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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
Depending on which index you read Edinburgh is ranked the second or 13th smartest city in the UK. Regardless of which ranking you read, the city of about 482,000 has the requisite credentials. Edinburgh is streamlining city customer services — in...
Article - 07/19/2018
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Energy, Public safety and security, 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
A report from McKinsey Global Institute (MGI) reveals how a variety of applications can significantly improve urban quality of life indicators, from reduced fatalities to reduced greenhouse gas emissions. The report, Smart Cities: Digital Solutions...
Article - 06/15/2018
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Health and human services, Public safety and security, Telecommunications, Transportation, Citizen engagement, Connectivity
Image courtesy of TelensaCities throughout the world have chosen to replace their legacy street lighting with energy-efficient and reliable LED networks, and the great majority of street lights are expected to be converted to LED within the next 10...
Article - 02/22/2018
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Built environment, Energy, Public safety and security, Connectivity
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
We've often recommended smart streetlight initiatives as a practical first step for cities envisioning a more sustainable, livable future. Yes, smart streetlight networks make streets safer and cost less than traditional lighting to operate and...
Article - 12/15/2017
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Built environment, Energy, Public safety and security, Connectivity
Smart Cities Council Chairman Jesse Berst, Seat Pleasant Council members Gloria Sistrunk and Lamar Maxwell (left to right) and IBM's Michelle Rudnicki and Seat Pleasant Mayor Eugene W. Grant (signing) gathered at Smart Cities Week to formalize the...
Article - 05/11/2017
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Economic development, Public safety and security, Connectivity
Street lights are one of a city’s biggest energy expenses and replacing the old power-wasting lamps with energy-efficient LEDs can do a lot to cut that bill. But if you’re just switching the lamps, you’re missing out.It’s easy to understand the...
Article - 02/02/2017
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Public safety and security, Connectivity
It's the reality so many cities know all too well. Urban populations are growing and that means more people depending on them for essential city services, whether it's mass transit, public safety, energy, water or the other services that make cities...
Article - 11/22/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Energy, Public safety and security, Transportation, Water and wastewater, Connectivity
Washington, D.C. officials have developed the strategies that will help them achieve their long-term vision for a truly connected smart city. Now, working with Council Lead Partner Cisco, the district is taking the next step: building the framework...
Article - 10/28/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Public safety and security, Transportation, Waste management, Connectivity
We've stressed several times what a tremendous asset an experienced partner can be in a city's efforts to become a successful, resilient smart city. The announcement this week from Council Lead Partner Cisco that it will provide a manufacturing hub...
Article - 10/13/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Economic development, Health and human services, Public safety and security, Telecommunications, Transportation, Connectivity
The northern coastal city of Tianjin, a metropolis of more than 15 million residents, is already recognized as an advanced industrial and financial hub — and China's ambitious plans to become a global leader in smart technologies are well-known....
Article - 06/08/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Economic development, Public safety and security, Transportation, Connectivity
The first large-scale intelligent street lighting deployment is said to have happened in Europe about 10 years ago. Since then the technology has been augmented, adapted and expanded to offer much more than energy-efficient, cost-effective lighting...
Article - 05/13/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Public safety and security, Transportation, Connectivity
So far, there are no documented instances of terrorists remotely hijacking connected cars, but a Department of Justice official said it's immensely important for those cars to have a high enough level of security to protect against any that may...
Article - 04/14/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Public safety and security, Transportation, Connectivity
It may be startling news, but a lot of people are nervous about the connected world. Excited, but nervous. Sure, they'll appreciate improved and expanded city services and the benefits connectivity can bring whether it's fewer traffic jams, cleaner...
Article - 04/14/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Public safety and security, Connectivity
ICT solutions and network equipment provider Huawei, a Council Associate Partner, has jumped into the smart street lighting market with its Connected City Lighting Solution, which it says is the industry's first IoT lighting offering that provides...
Article - 04/06/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Energy, Public safety and security, Connectivity
In the never-ending race to gain competitive advantage, some cities are turning to "Innovation Zones." They set aside an area with incentives such as ultra-fast broadband and tax breaks. Then they try to attract the best and brightest companies to...
Article - 12/18/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Smart City Concepts, Economic development, Public safety and security, Transportation, Connectivity
Copenhagen, one of the world’s most sustainable and smartest cities, has set the ambitious goal of becoming carbon neutral by the year 2025. For that reason, the city is transforming how it manages energy use, traffic systems and emergency response....
Article - 12/18/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Public safety and security, Connectivity
The three auto makers had an edge over competing bidders for the $2.7 billion acquisition of HERE from Nokia earlier this month. They were already customers, using HERE's digital mapping for their in-dash navigation systems. While self-driving cars...
Article - 12/15/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Public safety and security, Transportation, Connectivity
With the conclusion of the Paris Climate Summit, there's even more pressure on cities to find ways to cut energy use and emissions. Mississauga, Ontario, provides an inspiring example of how cities can contribute to those efforts. It's well on track...
