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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
Pick 10 Americans at random and you’ll find that at least one of them doesn’t use the internet. The latest research from the Pew Research Center finds 11% of Americans don’t go online. There are some common traits among them. They tend to be older,...
Article - 09/07/2018
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Citizen engagement, Connectivity
Image courtesy of Applied InformationThe new school year is approaching and Georgia's Department of Transportation(GDOT) is preparing for it. GDOT is installing IoT-based smart beacon technology to enhance the reliability and responsiveness of...
Article - 08/10/2018
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Public safety and security, Transportation, Connectivity
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
Two months ago we shared a story about San Jose's agreement with Council Global Lead Partner AT&T for the deployment of small cell technology to improve citywide wireless communications, enhance its first responders communications network,...
Article - 06/22/2018
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Telecommunications, Connectivity
The city of San Jose, California and Council Global Lead Partner AT&T are working toward a project to improve citywide wireless communications, upgrade the existing communications network for first responders and provide a springboard for next-...
Article - 04/26/2018
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Telecommunications, Connectivity
5G wireless connectivity has been much anticipated in the smart city space for some time. And now telecom companies such as Council Global Lead Partner AT&T and Australia/New Zealand Council Associate Partner Telstra are doing the testing and...
Article - 04/05/2018
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Health and human services, Public safety and security, Telecommunications, Transportation
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
At the Council, we often look at smart street lights as a great first smart cities project. From energy efficiency to manageability, they deliver visible, quick-wins. And they’re also a platform for growth, a vehicle for collecting and communicating...
Article - 02/22/2018
Active Region(s): North America
The 6.7 magnitude Northridge earthquake that originated about 20 miles from downtown Los Angeles in 1994 claimed about 60 lives, destroyed homes and businesses, collapsed freeways and according to estimates caused between $13 billion and $44 billion...
Article - 01/19/2018
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Public safety and security
The First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet), an independent agency in the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and Council Global Lead Partner AT&T have been working together on a dedicated public safety communications network that will correct...
Article - 01/04/2018
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Public safety and security, Telecommunications, Connectivity
Roughly 23% of people living in urban environments in the U.S. don't have access to or can't afford broadband internet, and in rural areas the number is closer to 30%, according to a report released earlier this year by the Wireless Broadband...
Article - 12/15/2017
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Connectivity
Cities typically spend at least half of their general fund budgets on their police and fire departments and/or emergency medical services. Yes, it’s a lot. But that level of spending often isn't enough to provide adequate protection and assistance...
Article - 11/09/2017
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Public safety and security
Predictions for when autonomous cars, buses, shuttles and trucks will be routinely tooling through city streets range from next year to 10-15 years from now. Disruptive technologies like driverless vehicles don't really have a 'due date' although...
Article - 11/03/2017
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Transportation, Connectivity
There’s no doubt that education matters more than ever. Manufacturing jobs in advanced industries now practically require some higher education. More than three-quarters of workers in those fields today have attended some college. In 1980, that...
Article - 08/31/2017
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Economic development, Citizen engagement
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, many...
Article - 07/18/2017
Active Region(s): North America, Compassionate Cities, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Upward Mobility
Cities and military bases have a lot in common, so much so that bases can in many ways be considered small cities. So it seemed like a good fit for Council Global Lead Partner AT&T when it approached Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery, Alabama...
Article - 07/13/2017
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Connectivity, Security and privacy
With all the gloom and doom we see in the news, we owe ourselves an occasional reminder that there are compassionate people and organizations doing great work to improve lives every day all around the world. We’ve highlighted a few examples below...
Article - 07/05/2017
Active Region(s): North America, Compassionate Cities
Category: Upward Mobility, Wellness
A survey conducted last year by nonprofits G3ict and World Enabled with 250 experts worldwide found that about 60% of global respondents believe smart cities are failing people with disabilities. So when tech heavyweights like Microsoft and AT&T...
Article - 06/13/2017
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Compassionate Cities
Category: Wellness
As the story below illustrates, it’s nearly impossible to use a one-size-fits-all IoT wireless network to suit all of the applications your city may be using. What works for your smart streetlights, environmental and traffic sensors and other...
Article - 04/26/2017
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Connectivity
There's nothing wrong with being cautious about initial smart city projects and starting small. Pick the low-hanging fruit with a reasonably certain return on investment, plan carefully and implement a project that can accommodate additional...
