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Calgary, Alberta already has a track record for innovation, thanks to its commitment to a long-term vision for a communication infrastructure that connects as many assets as possible to improve city services. And that commitment is yielding...
Article - 12/07/2018
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Economic development, Telecommunications, Analytics, Connectivity, Data management
In 2016, global technology analyst Gartner pessimistically predicted that 60% of the world’s data initiatives would fail. By the end of last year, this number had been revised up to 85%.While it’s important to fail fast, no one wants to fail often....
Article - 07/21/2018
Active Region(s): Australia - New Zealand
Category: Analytics, Data management
When you consider the assets that any council builds, owns and manages, it’s easy to focus on the bricks and mortar, the parks, gardens, roads and fleet. But there is an invisible asset that is arguably more valuable than those physical assets: data...
Article - 07/21/2018
Active Region(s): Australia - New Zealand
Category: Analytics, Data management
Is the planning profession ready for the future? This question was asked at the New Zealand Planning Institute’s event in Wellington on 21 June where panel speakers engaged with members and the institute’s board about future technology and urban...
Article - 07/04/2018
Active Region(s): Australia - New Zealand
Category: Built environment, Analytics, Data management
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
Dirty air has consequences — very serious consequences ranging from climate change to lung disease. In villages in India, clean-burning stoves are one key solution. The problem has been getting people to use them.Below, read about an innovative...
Article - 06/07/2018
Active Region(s): India, North America, Compassionate Cities
Category: Food and Water, Analytics, Citizen engagement
It sounds like a smart cities project: set up areas to serve as living labs so smart technologies and applications can be tested as solutions for local problems. There is no dominant city in the area, so San Mateo County and its partners are using a...
Article - 05/24/2018
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Analytics, Connectivity, Data management
It's frustrating when you want to use a city service only to find it's out of order. It may be out of the city's control, but it still reflects poorly on the service. But there are smart city technologies that can help cities improve the services...
Article - 04/19/2018
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Telecommunications, Analytics, Connectivity
Behind the scenes of the smart city, often hidden away out of plain sight, is the backbone infrastructure that keeps it all together – the data centre. At the Council, we refer to the core functions of the smart city as being collect, communicate...
Article - 04/18/2018
Active Region(s): Australia - New Zealand
Category: Analytics, Data management
This week I had the pleasure of leading a Readiness Workshop in Fairfax County, Virginia — a smart cities leader and one of the finalists in our 2018 Smart Cities Readiness Challenge. As you’ll read below, the county already has so much to celebrate...
Article - 03/22/2018
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Fairfax County, Analytics, Citizen engagement
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
Technologies that help cities manage their traffic better are going to save all of us time, whether we're driving a car, riding a bus or negotiating traffic on foot or on a bike. But a new study sponsored by Council Associate Partner Intel uncovered...
Article - 03/15/2018
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Health and human services, Public safety and security, Transportation, Analytics
A few weeks ago we published a story on Council Global Lead Partner Oracle's innovative strategy to provide a high-tech education program for high school students — as a way to help fill the talent gap in technology professions. A recently released...
Article - 12/28/2017
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Telecommunications, Analytics, Computing resources, Data management
Moscow city officials describe their My Street initiative as "the world's largest redevelopment project." Considering the scale and scope of the project outlined in the story below it might be hard to argue with them. While an urban makeover of this...
Article - 12/01/2017
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Built environment, Transportation, Analytics, Connectivity
The Smart Cities Council has always said cities shouldn't go it alone when developing their smart city planning and implementation strategies: learn from the successes of those cities that have already made the commitments and taken the risks to...
Article - 10/27/2017
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Energy, Telecommunications, Transportation, Analytics, Citizen engagement, Connectivity
If you haven’t struggled with a water shortage yet, your time is coming. And likely soon.There is only a tiny fraction of states that haven’t struggled with this issue yet, and that number shrinks a bit each year. That’s why it’s critical to make...
Article - 09/14/2017
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Water and wastewater, Analytics
All or at least most of us have probably done it — fought off drowsiness while driving. Driving late at night, after a long day, not getting enough sleep the night before or trying to get a few more hours of driving in during a long trip. The...
Article - 08/03/2017
Active Region(s): North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Transportation, Analytics
Commissioning India’s tallest MET tower is not an easy task. India recently erected its tallest lattice MET tower that stretches 150 metre (m) high and features an array of latest technologies, including 40C anemometers, 200P wind vanes, 110S...
Article - 07/20/2017
Active Region(s): India
Category: Analytics, Data management, Smart City Tools
Joining the league of cities with smart solutions, Coimbatore from now will monitor air quality for its citizens. The Coimbatore City Municipal Corporation has installed 30 solar-powered air quality monitoring devices to address city’s air pollution...
Article - 07/17/2017
Active Region(s): India
Category: Health and human services, Public safety and security, Analytics, Data management, Instrumentation and control, Smart City Tools
Known for its several innovations, the Indian Space and Research Organization (ISRO) has recently developed a chip-based system for Indian Railways (IR) that will avert accidents at unmanned level crossing.Across India, as many as 613 people have...
