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IBM worked with the city of Rio de Janeiro on this Operations Center that provides the incident commander and responders with a single, unified view of all the information that they require for situational awareness.Navigant Research says the global...
Article - 08/28/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Smart City Concepts, Finance and procurement, Smart City Tools
Over the past 18 months, red light cameras in St. Louis recorded roughly $5.6 million in violations. Now, the city will have to give all of that money back.Traffic violation cameras were once in the fast lane in many cities, but between court...
Article - 08/28/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Public safety and security, Transportation
By Barbara ThorntonIn 1994 when Tom Murphy became Mayor of Pittsburgh, the city had been in decline for 50 years. He looked at his assets:300,000 residents (half of what it had been)Thousands of acres of empty or underutilized landA significantly...
Article - 08/26/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Economic development, Finance and procurement, Policy and leadership
It's true of course. More people mean more garbage. So how are cities with limited space and limited waste management budgets supposed to deal with it? Longmont, Colorado and Houston, Texas are among those exploring what is considered by some to be...
Article - 08/26/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Waste management
A booming economy is normally a good thing, but it’s part of the reason traffic headaches are getting worse across Europe. In nearly every major city, traffic delays are getting worse -- some by several hours each year. But the European city that...
Article - 08/26/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Transportation
Scroll down for short takes from Council partners…Ooredoo ISP license supports growth of Maldivian economy Council Lead Partner Ooredoo continues to enhance its data market leadership across its global footprint, with its Ooredoo Maldives operation...
Article - 08/26/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Telecommunications, Analytics, Connectivity, Security and privacy
By Dan CorreaOver the past six years, this Administration has pursued a place-based approach to working with communities as they tackle a wide range ofDon't miss out Be there for the White House Smart Cities event during Smart Cities Week -- which...
Article - 08/25/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Policy and leadership
At first glance, it certainly looks like an unusual approach to solving the problem of providing electricity to the remote, isolated villages and communities of the world: bringing young grandmothers who live in those areas to a training college in...
Article - 08/21/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Upward Mobility, Economic development, Energy, Citizen engagement
Some cities have used commuter rail for nearly four decades to help get people to their destinations. In some places, it’s working quite well. But are people willing to pay for more? Phoenix, Arizona, is one of the cities about to find out as it...
Article - 08/21/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Transportation, Citizen engagement
Scroll down for short takes from Council partners…GE's big battery energy storage project dubbed a "game changer"Council Lead Partner GE will provide a 30-MW battery energy storage system as part of Coachella Energy Storage Partners' supply contract...
Article - 08/21/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Economic development, Energy, Telecommunications, Water and wastewater, Connectivity
Memorial Bridge in Portsmouth, NH will soon have integrated structural, traffic and environmental monitoring programs. It's one of nine cutting-edge traffic safety improvement projects funded by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA).The idea...
Article - 08/19/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Transportation, Instrumentation and control, Policy and leadership
The eight cities selected to participate in a $42 million Bloomberg Philanthropies-sponsored initiative will have the advantage of expert assistance from What Works Cities' knowledgeable partners to assess how they use data and evidence now, learn...
Article - 08/19/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Car2Go vehicles are for sharing. The service from Council Lead Partner Daimler gives city dwellers wheels when they need them. But even though the cars are shared, the new version of the vehicles, rolling out now in Vancouver, B.C., are much more...
Article - 08/19/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Transportation, Citizen engagement
Long lines, the possibility of being turned away at a polling station, old equipment and other problems continue to plague the voting process around the world. But it doesn't have to be that way. One company is working to make voting simpler, more...
Article - 08/14/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Citizen engagement, Computing resources, Connectivity
In their early years, automobiles and airplanes were laughed at and criticized by many. Something about the very idea that a vehicle could travel faster than a horse – and why would you want to fly through the air anyway? Now both are part of...
Article - 08/14/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Public safety and security, Transportation
Endesa, a Spanish subsidiary of Council Lead Partner Enel and car maker Nissan, which manufactures the popular Leaf EV, are working together to bring vehicle-to-grid (V2G) to Europe in a big way. The two companies hope to be the first to introduce...
Article - 08/12/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Transportation
Cities around the world are getting better at many things, but safety on the roads is not one of them. Already, 1.24 million people are killed on roads worldwide each year. And as cities grow larger and more people inhabit them, traffic fatalities...
Article - 08/12/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Public safety and security, Transportation, Computing resources
In its Urban Challenges section, ViewPoints BCN highlights a conversation with Smart Cities Council Chairman Jesse Berst, who explains what smart cities are, discusses Barcelona's smart cities initiatives and talks about the work the Council is...
Article - 08/09/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Council Lead Partner Daimler, parent company of Mercedes-Benz, recently completed a two-year real-world study of electric cars. The multi-purpose study, referred to as eMerge, yielded a lot of information about driver behavior, EV technology and...
Article - 08/07/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Transportation, Research, publications and web sites
Around the world, there has been very little relief from drought, according to the latest analysis from the National Integrated Drought Information System. With no relief and a bleak forecast, more cities are looking for innovative solutions to...
Article - 08/07/2015
Active Region(s): Main, Australia - New Zealand, North America
Category: Water and wastewater, Instrumentation and control