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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
If a city is planning to make a new infrastructure investment, odds are it will have something to do with transportation. As a category for investment, transportation is growing faster than any other, as you’ll read below in a new analysis from...
Article - 06/02/2017
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Transportation, Finance and procurement
As funds for infrastructure development are tight, tolls are becoming an increasingly common vehicle for raising the needed cash. By some estimates, three out of five states are actively planning or likely considering new tolls as a way to pay for...
Article - 06/01/2017
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Transportation, Finance and procurement
Cities are scrambling to find the dollars and expertise required to support expanded or new services to meet the needs of growing populations, and sometimes potential resources can be overlooked. If your city needs help with financing and technology...
Article - 09/02/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Transportation, Finance and procurement
We founded the Smart Cities Council to contribute to the livability, workability and sustainability of the world's cities. With that in mind, we really, really, really want American cities to apply for a new grant opportunity from the U.S....
Article - 12/08/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Transportation, Finance and procurement
A new report from the Green Investment Bank (GIB) highlights 10 innovative technologies that can modernize improve the UK's urban infrastructure. As all 10 are already being used in at least one UK city or town, the GIB suggests the technologies...
Article - 04/01/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Transportation, Waste management, Finance and procurement
By Brian CottonHong Kong’s Mass Transit Railway (MTR) is regarded as one of the world’s premiere urban transit systems. It is also one of the most profitable in an industry where profit is an exception and not the rule. Powering this system is a...
Article - 08/06/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Economic development, Transportation, Finance and procurement
This week's short takes from Council Partners and Advisors…New submersible S&C Electric product promotes resiliency: Communities at risk from rising sea levels due to climate change and/or severe weather and flooding will want to take note of a...
Article - 04/25/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Payments, Transportation, Finance and procurement
Q&A with Mike Carlson, General Manager, Software Solutions, GE's Digital Energy businessI first met Mike Carlson in the mid-2000s when he would often show up on smart grid panel discussions. As the Vice President and Chief Information Officer of...
Resources - 06/03/2013
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Energy, Transportation, Finance and procurement, Policy and leadership