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The Smart Cities Council is one of the world’s leading voices on the future of cities. For more than 8 years we have been supporting cities around the world in their pursuit to embrace technology and data as a force for good. We have...
Article - 07/13/2020
Active Region(s): India, Main, Australia - New Zealand, Europe, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Ask for Help:Use our CONTACT FORM to get in direct contact with an SCC Technical Support individual. Watch a Video:2020 North American Readiness Challenge How to Apply and Maximize Impact to Your Community ( 30 minute Webinar) ...
Article - 01/01/2020
Active Region(s): India, Main, Readiness Guide, Australia - New Zealand, Europe, North America, Compassionate Cities, Readiness Guide Online
In the coming months, do not be relieved if a traffic policeman does not catch you for not wearing a helmet. The challan for paying the fine may land later at your doorstep. CCTV cameras have been installed at various spots on MG Road and other...
Article - 11/08/2019
Active Region(s): India, Readiness Guide Online
It’s easy to say everyone should have access to the transportation resources they need. But as many city leaders and planners know, it can be much more difficult to deliver on that pledge. A panel discussion among professionals in the field at Smart...
Article - 10/05/2017
Active Region(s): North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Transportation, Citizen engagement
Autonomous vehicles, AVs, driverless cars, trucks, shuttles, buses. They're being evaluated and fine-tuned at test facilities and will be operating on city streets soon, although when their prime time debut will happen is hotly debated. While many...
Article - 10/05/2017
Active Region(s): North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Built environment, Transportation, Connectivity
In its recent report "The state of electric vehicles in Australia", the Electric Vehicle Council highlighted the varied state of the electric vehicle marketplace in Australia, including the headline statistic that Australia is falling behind,...
Article - 09/20/2017
Active Region(s): Australia - New Zealand, Readiness Guide Online
In a major step forward in the initiative taken by the Government of India under the Jawaharlal Nehru Urban Renewal Mission (JnNURM) and Sustainable Urban Transport Project (SUTP) to promote bus-based public transportation in the country, Chandigarh...
Article - 09/18/2017
Active Region(s): India, Readiness Guide Online
Smart buildings and infrastructure, smart grid and IoT are all on the radar of two new startup accelerator programs that have just arrived in Melbourne. The increased level of activity in smart cities related startup support is exciting, and builds...
Article - 09/14/2017
Active Region(s): Australia - New Zealand, Readiness Guide Online
Over the past decade, Mumbai has grown rapidly and has been witnessing a dearth of parking space, leading to road congestion due to the unorganized parking structure in the city. A bench of judges from the high court recently raised a concern with...
Article - 09/07/2017
Active Region(s): India, Readiness Guide Online
Given all the tools and technologies available today, it seems like air pollution ought to be something we can solve – or at least keep from getting worse. But a recent report in the Times of India suggests that an abnormal 152% growth in private...
Article - 08/08/2017
Active Region(s): Europe, North America, Compassionate Cities, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Wellness
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
It's not surprising that cybersecurity spending will increase dramatically as the transportation industry becomes more connected. Our cars are getting more intelligent and autonomous and railways and other forms of transportation are becoming more...
Article - 07/27/2017
Active Region(s): North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Transportation, Connectivity, Security and privacy
What comes first: the technology or the people? We were in Indianapolis this week for our third Readiness Challenge Grant Workshop — and the answer there is clearly the public.Indianapolis was one of five cities to win our first series of grants and...
Article - 07/21/2017
Active Region(s): North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: SCC Spotlight Cities
Photo credit: HitachiRapidly growing populations are straining the ability of cities all over the world to provide the efficient services citizens need and want. One very visible challenge is increasing traffic congestion. Traffic delays are not...
Article - 07/21/2017
Active Region(s): North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Transportation, Connectivity
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
Olli, IBM's self-driving shuttleThe consensus is that we'll see autonomous vehicles (AVs) – self-driving cars, trucks, buses and shuttles – on our city streets and interstates within five years or so. Several jurisdictions are actively competing to...