Article - 12/15/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Public safety and security, Analytics, Connectivity
Blazing fast 5G wireless technology is generally expected to be available in the U.S. by 2020, although it may come sooner. Hopes are high for the new technology because of its speed and bandwidth. And several companies are working together to make...
Article - 11/11/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Public safety and security, Telecommunications, Transportation, Connectivity
Cities have found intelligent street lights useful for everything from energy conservation to traffic management, but a new partnership involving Council Lead Partner GE will help them fight crime too. In fact, the lights will be able to alert...
Article - 10/02/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Public safety and security, Connectivity, Instrumentation and control
Schools and universities face many of the same issues and problems as cities: tight budgets, aging infrastructure and growing populations straining existing resources and services. To deal with those, many schools are adapting smart cities...
Article - 09/02/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Public safety and security, Connectivity
It typically isn’t easy to find money in the budget to put more police officers on the streets. But some police departments are finding a way to stretch their resources. They’re developing new camera networks that give their existing officers the...
Article - 08/05/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Public safety and security, Citizen engagement, Connectivity
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
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
Body cameras may be one of the hottest trends in policing right now. After a number of cases of police killing unarmed suspects — and violent protests in the wake of the incidents — even the U.S. government is now talking about ways to get more...
Article - 05/22/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Public safety and security, Computing resources, Connectivity, Security and privacy
Knowing where today's markets are heading – and when – can help cities chart their smart city roadmaps. Scroll down for new reports on smart street lighting, Internet of Things security and stop-start vehicles.84% of world's streetlights will be...
Article - 05/08/2015
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Built environment, Energy, Public safety and security, Transportation, Connectivity, Instrumentation and control
Here comes the NY Times with yet another security warning that — sadly — many cities will ignore.It makes a simple point: The more smart devices you have, the more vulnerable you are to hackers. Solutions are available, but only if cities spend the...
Article - 04/29/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Public safety and security, Computing resources, Connectivity, Data management
"It’s not just a scenario of a bored teenager, deciding to show off to his or her girlfriend. In many cases, these are organized gangs of thieves," said Caleb Barlow, IBM’s VP for mobile management and security, while describing the new face of...
Article - 04/22/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Public safety and security, Analytics, Computing resources, Connectivity, Security and privacy
Even though technology has evolved rapidly over the past several decades, the basic process for summoning emergency responders hasn’t. If you need help, you typically need to find a phone and make a voice call to an emergency number.People needing...
Article - 03/20/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Health and human services, Public safety and security, Computing resources, Connectivity
Barely one year into its efforts to replace old street lights with networked LEDs, Florida Power & Light has announced plans to greatly expand the program. The expansion turns what was already one of the largest smart street lighting projects in...
Article - 03/06/2015
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Energy, Public safety and security, Telecommunications, Connectivity
The Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University is out with its latest list spotlighting government innovators. In all, the 2015 Bright Ideas program recognizes 124 innovative...
Article - 02/20/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Economic development, Energy, Public safety and security, Citizen engagement, Connectivity
International CES, better known as the Consumer Electronics Show, isn’t normally thought of as an automotive event, but Council Lead Partner Qualcomm made a huge splash with its first connected concept car. While its car turned heads for some of its...
Article - 01/13/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Public safety and security, Transportation, Connectivity
If you’re in a serious car accident, you want help as fast as possible. Every minute that passes before help arrives equals lives lost.That’s one of the reasons Council Lead Partner IBM is involved in an ambitious project in Europe that could help...
Article - 12/23/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Public safety and security, Transportation, Connectivity, Instrumentation and control
Each year $3.7 trillion is lost to fraud globally. "We can solve that," says Bill Maheu, Senior Director for Qualcomm Government Technologies.How many stories have you read about hospital patients being misidentified and given the wrong medication?...
Article - 12/19/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Public safety and security, Connectivity, Security and privacy
As first responders arrive at emergencies involving hazardous chemicals, they have to make fast decisions about how they handle the situation and its victims. A new cloud-based service will help ensure they get more detailed and accurate information...
Article - 10/17/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Health and human services, Public safety and security, Computing resources, Connectivity
When a gunman was roaming through the halls of Virginia Tech in 2007, students frantically texted 911 for help. It seemed like a good way to contact police. They could talk to police silently. Their voices wouldn’t alert the gunman where they were...
Article - 09/10/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Public safety and security, Telecommunications, Connectivity
If you aren’t the person who’s snapping and posting selfies everywhere you go, you may find the trend a bit annoying. Police, however, aren’t tired of selfies. In fact, they want us to snap more of them. It turns out, they’re a huge help in cracking...
Article - 08/27/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Public safety and security, Computing resources, Connectivity
CityNext, the smart cities initiative from Council Lead Partner Microsoft, just celebrated its first anniversary and the company is using the occasion to highlight some of its key results so far.The initiative brings together partners, solutions,...
Article - 08/22/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Energy, Health and human services, Public safety and security, Connectivity, Instrumentation and control
It’s a common problem in many cities. People walking on the sidewalks are so engrossed with what’s on their smartphone screens that they don’t see traffic around them. And people texting in their cars don’t notice pedestrians.One day, the...
