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Cisco estimates that 50 billion devices and objects will be connected to the Internet by 2020. Yet today, more than 99% of things in the physical world remain unconnected. To capitalize on the unprecedented opportunities presented by this wave of...
Article - 06/30/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Public safety and security, Transportation, Analytics, Connectivity
New York City's Grand Central Station is one of the busiest train terminals in the U.S. -– and sure to be even busier with the approaching July 4 holiday.When Grand Central was built in 1913, the massive 49-acre facility designed in a neoclassical...
Article - 06/30/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Energy, Transportation, Instrumentation and control
Scroll down for five smart ideas from cities around the world...Lexington uses 'digital survey vehicles' to find potholes and cracksThe SUVs are outfitted with high-tech gear – including lasers and cameras – to assess road conditions. Lexington,...
Article - 06/30/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Transportation, Water and wastewater, Connectivity
When planning an infrastructure investment, cities typically concentrate on the people who directly benefit from it. But a new study finds everyone in the city benefits -- even if they never ride the transit system or visit the energy-efficient...
Article - 06/30/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Economic development, Energy, Transportation
About 70,000 body cameras are worn by police officers across the US -- a number that could soon double with a White House plan to expand their usage. But that may represent only the tip of the iceberg as a growing number of cities worldwide are...
Article - 06/30/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Citizen engagement, Data management, Security and privacy
The Smart Cities Council and Alstom hosted together an event at the Innovative City conference held in Nice (France) on 24-25 June to promote next generation initiatives for smart grid and smart city developments internationally. With speakers...
Article - 06/30/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Scroll down for short takes from Council partners…New IBM emergency management solution helps cities prepareThrough its strategic alliance with The Weather Company, Council Lead Partner IBM announced a new emergency management solution that features...
Article - 06/26/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Health and human services, Payments, Public safety and security, Analytics, Connectivity
This year's Quality of Life survey from lifestyle, culture and design magazine Monocle gave top honors to Tokyo as the world's most livable city in its listing of the top 25 best places to live. Portland, Oregon also made the list – with the...
Article - 06/26/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Public safety and security, Connectivity
Not all of your summer reading has to come from the best-seller lists. We think you'll find some interesting fodder in our "smart reads" roundup below.Our Future is Urban. Why Don't We Talk More about Cities? In an essay in The Guardian, Geoff...
Article - 06/26/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Economic development, Energy, Connectivity, Policy and leadership
Security breaches are growing more common and more threatening. A recent breach of U.S. government systems may have put the personal information of every federal employee -- past and present -- in the hands of hackers. Despite the risks, many cities...
Article - 06/26/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Public safety and security, Computing resources, Data management, Security and privacy
Forecasts of 10 million homes with solar panels by 2020, electric vehicle sales increasing to 6.4 million by 2023 and increasing use of distributed generation is creating unprecedented challenges in managing energy consumption and generation across...
Article - 06/24/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Instrumentation and control
Scroll down for five smart ideas from cities around the world...Oakland opens up its social media archives Working with ArchiveSocial – a Code for America accelerator company – Oakland will become California's first city to provide an open archive...
Article - 06/24/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Transportation, Citizen engagement, Connectivity, Policy and leadership
It's easy to imagine the difficulties firefighters face when confronted with a fire in a structure they may know next to nothing about. Lives can be lost, injuries suffered and property losses can be staggering. The National Institute of Standards...
Article - 06/24/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Public safety and security, Connectivity
For nearly 25 years, Somalia’s economy has been virtually cut off from the rest of the world. A civil war caused its financial system to collapse and concerns about fraud have stood in the way of rebuilding it. But Council Lead Partner MasterCard is...
Article - 06/24/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Economic development, Health and human services, Payments, Computing resources, Security and privacy
Everybody wants to talk when things are going well, but a new report on smart cities successes uncovers some valuable insights by looking deeper at the underachievers. One key lesson: forgetting who your smart cities initiatives are for will put you...
Article - 06/24/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Analytics, Citizen engagement, Computing resources
Water logging is a common scenario in our cities. Every year, the heavy rains take their toll, leading to severe water logging. Rainwater infrastructure, if it exists at all, is not sufficient to guarantee drainage of the water and streets in low-...
Article - 06/23/2015
Active Region(s): India
By Paul Irby Onvia Market AnalystRecently I was invited to address partners and advisors of the Smart Cities Council. The topic I covered was the current city agency trend toward "efficient" government. Efficient government increasingly involves...
Article - 06/19/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Finance and procurement
Scroll down for short takes from Council partners…Cubic exec joins impressive line-up at SF mayors' meetingMatt Cole, executive vice president, strategy and business development for Council Lead Partner Cubic Transportation Systems, will speak on "...
Article - 06/19/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Energy, Transportation, Connectivity
Every year since 1999, the Intelligent Community Forum (ICF) think-tank announces which world city it deems most intelligent after a year-long evaluation that includes a quantitative analysis of extensive data, site inspections by the Intelligent...
Article - 06/19/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Smart City Concepts, Built environment, Economic development, Health and human services, Policy and leadership
For students with serious illnesses that keep them out of the classroom for extended periods of time, the consequences can reach beyond simply falling behind in their education. Deprived of the day-to-day social interaction with fellow students and...
Article - 06/19/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Health and human services, Connectivity, Instrumentation and control