Article - 06/29/2017
Active Region(s): North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Transportation, Connectivity
High speed rail - the forever debated, discussed and partially studied means of transport that comes and goes every few years. Until now.In this article we get the latest from an ambitious private sector-led proposal that not only looks to deliver a...
Article - 06/21/2017
Active Region(s): Australia - New Zealand, Readiness Guide Online
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
Louisville's known as the home of the Kentucky Derby. But it's also known for its traffic congestion, a distinction no city wants. Louisville Metro Government officials are taking what looks like a common sense, no frills approach to approach to...
Article - 06/14/2017
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Connectivity
The numbers are grim. In 2016, traffic collisions were responsible for approximately 40,000 deaths and more than four million injuries in the U.S. And severe congestion has slowed traffic in cities around the world as more and more people move to...
Article - 06/08/2017
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Transportation
If a city is planning to make a new infrastructure investment, odds are it will have something to do with transportation. As a category for investment, transportation is growing faster than any other, as you’ll read below in a new analysis from...
Article - 06/02/2017
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Transportation, Finance and procurement
Photo credit: MobikeSmart bike sharing programs have been implemented in about 1,000 cities globally to enhance urban mobility, reduce carbon footprints and make cities more livable among other things. But how do cities and program providers ensure...
Article - 06/01/2017
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
As funds for infrastructure development are tight, tolls are becoming an increasingly common vehicle for raising the needed cash. By some estimates, three out of five states are actively planning or likely considering new tolls as a way to pay for...
Article - 06/01/2017
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Transportation, Finance and procurement
An interesting piece in Consumer Reports suggests that more than 3.5 million Americans 85 and older currently have a driver's license. But of the millions of older folks who can no longer drive safely, almost three-quarters live in areas with few if...
Article - 06/01/2017
Active Region(s): North America, Compassionate Cities, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Compassionate Cities
Not long ago, the concept of cars, trucks and buses that drove themselves seemed like something that might happen in the distant future. But not anymore. Call them what you like: self-driving cars, autonomous vehicles, AVs -- but many in the...
Article - 05/18/2017
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Transportation
Improving transportation infrastructure and services is a high priority for Australia's cities. As our major centres plan improvements they need to be aware of the interdependencies between transportation systems and energy and communications...
Article - 05/16/2017
Active Region(s): Australia - New Zealand, Readiness Guide Online
We envision smart transportation as a sustainable strategy. It will enable us to meet the needs of growing urban populations by using technology to reduce traffic congestion, reduce accidents and reduce air pollution — and to put the brakes on the...
Article - 05/10/2017
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Transportation
This news out of the University of New South Wales and Indian government is an exciting development that appears to be another step in advancing Australia's preparedness for autonomous and connected vehicles, among other automotive advancements....
Article - 04/18/2017
Active Region(s): Australia - New Zealand, Readiness Guide Online
We envision a world where digital technology and intelligent design have been harnessed to create smart, sustainable cities with high-quality living and high-quality jobs. To tap into the transformative power of smart technologies, cities need a...
Article - 04/07/2017
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Hong Kong is an advanced and well-connected city in several ways. But its perennial traffic congestion during peak times slows traffic to a pace not a lot faster than a brisk walk. The story below summarizes a public-private collaboration that...
Article - 03/30/2017
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Transportation, Connectivity
We will indeed shape the future of autonomous and connected vehicles in the coming years through research, development, policy making and piloting. But thereafter, this technology is likely to shape us!How we evolve the dialogue on autonomous and...
Article - 03/28/2017
Active Region(s): Australia - New Zealand, Readiness Guide Online
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
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
Don't expect to see driverless shuttles tooling through city streets tomorrow. Why not? Among other reasons, fully autonomous vehicles aren't legal in most states and they don't have a long track record – yet. But Council Associate Partner Transdev...
Article - 01/26/2017
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Transportation
The word from city planners and mobility experts participating in a Smart Cities Week panel on autonomous vehicles (AVs) is that they will soon be traveling on city streets—and that cities have generally not taken the needed steps to integrate and...