Article - 08/20/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Public safety and security, Connectivity, Instrumentation and control
It seems like an odd assortment of issues, but Chicago officials say the Internet of Everything is helping them solve everything from crime and traffic congestion to staffing challenges and pest control.Chicago got a chance to show off this week at...
Article - 07/25/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Public safety and security, Transportation, Analytics, Connectivity, Examples and case studies
Television shows that profile most wanted criminals and ask for the public’s help in finding them have been around for decades. But a new app takes that concept into the modern age.The app is called Facewatch ID, and it lets residents see the faces...
Article - 07/25/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Public safety and security, Computing resources, Connectivity
New York City kicked off its fifth Big Apps challenge this week with a special plea from Mayor Bill de Blasio that entrants develop ways to reduce traffic fatalities in the city. Toward that end, the city released a database of all traffic...
Article - 05/09/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Public safety and security, Citizen engagement, Computing resources, Connectivity, Policy and leadership
A short survey by the Public Technology Institute (PYI) asked public safety and IT officials from local governments large and small to rank 16 public safety technology topics according to their internal priorities."Just keeping up" with technology...
Article - 04/25/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Public safety and security, Computing resources, Connectivity, Security and privacy
An online mapping tool that zooms in on U.S. coastal areas at risk from rising sea levels added New England to its coverage this week. New York, New Jersey and Florida are already included. The Pacific states are expected to be added later this...
Article - 04/25/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Public safety and security, Computing resources, Connectivity
Information is the key to spotting, solving and predicting crime. When that information is siloed in one department of one city, it is far less effective. Fortunately Microsoft, a Global Partner of the Smart Cities Council, has a tested method for...
Article - 03/12/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Public safety and security, Computing resources, Connectivity
As the smart city marketplace ramps up, vendors are searching for ways to differentiate themselves. Increasingly, companies are competing through collaboration. That is, they are building worldwide partner networks to extend their expertise and...
Article - 02/17/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Public safety and security, Analytics, Connectivity, Instrumentation and control
Everywhere you go, you read advice telling cities to use social media (we say it here at Smart Cities Council all the time). But using social media is one thing. Getting citizens to read it is another. The Governing.com post summarized below has...
Article - 10/16/2013
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Public safety and security, Citizen engagement, Connectivity, Policy and leadership, Examples and case studies
I come from the smart grid industry, where utilities have been using Twitter for years to communicate with customers during outages. To date, however, each utility has had to sign up customers one-by-one for the notification service. Now Twitter has...
Article - 10/02/2013
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Public safety and security, Connectivity
Copenhagen, Denmark is considered by many to be the most sustainable city in the world -- and it plans to be carbon neutral within 10 years. In this brief case study from Council Associate Partner Silver Spring Networks, you can learn about the...
Resources - 12/29/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Smart City Concepts, Public safety and security, Connectivity
Cost isn't the only reason many cities are switching to LED lighting systems. They're less expensive to operate and maintain, but think of them as a gateway too. Integrated lighting technologies from Council Lead Partner Verizon offer a way to...
Resources - 11/20/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Built environment, Public safety and security, Connectivity, Interoperability
Students and faculty at the University of Puerto Rico Humacao have an additional layer of safety thanks to the UPRH Alert security system from Invid, a software development and consulting company servicing the Caribbean region and a partner of...
Resources - 09/01/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Public safety and security, Connectivity
In December 2014, a fire broke out at the Maldives Water and Sewerage Co. generator unit located on the island capital Malé, cutting off drinking water to over 150,000 people. Read in this case study how communications giant Ooredoo, a Council Lead...
Resources - 08/10/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Public safety and security, Telecommunications, Water and wastewater, Connectivity
Frost & Sullivan analyst Brian Cotton discusses how analytic and collaboration tools can support better decisions and enhance and expand capabilities to enable public safety officials to limit or even prevent harm to people and property.
Resources - 07/01/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Public safety and security, Analytics, Connectivity
To provide a safer community in fast-growing Surat, the city police department started the ‘Safe City Project,’ an initiative striving to reduce the city’s crime rate using modern technology. Watch this Microsoft CityNext video to learn more about...
Resources - 05/22/2015
Active Region(s): India, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Public safety and security, Analytics, Connectivity
The safety of both officers and citizens depends on real-time situational awareness and immediate contact with colleagues and support personnel. Learn in this case study linked below how Council Lead Partner Verizon worked with Charleston, S.C. to...
Resources - 05/01/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Public safety and security, Computing resources, Connectivity, Data management, Examples and case studies
The city of tomorrow is a city of information. Smart cities are greener, safer, faster and friendlier. Watch this video to learn how Council Lead Partner Verizon has been helping to transform cities into smarter cities for more than a decade.
Resources - 05/01/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Energy, Public safety and security, Telecommunications, Transportation, Computing resources, Connectivity
Cambridgeshire Constabulary’s officers depended on paper-based notes that created an inefficient administrative burden and siloed important information. Read in the case study linked below from Council Associate Partner Intel how a new app and...
Resources - 04/24/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Public safety and security, Computing resources, Connectivity