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The Dallas Smart City Living Lab is a very good example of how a city can initiate several integrated projects in a small slice of an urban environment. It's also a very good example of why collaboration and citizen engagement are key elements that...
Article - 11/09/2018
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Economic development, Transportation, Data management
Scroll down for quick news takes and developments involving Smart Cities Council Partners.Continental signs on to develop connected EVs in ChinaCouncil Global Lead Partner Continental will work with China's Didi Chuxing to develop connected electric...
Article - 07/12/2018
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Public safety and security, Transportation, Water and wastewater, Connectivity, Security and privacy
Scroll down for quick news takes and events involving Smart Cities Council Partners.Smarter water resources management for a quickly growing countyVirginia's Loudoun County is among the fastest growing counties in the U.S. — and industrial and...
Article - 06/14/2018
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Energy, Transportation, Water and wastewater, Connectivity
The announcement this week that Kansas City is expanding its Smart City program didn't come as much of a surprise. The program, which kicked off two years ago in conjunction with its KC Streetcar project, was initiated in relatively small but...
Article - 06/07/2018
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Economic development, Transportation, Analytics, Connectivity, Data management
A lot of transportation planning involves figuring out how to get cars off the road. Typically, that’s about getting cars off the road for good by moving commuters into transit or other forms of shared transportation.But cities shouldn’t overlook...
Article - 03/30/2018
Active Region(s): North America
It takes smart, highly skilled people to use and manage the technologies and systems that make smart cities operate efficiently and reliably. But as the majority of CIOs will tell you, it can be a challenge to find them — in part because businesses...
Article - 03/22/2018
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Analytics, Connectivity, Data management
Scroll down for quick news takes and events involving Smart Cities Council Partners.Cisco, Intel contribute to 2018 Olympic Winter GamesNBC Olympics, a division of the NBC Sports Group, chose Council Global Lead Partner Cisco to provide IP video...
Article - 03/08/2018
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Wellness, Energy, Water and wastewater
Autonomous vehicles are one of the top interest areas for cities these days. And when I talk to elected officials and transportation planners at our Readiness Workshops or at Smart Cities Week, many ask how autonomous vehicles will impact mobility...
Article - 01/26/2018
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Transportation
We've often recommended smart streetlight initiatives as a practical first step for cities envisioning a more sustainable, livable future. Yes, smart streetlight networks make streets safer and cost less than traditional lighting to operate and...
Article - 12/15/2017
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Built environment, Energy, Public safety and security, Connectivity
Urban populations are growing. It's a trend that's not expected to end anytime soon — and it's straining city services and budgets in many cities. We can see it in our congested streets, overburdened healthcare facilities and elsewhere. As a result...
Article - 11/16/2017
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Financing and procurement tools
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
Our third-annual Smart Cities Week D.C. is next week, Oct. 3-5 in Washington, D.C. The world’s leading smart cities experts will converge there, sharing advice and practical steps you can take to make your city more livable, workable and sustainable...
Article - 09/29/2017
Active Region(s): North America
Our third-annual Smart Cities Week D.C. is just weeks away, Oct. 3-5 in Washington, D.C. The world’s leading smart cities experts will converge there, sharing advice and practical steps you can take to make your city more livable, workable and...
Article - 09/21/2017
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Policy and leadership
Our third-annual Smart Cities Week D.C. is coming up Oct. 3-5 in Washington, D.C. The world’s leading smart cities experts will converge there, sharing advice and practical steps you can take to make your city more livable, workable and sustainable....
Article - 09/15/2017
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Examples and case studies
Smart buildings and infrastructure, smart grid and IoT are all on the radar of two new startup accelerator programs that have just arrived in Melbourne. The increased level of activity in smart cities related startup support is exciting, and builds...
Article - 09/14/2017
Active Region(s): Australia - New Zealand, Readiness Guide Online
In 2015, Mons, Belgium held the title of European Capital of Culture. With this role, Mons, the capital of the Hainaut province in Belgium’s Walloon region, strummed up a number of smart projects, but one of the most creative involved citizen...
Article - 09/11/2017
Active Region(s): Europe
Our third-annual Smart Cities Week D.C. is less than a month away. Oct. 3-5, the world’s leading smart cities experts will converge on Washington, D.C., sharing advice and practical steps you can take to make your city more livable, workable and...
Article - 09/07/2017
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Citizen engagement
During a conference in Rome last month, the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) revealed after years of progress, world hunger has increased. In fact, FAO’s Director-General Jose Graziano da Silva said the world is facing the worst food...
Article - 08/01/2017
Active Region(s): Australia - New Zealand, North America, Compassionate Cities
Category: Food and Water
Do you find it difficult to believe that in 2017, there are 34 million Americans who still lack broadband Internet access? Or that a school teacher in Africa would have to spend a full month's pay just to download a single iTunes movie? Sadly...
Article - 07/18/2017
Active Region(s): North America, Compassionate Cities, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Upward Mobility
There's no one-size-fits-all approach to planning a smart city. Cities have different needs, capabilities, budgets, strengths and weaknesses. Some cities can and do start with major city-wide digital transformation projects. Others start on a...
Article - 07/06/2017
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Public safety and security, Transportation, Analytics