Article - 04/20/2017
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Telecommunications, Transportation, Connectivity
Atlanta, GA (April 18, 2017) – The City of Atlanta, which is at the forefront of smart cities innovation, recently hosted a two-day joint meeting of the Global City Teams Challenge (GCTC) Energy, Water and Waste SuperCluster and Atlanta region smart...
Article - 04/19/2017
Active Region(s): Main, North America
When the topic is vulnerable children – children who through no fault of their own have been abused, abandoned, neglected, bullied or otherwise wronged – it can be tough to find an upside. But we know there are incredible, compassionate human beings...
Article - 04/19/2017
Active Region(s): Main, Australia - New Zealand, North America, Compassionate Cities
Category: Wellness
Police, fire and other first responder agencies are often hampered by two things. They typically use the same commercial communications networks citizens and businesses use – and that can hamper their efforts when a disaster or other crisis occurs...
Article - 04/13/2017
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Public safety and security, Telecommunications
Hope for the future comes through loud and clear in the Inventor’s Challenge hosted by AT&T and the Imagination Foundation. This is the second year they’ve challenged young people to use science, technology, engineering, art and math (STEAM) to...
Article - 04/03/2017
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Compassionate Cities
Category: Upward Mobility
Through its Living Lab platform, Council Lead Partner AT&T, the city's Dallas Innovation Alliance, additional tech companies such as Lead Partner Current, powered by GE, academic institutions and the community are working together on three...
Article - 03/30/2017
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Citizen engagement, Connectivity, Instrumentation and control
We tend to waste a lot of water. In some cities, up to a third of the water simply vanishes somewhere in the water distribution system. And we really can’t afford to waste a single drop. In many communities, water is incredibly scarce. Making...
Article - 03/23/2017
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Water and wastewater
If you're like most city leaders, you understand the benefits of making your city more livable, workable and sustainable. But time and again, one of the things we hear from leaders is that money is the biggest obstacle to taking on smart city...
Article - 03/09/2017
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Finance and procurement, Financing and procurement tools
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
Lot of discussion about drones of late – and no argument they have a way to go to prove their legitimacy in a slew of scenarios. But what should not be overlooked by policymakers and the public is that drones can serve a humanitarian purpose; in...
Article - 02/27/2017
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Compassionate Cities
Category: Food and Water, Upward Mobility, Wellness
The future of urban transportation is changing, and it's happening faster than you might think. Connected cars and driverless cars, buses and shuttles are gradually showing up on the radar of city leaders and planners as tech and car companies...
Article - 02/23/2017
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Transportation
You can’t design a truly effective mobility solution if you don’t really understand where people are and when and where they need to go. But how do you get that data? Surveys are incomplete. Observation is error prone. Sensors don’t yet measure...
Article - 02/23/2017
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
There are many approaches to reducing food waste and hunger underway around the world today – many involve technology, most involve compassion. So on the theory that one good idea often inspires another, you'll find some intriguing approaches we've...
Article - 01/17/2017
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Compassionate Cities
Category: Food and Water
Smart cities need engaged citizens to be successful. And cities have used several strategies as they work to achieve that citizen-city connection. We thought what Chicago and Council Lead Partner AT&T are doing to enhance connectivity and make...
Article - 01/12/2017
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Transportation, Citizen engagement, Connectivity
Looking at where we've been and what we've done can be valuable. While reflecting on the past can't fix the mistakes we've made, it can help us avoid making them again. And it may even provide clues to where we're going and what we'll be doing in...
Article - 12/30/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
By Michaela RossSept. 26 — The Obama administration is pledging more than $80 million in new federal investments for its Smart Cities Initiative and will double the number of participating cities to more than 70, the White House announced Sept. 26....
Article - 10/17/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Cities must have a strong, versatile communications network if they hope to become truly smart. Those communications capabilities are how city governments and their citizens engage with each other, and how city services are managed and delivered....
Article - 09/29/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Telecommunications
New technologies and ideas are constantly changing the healthcare industry. Our story explains two trends cities need to be aware of because they can greatly improve the quality of healthcare and its safety, enable patients to more actively...
Article - 09/16/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Health and human services
Many Council partners are helping educational institutions in a variety of ways. For example, Council Associate Partner Siemens is offering internships to select students at a community college to give them real-world preparation for a possible...
Article - 08/09/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Health and human services
Installing sensors to monitor air quality, traffic, public safety and other aspects of city life isn't a new idea. But Chicago's Array of Things project is different in ways that may give you ideas for your own city. First, the AoT is more than just...
Article - 07/19/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Transportation, Analytics, Connectivity