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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
While travel by bus has a much better safety record than travel by private car, accidents still occur — particularly between buses and bicyclists and pedestrians. It's not difficult to understand why they occur. City streets, sidewalks and...
Article - 11/21/2017
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Public safety and security, Transportation
App-based ride-hailing services have certainly disrupted the way we get around cities and that disruption has proven to be positive in a number of ways, cleaner air among them. But as cities need to get more creative to find ways of helping their...
Article - 11/16/2017
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Transportation
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
Predictions for when autonomous cars, buses, shuttles and trucks will be routinely tooling through city streets range from next year to 10-15 years from now. Disruptive technologies like driverless vehicles don't really have a 'due date' although...
Article - 11/03/2017
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Transportation, Connectivity