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Writing for the Mobile World Capital Barcelona website on standardization and regulation in the growing smart cities movement, Maria Gonzalez quoted Council Chairman Jesse Berst on the importance of standardization.”It is essential that cities join...
Article - 03/31/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
In his recap of the Smart City Expo World Congress held in November, 2013, in Barcelona, Spain, Jonathan Andrews quotes Smart Cities Council Chairman Jesse Berst as well as Laura Ipsen, who is Corporate Vice President, Worldwide Public Sector, with...
Article - 03/27/2014
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Promoters of “open data” in government have released the results of a project that ranks 36 U.S. cities based on the type and quality of their open data efforts.Govtech.com reports that the project -- dubbed the U.S. Open Data Census -- reviewed and...
Article - 03/26/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Citizen engagement, Data management, Interoperability
Ridesharing -- that entrepreneurial twist on carpooling -- is facing new restrictions in Seattle.The Seattle Times reports that the city is the first in the country to set limits on the number of drivers that rideshare companies -- also known as...
Article - 03/26/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Transportation
Washington, D.C. (March 26, 2014) – The Smart Cities Council, an industry coalition to advance smart city development and innovation, announced the launch of a first-of-its-kind Smart Cities Apps Gallery showcasing smartphone apps created by, and...
Article - 03/26/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Council Chairman Jesse Berst told Bisnow Seattle that yes, Seattle is pretty smart... but it could be a lot smarter. Berst lives in the Seattle suburbs, so he's familiar with Seattle's collection of individual properties with labels like "green," "...
Article - 03/24/2014
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PaymentsSource, a publication that focuses on news and analysis about credit card, debit card, mobile payments and other technology and trends in the payments industry, interviewed Council Chairman Jesse Berst about how payments will fit into the...
Article - 03/24/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Cisco takes its connected city message to Doha: Council Global Partner Cisco will share its vision for creating a sustainable smart and connected city as a Diamond Sponsor of the Arab Future Cities Summit in Doha, Qatar next month. The April 7-8...
Article - 03/19/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Computing resources, Connectivity
Meeting of the Minds hosted a March 12, 2014 smart cities webinar featuring Smart Cities Council Chairman Jesse Berst along with Russ Vanos, a senior vice president with Council Global Partner Itron, and Jason Zogg, and urban planner with Detroit's...
Article - 03/19/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Why did the Londoners cross the road?Because new state-of-the-art video camera technology, seeing that a large crowd was waiting at the street corner, automatically adjusted the traffic signal timings to extend the pedestrian crossing period. ...
Article - 03/19/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Transportation, Instrumentation and control