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How New York City turns a call for help into an opportunity
As many cities do, New York City has several challenges in areas like energy, water, waste and transportation. Those problems are serious enough that city leaders recognized they needed help if they were to solve them. And they wanted to give...
Article - 02/24/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Economic development, Energy, Transportation, Water and wastewater

Struggling to pay for light rail? Try it without the rails
Are you contemplating an extension to your transit system? Then I'm pleading with you to consider bus rapid transit before you make your final decision. Notice I didn't ask you to choose it necessarily. Just to consider it. Why? Because I've seen...
Article - 02/24/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Transportation

Want more electric cars on your streets? 3 things drivers need from you
More than a quarter of all greenhouse gas emissions come from vehicles. Getting more people to switch to electric cars can help you make progress toward your climate goals — especially if the electricity that powers those cars comes from clean,...
Article - 02/17/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Transportation

Your transit system is getting competition. What to do to stay relevant
Think you have a lock on providing mass transit in your city? You may be in for some competition. A new service is popping up in several cities offering commuters the flexibility of private-car taxi services, like Uber, with the discount prices of...
Article - 02/17/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Transportation, Citizen engagement

One of these traffic plans could be worth $50 million. (Can they work for you?)
The U.S. Department of Transportation says it was blown away by the submissions to its Smart City Challenge, a program that will provide up to $50 million to help improve traffic flow in one mid-size city and generate innovative ideas and results...
Article - 02/10/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Transportation

Want more EVs in your city? Here's one way to do it
"Most buildings have a finite amount of electricity, and gaining access to additional resources can be costly, complex and unfeasible." -- Schneider ElectricThat summary clearly defines the problems faced when buildings with multiple occupants --...
Article - 02/03/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Transportation

How to make your highways talk to you (so you can save money on repairs)
The first order of business in a smart city (or county or province or country) is to get the data needed to understand conditions. And to get it in real time, not days or weeks or months later, when it's often too late to help.Here's a novel way to...
Article - 02/03/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Transportation, Analytics, Data management