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The planning process for a smart city never really ends. The technologies that make smart cities possible evolve quickly; markets and economies change; priorities change, and what a city's residents expect—whether it's a better, faster transit...
Article - 10/06/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Economic development, Transportation, Policy and leadership
Miskolc, Hungary, is a mid-size industrial city that has taken on a number of civic improvement projects, among them planning a public square as a focal point for the city and an expanded mass transit system.Deputy Mayor Péter Pfliegler and other...
Article - 04/27/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Transportation, Citizen engagement, Policy and leadership
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
Scroll down for a look at some nice honors recently bestowed on Council members…Bechtel national security sites win sustainability awards Four national security sites that Council Lead Partner Bechtel manages and operates with industry and...
Article - 12/23/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Energy, Transportation, Policy and leadership
The City Climate Leadership Awards honored 10 worldwide cities for stepping up to tackle climate change. Sponsored by Council Associate Partner Siemens and the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group, the winners were selected from nearly 90 entries....
Article - 09/26/2014
Active Region(s): Main
Category: Built environment, Energy, Transportation, Policy and leadership
Council Associate Partner Siemens and the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group announced 31 finalist projects from 26 cities for its climate awards program. The global prize competition recognizes innovative city climate actions in 10 categories...
Article - 07/04/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Transportation, Policy and leadership
I've always had an admiration for architects and urban planners. (I almost pursued a degree in the field.) But I continue to read complaints that today's practitioners are missing the boat. In particular, they are failing to bake smart technologies...
Article - 09/25/2013
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Transportation, Policy and leadership
A new post at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace suggests that U.S.-China climate change cooperation is climbing to the next level -- and that smart cities will be the focus. The U.S.-China Climate Change Working Group presented...
Article - 08/07/2013
Active Region(s): Main
Category: Built environment, Energy, Transportation, Policy and leadership
The United Kingdom's Technology Strategy Board (an advisor to the Smart Cities Council) has just released findings from stage one of its Future Cities Demonstrator Programme. The notice announcing the new report calls out two key findings. First,...
Article - 07/09/2013
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Smart City Concepts, Built environment, Health and human services, Transportation, Policy and leadership