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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
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
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
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
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
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
When it comes to Internet service, the only thing faster than gigabit is the growth in the demand for it. But a new system from Allied Telesis could soon help service providers guarantee fast service to more people -- especially people who live in...
Article - 06/19/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Telecommunications, Computing resources, Connectivity
New markets are unleashed when key platforms emerge, allowing different products from different companies to work together seamlessly. But every market has multiple platforms contending to be number one, so we typically go through years of...
Article - 06/17/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Analytics, Computing resources, Connectivity, Data management
Adapting EV battery technology for home and industrial energy storage plants isn’t a new concept. Several car makers have worked to develop the technology. But it took automotive upstart Tesla to successfully take EV battery-based energy storage to...
Article - 06/17/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Transportation, Connectivity, Instrumentation and control
Code for America (CfA) revealed its latest lineup of apps from eight cities working with CfA technologists in this year's fellowship program.CfA partners with 8-10 local governments each year to develop innovative digital approaches to delivering...
Article - 06/17/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Economic development, Health and human services, Citizen engagement, Connectivity, Finance and procurement
When talking about smart cities, it’s easy to get caught up in the technical wizardry. But Schneider Electric's Charbel Aoun says the real story is what it actually does for people.Schneider Electric is a Council Lead Partner. Aoun, its president...
Article - 06/17/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Analytics, Citizen engagement, Computing resources
There are different models for development of smart cities. Some bring together a centralisation of different functions, others emphasise on the focused development of certain key infrastructure.In his opening speech to the presentation of the NDA...
Article - 06/17/2015
Active Region(s): India