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Writing for the Mobile World Capital Barcelona website on standardization and regulation in the growing smart cities movement, Maria Gonzalez quoted Council Chairman Jesse Berst on the importance of standardization.”It is essential that cities join...
Article - 03/31/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
In his recap of the Smart City Expo World Congress held in November, 2013, in Barcelona, Spain, Jonathan Andrews quotes Smart Cities Council Chairman Jesse Berst as well as Laura Ipsen, who is Corporate Vice President, Worldwide Public Sector, with...
Article - 03/27/2014
Active Region(s): Main
Promoters of “open data” in government have released the results of a project that ranks 36 U.S. cities based on the type and quality of their open data efforts.Govtech.com reports that the project -- dubbed the U.S. Open Data Census -- reviewed and...
Article - 03/26/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Citizen engagement, Data management, Interoperability
Ridesharing -- that entrepreneurial twist on carpooling -- is facing new restrictions in Seattle.The Seattle Times reports that the city is the first in the country to set limits on the number of drivers that rideshare companies -- also known as...
Article - 03/26/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Transportation
Washington, D.C. (March 26, 2014) – The Smart Cities Council, an industry coalition to advance smart city development and innovation, announced the launch of a first-of-its-kind Smart Cities Apps Gallery showcasing smartphone apps created by, and...
Article - 03/26/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Council Chairman Jesse Berst told Bisnow Seattle that yes, Seattle is pretty smart... but it could be a lot smarter. Berst lives in the Seattle suburbs, so he's familiar with Seattle's collection of individual properties with labels like "green," "...
Article - 03/24/2014
Active Region(s): Main
PaymentsSource, a publication that focuses on news and analysis about credit card, debit card, mobile payments and other technology and trends in the payments industry, interviewed Council Chairman Jesse Berst about how payments will fit into the...
Article - 03/24/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Cisco takes its connected city message to Doha: Council Global Partner Cisco will share its vision for creating a sustainable smart and connected city as a Diamond Sponsor of the Arab Future Cities Summit in Doha, Qatar next month. The April 7-8...
Article - 03/19/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Computing resources, Connectivity
Meeting of the Minds hosted a March 12, 2014 smart cities webinar featuring Smart Cities Council Chairman Jesse Berst along with Russ Vanos, a senior vice president with Council Global Partner Itron, and Jason Zogg, and urban planner with Detroit's...
Article - 03/19/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Why did the Londoners cross the road?Because new state-of-the-art video camera technology, seeing that a large crowd was waiting at the street corner, automatically adjusted the traffic signal timings to extend the pedestrian crossing period. ...
Article - 03/19/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Transportation, Instrumentation and control
Investment in smart city information and communication technology (ICT) in Asia Pacific will total $63.4 billion during the period from 2014 to 2023, according to a new report from Navigant Research. The market research firm cites a number of...
Article - 03/19/2014
Active Region(s): Main
Category: Economic development
Cities and other government agencies working to incorporate smart city technologies into their operations sometimes fail to get the outcomes they’re looking for.Part of the reason for this is the old school procurement regimen that agencies abide by...
Article - 03/19/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Financing and procurement tools
For all our smart city dreams to come true, we must have lots of wireless bandwidth. Indeed, some experts predict we will need 1,000 times more bandwidth 10 years from now.What a challenge! Luckily Council Global Partner Qualcomm is hard at work on...
Article - 03/12/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Telecommunications, Connectivity
It's all aboard the smart grid with S&C and Chattanooga: Building on the success of its robust smart grid, Chattanooga, Tennessee is welcoming entrepreneurs with an accelerator focused on smart grid innovation. The program helps entrepreneurs...
Article - 03/12/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Energy, Instrumentation and control
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
Competition is a good thing. It pushes people (and cities!) to be their best. In that sense, it is terrific to see Dubai's commitment to become the smartest city in the world. Ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid clearly understands that smartness...
Article - 03/12/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Economic development, Energy, Health and human services, Connectivity, Instrumentation and control
Two major utilities based in Italy are exploring how they might leverage each other’s networks and infrastructures to improve service and operations. Telecommunications provider Telcom Italia and energy giant Enel—an SCC Global Partner—have signed...
Article - 03/12/2014
Active Region(s): Main
Category: Energy, Telecommunications, Connectivity
The good news: U.S. President Obama is pushing a bipartisan transportation initiative that purports to be a "vision for 21st century transportation infrastructure." The good news part deux: The initiative includes funding ideas.The bad news: The...
Article - 03/05/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Transportation, Policy and leadership
By Charlene ParksWalk through the streets of San Francisco and you'll see an inordinate number of recycling bins. San Francisco has earned the highest recycling rate in the U.S., reusing nearly 80 percent of its waste. "Innovative policies,...
Article - 03/05/2014
Active Region(s): Main
Category: Built environment, Transportation, Waste management, Examples and case studies
Health care providers are rapidly ditching paper-based patient medical records for electronic health records (EHRs). If you’ve visited a doctor’s office recently, you know what that means. Your physician enters the exam room, chats with you, and...
Article - 03/05/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Health and human services, Data management