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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
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
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
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
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
The German state of Hesse is working with global tech powerhouse Siemens to build the first eHighway on a public highway in the country, with an overhead contact line for electric freight transport on the A5autobahn. Expected to be completed at the...
Article - 09/21/2017
Active Region(s): Europe
Category: Built environment, Energy, Transportation, Connectivity