it also decided to...
Article - 01/05/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Smart City Concepts, Analytics, Data management
In the never-ending race to gain competitive advantage, some cities are turning to "Innovation Zones." They set aside an area with incentives such as ultra-fast broadband and tax breaks. Then they try to attract the best and brightest companies to...
Article - 12/18/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Smart City Concepts, Economic development, Public safety and security, Transportation, Connectivity
Many cities face a conundrum. On the one hand, they realize they need innovative, high-tech solutions to their civic challenges, the kind of breakthroughs that come from startups. On the other hand, they need the stability and peace of mind that...
Article - 12/11/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Smart City Concepts, Water and wastewater