Article - 07/14/2017
Active Region(s): India
Category: Analytics, Data management, Smart City Tools
If the explosion of data hasn’t reached your city yet, it will soon. Cities are generating more data than ever, raising questions about how to store and process it all — and keep it secure. And Oakland is a great example of why more cities are...
Article - 07/06/2017
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Analytics, Computing resources, Data management
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
At the Council, we define a smart city as one that uses information and communications technology to make itself more livable, workable and sustainable. But what does that look like? You will soon find a model at the Cary, NC, headquarters of SAS....
Article - 06/29/2017
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Built environment, Energy, Analytics
There’s no question that the app-based, private vehicle taxi services Lyft and Uber have dramatically changed the way people get around cities. It’s been hard to quantify their impact, but San Francisco has made an incredible effort. San Francisco...
Article - 06/15/2017
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Transportation, Analytics
You know that old African proverb – "If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together." Partnerships, my friends, are the new black. And this is not unique to the smart cities marketplace, it’s been the norm for some time. And...
Article - 05/30/2017
Active Region(s): Australia - New Zealand
Category: Analytics, Connectivity
It's great when a city has a reputation for being among the best places to live. Business is booming and the economy is growing. But more people also create more traffic headaches. The blog post below describes a solution from Council Partner HERE...
Article - 05/18/2017
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Transportation, Analytics
Artificial intelligence (AI) is no longer confined to the realm of science fiction. It’s becoming reality, already playing a role in transforming some corporate call centers. But as the technology grows, it could also radically shape the way that...
Article - 05/18/2017
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Analytics, Computing resources, Data management
To make your city smart, you have to get smart about using data. At Smart Cities Week Silicon Valley, we brought together three data experts who offer strong advice for helping your city understand what your data is telling you and how to share that...
Article - 05/18/2017
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Analytics
I don’t want to diminish the importance of the other smart cities enablers. But truth be told, analytics is a super enabler. Analytics takes massive quantities of data and turns it into actionable intelligence that enhances liveability, workability...
Article - 05/16/2017
Active Region(s): Australia - New Zealand
Category: Analytics, Data management
We’ve said it before: data and the effective use of it is what makes a city a smart city. But that doesn’t mean that all of the data needs to be your data. Or that you even need to be the one to find the best and highest use for it.From inspiring...
Article - 04/13/2017
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Analytics, Citizen engagement, Data management
Data by itself doesn’t make a city smart. What makes a city smart is its ability to act on it immediately. The Internet of Things helps make data in the field a real-time tool, but you still need a strong backbone to carry and process it. That’s why...
Article - 04/06/2017
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Analytics, Computing resources, Data management
As we say at the Council – “data is good, intelligence is great”. In this article Professor Chris Pettit of University of NSW puts his finger on the issue many of us are thinking: do we really know how our cities are performing?Having a situational...
Article - 04/04/2017
Active Region(s): Australia - New Zealand
Category: Analytics, Data management
In an age where your smartphone can tell you exactly when you need to leave to arrive on time, for many people, the level of service they get from utilities can seem a bit ancient. After all, water utilities still occasionally surprise homeowners...
Article - 03/30/2017
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Water and wastewater, Analytics, Instrumentation and control
Data — and the ability to act on it in real-time — is the very bedrock of a smart city. But what’s an efficient way to build the data infrastructure you need? San Diego provides a great roadmap.San Diego is using its street lights as a springboard....
Article - 03/09/2017
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Analytics, Computing resources, Instrumentation and control
Scroll down for quick news takes from Smart Cities Council partners.Transdev joins driverless car projectCouncil Associate Partner Transdev has signed on with the Renault-Nissan Alliance to develop an advanced driverless mobility system intended to...
Article - 03/09/2017
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Transportation, Water and wastewater, Analytics
Your city may do a good job collecting data, but what do you actually do with it? To get at the insights that can help you truly advance your city, you need a strategy. Uncovering insights that truly make a difference doesn’t happen by accident.We...
Article - 03/02/2017
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Analytics, Data management
Smart cities are connected cities – and connected cities generate massive amounts of data. In some ways harnessing all that data, making sense of it and using it effectively is a headache. But more and more city leaders are realizing the value of...
Article - 03/02/2017
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Analytics, Connectivity, Data management, Citizen engagement strategies and tools
It’s easy to be swayed by anecdotes. If someone makes an impassioned plea based on a personal experience, it’s easy to give that view a strong weighting, especially in the absence of strong overall data.New York City’s Car Free Earth Day provides a...
Article - 03/02/2017
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Analytics, Data management
When an Illinois County public works department realized it needed to significantly expand the scope of its planned water meter reading upgrade to include improved customer billing and service, leak detection and water conservation – and cut costs...
Article - 03/02/2017
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Water and wastewater, Analytics, Data management
When will we see driverless cars on our roads and streets? The estimates vary, but not by much. The consensus seems to be that autonomous vehicles will be in production within four years or so. But that brings a very big question to mind: What do we...
Article - 02/23/2017
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Transportation, Analytics