Global Site Search
As India prepares itself to launch on the global platform for Smart Cities, through the NDA government's '100 Smart Cities' mission, the Smart Cities Council of India had organized a Conclave on Smart Technologies which housed the national and...
Article - 09/29/2015
Active Region(s): India
Category: Smart City Concepts, Telecommunications, Transportation, Connectivity
The networking major, which has inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Maharashtra government as an advisory role for developing smart cities in the state, is set to chalk out net-based solutions plan for the Nagpur city.According to a...
Article - 09/28/2015
Active Region(s): India
Category: Smart City Concepts, Transportation, Visioning and roadmapping tools
Bhubaneswar, the administrative, economic and cultural capital of Odisha, is one of the two cities shortlisted from the state for the 100 Smart Cities nation-wide challenge. The city is an emerging information technology (IT) hub with a...
Article - 09/27/2015
Active Region(s): India
Category: Smart City Concepts, Built environment, Health and human services, Transportation, Citizen engagement strategies and tools, Visioning and roadmapping tools
Travelling in urban India is very stressful, because of the heavy traffic, bad roads, lack of timely public transport service, wrongful parking, unnecessary honking, pollution, erratic motorists driving and so on and so forth. The reasons can be...
Article - 09/26/2015
Active Region(s): India
Category: Transportation, Interoperability, Smart City Tools
Americans take more trips a week – in private cars – than they did a decade ago. In fact, 96% of the American public travels by private car, says Rasheq Zarif, head of the Business Innovation Division for Mercedes-Benz, a subsidiary of Council Lead...
Article - 09/22/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Payments, Transportation, Connectivity
A new tool to help urban planners and commercial developers better understand the relationship between how people travel and what they buy to inform growth strategies and improve the quality of life for citizens was unveiled at Smart Cities Week.The...
Article - 09/15/2015
Active Region(s): Main, China, North America
Category: Built environment, Economic development, Transportation, Analytics
Scroll down for five smart ideas your city may want to borrow...Dubai's Smart Palms supply more than just shadeSmart Palms are sprouting in Dubai, but these trees are made from reinforced plastic and concrete and are topped with leaf-shaped...
Article - 09/11/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Public safety and security, Transportation, Connectivity
The latest generation of American commuters spends twice as much time sitting in traffic as their parents did when they entered the workforce. Traffic is as bad as it’s ever been and getting worse. But a study finds the road to easier commutes may...
Article - 09/09/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Transportation
Smart and green cities are increasingly viewed as central to achieving a low-carbon, prosperous and resilient future. A recent report by The Global Commission on Energy and Climate, which includes former finance ministers and prestigious research...
Article - 09/09/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Economic development, Energy, Transportation, Policy and leadership, Research, publications and web sites
The sixth-largest city of India is now also the sixth Indian city to , and arguably secondary financial hub in the country, after Mumbai, has added another feather in its hat following the successful launch of the new Chennai Metro.The Chennai Metro...
Article - 09/09/2015
Active Region(s): India
Category: Economic development, Public safety and security, Transportation