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Washington, D.C. – October 27, 2017 – The Smart Cities Council, the world's largest smart cities network, will award additional benefits through its 2018 Readiness Challenge Grants to five North American communities looking to accelerate their smart...
Article - 10/27/2017
Active Region(s): Main, North America
The Smart Cities Council has always said cities shouldn't go it alone when developing their smart city planning and implementation strategies: learn from the successes of those cities that have already made the commitments and taken the risks to...
Article - 10/27/2017
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Energy, Telecommunications, Transportation, Analytics, Citizen engagement, Connectivity
Does your city have an affordable housing shortage? Many cities think they have one, but one Philadelphia councilman says if you’re focused on housing, you’re focusing on the wrong problem. He says a housing problem is really a jobs problem. If you...
Article - 10/26/2017
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Economic development
When it comes to smart cities projects, there’s what people are saying and what people are doing. Our monthly Inside Look series tracks the latter by examining what cities are planning, soliciting and buying. Below, you’ll learn about some of the...
Article - 10/25/2017
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Finance and procurement
The Edison Electric Institute (EEI) and the Smart Cities Council announced a partnership on Friday to promote smarter, more sustainable communities.This partnership is naturally beneficial to both of the organizations and the communities they serve...
Article - 10/24/2017
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Energy
Business leaders, government officials, tech leaders and others are converging on Washington, D.C this week to attend Smart Cities Week. As the director of marketing for an Internet of Things (IoT) software company, I am closely following...
Article - 10/24/2017
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Definitions and overviews, Responsibility areas
The platform is being called the Smart Columbus Operating System, and Jordan Davis, the director of Smart Columbus, spoke about it at Smart Cities Week in Washington D.C.The operating system will share near-real-time data on traffic throughout the...
Article - 10/24/2017
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Transportation
In a keynote address at the Smart Cities Week conference in Washington D.C. sponsored by the Smart Cities Council, EEI Chair Pat Vincent-Collawn said increasing the number of smart cities in the United States is one of her top priorities.Smart city...
Article - 10/24/2017
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Built environment, Energy
For cities looking to dip their toes in the water of Internet of Things connected tech, smart street lighting upgrades are proving an illuminating place to start.A street lighting refresh, complete with LED bulbs, wireless tech, motion sensors that...
Article - 10/24/2017
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Built environment, Energy, Connectivity
We’ve written before about how we believe microgrids can be a key part of the future — making cities more resilient, among providing other valuable benefits. And now Brooklyn is close to getting one.Already 60 people are generating their own power...
Article - 10/20/2017
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Energy
A year ago, we opened the application process for our first Smart Cities Council Readiness Challenge Grants and five cities stood out. Last week, we were in Philadelphia to deliver our final workshop for the Class of 2017 and 200 people participated...
Article - 10/20/2017
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Citizen engagement, SCC Spotlight Cities
Readers know that the Council regularly advises cities to partner with each other and the private sector to ensure successful outcomes for their smart city projects. If you attended Smart Cities Week in Washington, D.C. earlier this month you heard...
Article - 10/19/2017
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Economic development, Energy, Telecommunications, Transportation, Water and wastewater
Smart Cities Week is all about sharing ideas. Last week in Washington, D.C., our third-annual Smart Cities Week attracted 1,500 experts from around the world — some from as far as Australia — sharing ideas with each other.We asked a distinguished...
Article - 10/13/2017
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Smart City Examples
Every 19 minutes someone dies from an opioid overdose, primarily prescribed drugs such as oxycontin and hydrocodone and the illegal drug heroin. That number reflects a staggering increase in opioid use and accidental deaths. And the rate of increase...
Article - 10/12/2017
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Wellness, Health and human services
The Council has continuously encouraged public-private sector partnerships and collaboration on smart city projects. A Smart Cities Week panel discussion focused on how DOT Smart City Challenge award winner Columbus, Ohio offered a real-world...
Article - 10/12/2017
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Transportation
(Reston, VA) – October 11, 2017 – Smart Cities Council, the world’s largest smart cities network, honored innovative start-up companies CommuniThings and LimeBike for their commitment to providing municipalities with effective solutions to manage...
Article - 10/12/2017
Active Region(s): North America
It’s easy to say everyone should have access to the transportation resources they need. But as many city leaders and planners know, it can be much more difficult to deliver on that pledge. A panel discussion among professionals in the field at Smart...
Article - 10/05/2017
Active Region(s): North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Transportation, Citizen engagement
Climate change is already having dramatic impacts on us. Storms are growing more severe. Droughts are becoming more frequent. And that’s just for starters.But Carl Pope, former chairman of the Sierra Club and co-author of Climate of Hope, says there...
Article - 10/05/2017
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Policy and leadership
One of the most valuable teammates you can have for a smart cities initiative likely isn’t located at City Hall. It’s your electric utility.Their impact can go far beyond the electricity they provide, which is the lifeblood of any city. Every year,...
Article - 10/05/2017
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Energy
Autonomous vehicles, AVs, driverless cars, trucks, shuttles, buses. They're being evaluated and fine-tuned at test facilities and will be operating on city streets soon, although when their prime time debut will happen is hotly debated. While many...
Article - 10/05/2017
Active Region(s): North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Built environment, Transportation, Connectivity