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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
Austria’s fourth-largest city, Salzburg, may be known for its charming medieval and baroque buildings (as well as being the birthplace of famous composer Mozart), but the city is making a name for itself in the region as a leader in Smart Grids and...
Article - 11/28/2018
Active Region(s): Europe
Category: Energy, Public safety and security, Transportation
For the year ahead, smart parking solutions are predicted to be one of the top trends to make waves across Europe. If we look at London alone, on-street parking services could save drivers 33,000 hours in a car looking for parking—in addition to...
Article - 11/22/2018
Active Region(s): Europe
Category: Transportation, Connectivity
The 1st SmartCitiesCouncil® - Europe Stakeholders’ Assembly recently took place in Dublin, Ireland on the 9th of November. The day’s theme was Accelerating your innovation economy and focused on how smart city solutions can advance innovation and...
Article - 11/21/2018
Active Region(s): Europe
Category: Economic development, Energy, Telecommunications, Transportation, Waste management, The Enablers, Citizen engagement, Connectivity, Data management, Finance and procurement, Policy and leadership, Smart City Examples, SCC Spotlight Cities
When improving citizens’ quality of life, the challenge of providing suitable and sufficient parking ranks consistently at the top of issues to solve for today’s cities. This problem is also constantly expensive for citizens: drivers spend...
Article - 11/07/2018
Active Region(s): Europe
Category: Public safety and security, Telecommunications, Transportation, Connectivity, Data management
In 2018, San Sebastián’s city council have continued to drive forward numerous projects started in 2016 to maintain the city’s historic core and seafront through using state-of-the-art technology. The municipality’s aim is to become a near-zero...
Article - 10/25/2018
Active Region(s): Europe
Category: Energy, Public safety and security, Transportation
One of the easiest ways to lower city expenses is through digitalization, making the 21st-century switch from traditional information systems to digital displays. Slovenia’s capital city, Ljubljana, is considered one of the most liveable cities on...
Article - 08/08/2018
Active Region(s): Europe
Category: Transportation, Connectivity
Lille ranks the fourth-largest urban area in France after Paris, Marseilles and Lyon, with 1.1 million citizens living in 85 different communes. Since local authorities in France aren’t responsible for managing an energy policy, the city is turning...
Article - 07/11/2018
Active Region(s): Europe
Category: Transportation
The small city of Alba Iulia in central Romania is undergoing big changes, attracting the most European funds in the country for projects that are helping to seriously boost tourism. First on the list: the restoration of the 18th century Alba...
Article - 06/28/2018
Active Region(s): Europe
Category: Built environment, Energy, Telecommunications, Transportation
Earlier this year, the European Commission took six EU countries to court. The offence: breaking the law on air pollution. In Germany, the “car capital” of Stuttgart—one of the most polluted cities in the country—continuously reached levels of 82...
Article - 06/28/2018
Active Region(s): Europe
Category: Energy, Transportation
In the race across Europe for cities to become “smarter,” Ireland’s capital is more interested in the quality of life for its citizens than boasting the latest smart gadget. As part of the Smart Dublin strategy, the city is looking to provide better...
Article - 06/08/2018
Active Region(s): Europe
Category: Energy, Public safety and security, Telecommunications, Transportation, Connectivity
While Trondheim only has a population of 193,000 residents, the historic city ranks the third largest in Norway. The city, which is home to 30,000 students alone, is slowly catching up to Nordic neighbours like Stockholm and Helsinki, which are...
Article - 06/05/2018
Active Region(s): Europe
Category: Upward Mobility, Energy, Transportation
At Smart Cities Week Silicon Valley in Santa Clara, California, one of the highlighted themes at this year’s conference was modern mobility and how city leaders can help “develop a roadmap for smart transportation.” Let’s look closer into this...
Article - 05/23/2018
Active Region(s): Europe
Category: Transportation
As cities across Europe from Paris to London are starting to announce car bans in an effort to tackle urban pollution, electric vehicles are stepping into the spotlight as a smart solution. But this is only one solution in terms of sustainability....
Article - 04/12/2018
Active Region(s): Europe
Category: Transportation, Connectivity
Each year heralds in a new wave of predictions when it comes to the trends and technology that will be sweeping over smart cities—and developing new ones. In 2017, European cities saw the rise of smart city solutions like electric vehicles, smart...
Article - 01/09/2018
Active Region(s): Europe
Category: Built environment, Energy, Health and human services, Transportation, Connectivity
Running an island is hard work. Sure, some like Ibiza thrive as vacation destinations and profit from tourism, but due to their insularity, many are heavily dependent on energy—especially fossil fuels. Islands are also faced with the challenge of...
Article - 11/29/2017
Active Region(s): Europe
Category: Energy, Transportation, Waste management, Water and wastewater, Connectivity
In an effort to help push cities in an ecological direction, the "Institut français des sciences et technologies des transports, de l'Aménagement et des Réseaux" (IFSTTAR), in Champs-sur-Marne will test out solutions in a mini-city that’s equipped...
Article - 11/22/2017
Active Region(s): Europe
Category: Built environment, Energy, Transportation, Connectivity
Malta's capital aims to be a carbon-neutral city by 2030. Following in the footsteps of other successful areas that are part of the Smart Sustainable Districts programme (such as Moabit West in Berlin and Les Docks de Saint-Ouen in Paris), Valletta...
Article - 11/22/2017
Active Region(s): Europe
Category: Energy, Transportation, Water and wastewater, Connectivity
Start-ups such as Berlin-based door2door are looking at ways to supplement public transport instead of replacing it. Launching just last month, the app is helping to connect the country with the first on-demand local public transport system in a...
Article - 11/07/2017
Active Region(s): Europe
Category: Transportation
What does it take for a city to make the switch and become “smarter”? This is the question Oradea in northwest Romania is looking to answer with its plan to become the first Romanian smart city. With the Oradea Smart City strategy, the city is...
Article - 09/29/2017
Active Region(s): Europe
Category: Telecommunications, Transportation, Connectivity, Data management