Article - 10/06/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Built environment, Transportation
Connected cars are speeding their way into your city. If you haven’t given any thought into how they fit into your city, the new research below from IDC may add a bit of urgency to those discussions.But it doesn’t stop there. At the Council, we...
Article - 09/22/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Transportation
When the concept of vehicle-to-grid technology was first proposed in 1997, and for years afterward, the idea of using electric vehicles as storage batteries to help balance electric grids was seen by at least some as unrealistic, far-fetched. And an...
Article - 09/02/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Energy, Transportation
Scroll down for short takes from Council partners …Microsoft to open UK data centers Council Lead Partner Microsoft announced plans to open data centers in the UK, a move that will open its cloud-based services to government customers there and...
Article - 11/13/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Puget Sound Energy is Washington state’s oldest local energy company, providing electric and natural gas service to homes and businesses primarily in the vibrant Puget Sound area. The region has experienced dramatic change during PSE’s century-plus...
Company Information - 11/20/2017
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
PHI's primary business is power delivery, whichconsists of the transmission and distribution of electricity as well asdefault supply of electricity for those customers who do not choose analternative electricity supplier. In addition, we deliver...
Company Information - 11/20/2017
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Ameren Corporation (Ameren) is the parent holding company of: • Ameren Illinois, based in Collinsville, Illinois, and • Ameren Missouri, based in St. Louis, Missouri Ameren was incorporated in Missouri on Aug. 7, 1995. On Dec. 31, 1997,...
Company Information - 09/25/2017
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Here with you. Here for you. At National Grid we are committed to delivering safe and reliable energy to the customers and communities we serve. We are one of the largest investor-owned energy companies in the world - covering Massachusetts, New...
Company Information - 09/22/2017
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
AVANGRID, Inc. (NYSE: AGR) is a diversified energy and utility company with more than $31 billion in assets and operations in 27 states. The company owns regulated utilities and electricity generation assets through two primary lines of business,...
Company Information - 09/22/2017
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Alabama Power provides the valuable combination of competitive prices, reliable electricity supply and unparalleled service to more than 1.4 million homes, businesses and industries. It is part of Southern Company (NYSE:SO), a leading U.S energy...
Company Information - 09/22/2017
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Compassionate Cities, Readiness Guide Online
That’s exactly what Council member IBM did in conjunction with its Smarter Cities Challenge grant program, a multi-year, 100- plus city initiative designed to get them started on ambitious projects. IBM has donated millions of dollars in employees’...
Readiness Guide Case Studies - 12/03/2015
Active Region(s): Readiness Guide, RG Global, RG ANZ, RG Europe, RG India, RG North America, Readiness Guide Online
When Kansas City Board of Public Utilities (KC BPU) installed a water and electric AMI system in 2013, in addition to improving service and reliability, they hoped to empower customers to be wiser energy and water consumers. That goal prompted the...
Readiness Guide Case Studies - 12/03/2015
Active Region(s): Readiness Guide, RG Global, RG ANZ, RG Europe, RG India, RG North America, Readiness Guide Online
One of the roles of Direction Générale de Modernisation de l’État (DGME), the French agency responsible for modernization, is guiding French ministries and agencies in their e-government initiatives.The problem DGME faced in the past was that many...
Readiness Guide Case Studies - 12/02/2015
Active Region(s): Readiness Guide, RG Global, RG ANZ, RG Europe, RG India, RG North America, Readiness Guide Online
As a leader in public sector IT, the London Borough of Newham wanted to improve its service delivery and digital engagement with citizens, while reducing costs. By sharing services with the neighboring local authority of Havering, Newham is...
Readiness Guide Case Studies - 12/02/2015
Active Region(s): Readiness Guide, RG Global, RG ANZ, RG Europe, RG India, RG North America, Readiness Guide Online
California utility companies are required to meet one-third of the state’s electricity needs with power produced by renewable generation sources by 2020. But the high penetration of renewable generation has created concerns regarding grid...
Readiness Guide Case Studies - 11/11/2015
Active Region(s): Readiness Guide, RG Global, RG ANZ, RG Europe, RG India, RG North America, Readiness Guide Online
With over 3.9 million citizens and more than 500 administered institutions and schools, New Taipei city government began constructing and integrating the public cloud and service cloud, not only to strengthen city government operations and...
Readiness Guide Case Studies - 11/11/2015
Active Region(s): Readiness Guide, RG Global, RG ANZ, RG Europe, RG India, RG North America, Readiness Guide Online
Roy Buol will tell you that the theme of making Dubuque a more sustainable city was central to his successful run for mayor in 2005. He’ll tell you how much the issue resonated with the thousands of voters he spoke with in the course of...
Readiness Guide Case Studies - 11/11/2015
Active Region(s): Readiness Guide, RG Global, RG ANZ, RG Europe, RG India, RG North America, Readiness Guide Online
Portland, Oregon-based EcoDistricts seeks to inspire cities to remake themselves from the neighborhoods up. The nonprofit organization works with city builders and entrepreneurs, policymakers and innovators to create vibrant...
Readiness Guide Case Studies - 11/11/2015
Active Region(s): Readiness Guide, RG Global, RG ANZ, RG Europe, RG India, RG North America, Readiness Guide Online
With the ability to visualize infrastructure and analyze maintenance costs - including how long major assets such as roads or pipes will last - cities can save time and money in the planning process and millions in construction and maintenance...
Readiness Guide Case Studies - 11/11/2015
Active Region(s): Readiness Guide, RG Global, RG ANZ, RG Europe, RG India, RG North America, Readiness Guide Online
As in any modern city, the government of Fès must support a host of civic needs, manage its budget and attract private and foreign investment, all while coping with a population migration from rural areas to the urban core. In 2013, the...
Readiness Guide Case Studies - 11/11/2015
Active Region(s): Readiness Guide, RG Global, RG ANZ, RG Europe, RG India, RG North America, Readiness Guide Online
The city of Redmond, Washington – home to Council member Microsoft’s corporate campus and a number of the software giant’s partner companies – is proud of its responsiveness and the wide range of services it offers to constituents. Aiming to...
Readiness Guide Case Studies - 11/11/2015
Active Region(s): Readiness Guide, RG Global, RG ANZ, RG Europe, RG India, RG North America, Readiness Guide Online
King Township, in Ontario, Canada, became one of the first municipalities in Canada with a fully integrated mobile app that works in conjunction with its web portal and online services to provide Anytime, Anywhere and Any Device access to...
Readiness Guide Case Studies - 11/11/2015
Active Region(s): Readiness Guide, RG Global, RG ANZ, RG Europe, RG India, RG North America, Readiness Guide Online
The Community Geomatics Centre (CGC) is a division of the nonprofit Sault Ste. Marie Innovation Centre, a Council Advisor located in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. The CGC is unique in Canada and promotes and establishes partnerships and...
Readiness Guide Case Studies - 11/10/2015
Active Region(s): Readiness Guide, RG Global, RG ANZ, RG Europe, RG India, RG North America, Readiness Guide Online
Established under Thailand’s Ministry of Justice, the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) is a national law enforcement agency dedicated to stopping serious criminal activity. DSI needed better tools for mining large sets of structured...
Readiness Guide Case Studies - 11/10/2015
Active Region(s): Readiness Guide, RG Global, RG ANZ, RG Europe, RG India, RG North America, Readiness Guide Online
On March 11, 2004, Madrid suffered a major terror attack when several commuter trains were bombed. As with the 9/11 attacks in the United States, this tragic incident highlighted the need for greater coordination among first responders.“The...
Readiness Guide Case Studies - 11/10/2015
Active Region(s): Readiness Guide, RG Global, RG ANZ, RG Europe, RG India, RG North America, Readiness Guide Online
Like many cities, Hayward, California’s IT department faces growing demand for services while budgetary resources recede.Located in California’s Bay Area, Hayward has a population approaching 150,000 and is the third largest city in Alameda...
Readiness Guide Case Studies - 11/10/2015
Active Region(s): Readiness Guide, RG Global, RG ANZ, RG Europe, RG India, RG North America, Readiness Guide Online