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NSW's government is convinced that driverless vehicles will be a key component of the global transportation future — and state leaders want to be prepared for it. One key takeaway for cities and regional governments is that state officials see the...
Article - 06/19/2018
Active Region(s): Australia - New Zealand
Category: Transportation
The small city of Alba Iulia in central Romania is undergoing big changes, attracting the most European funds in the country for projects that are helping to seriously boost tourism. First on the list: the restoration of the 18th century Alba...
Article - 06/18/2018
Active Region(s): Europe
Category: Built environment, Energy, Telecommunications, Transportation
Milano è una delle poche città cosmopolite a investire miliardi di euro nei suoi quartieri più trascurati, nell’ambito di un piano di modernizzazione che renderà la città più attraente e sostenibile che mai. Il nome è CityLife Park e l’ispirazione...
Article - 06/18/2018
Active Region(s): Europe
Category: Built environment, Energy
Milan is one of a handful of cosmopolitan cities thrusting billions of euros into neglected neighbourhoods as part of a modernization plan that will make the city more attractive—and sustainable—than ever. Dubbed CityLife Park, the inspiration for...
Article - 06/18/2018
Active Region(s): Europe
Category: Waste management, Water and wastewater
The Pune-Mumbai hyperloop project has now reached the midpoint of the in-depth feasibility study, which is on track to finish this summer. Recently, Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Devendra Fadnavis, and representatives from the State Government...
Article - 06/17/2018
Active Region(s): India
Cutting-edge companies may tell their customers “there’s an app for that” but city-level governments in Australia have been slow to embrace digital technologies.In many cases, it’s not simply a case of “there’s a form for that” – but “there are 17...
Article - 06/17/2018
Active Region(s): Australia - New Zealand
When we imagine the possibilities for solar power, we might well see it as the bedrock of a future 100 per cent renewables-powered grid - harnessing the abundance of energy beamed down on us daily, to give 100 per cent reliability of supply and...
Article - 06/14/2018
Active Region(s): India
Hon’ble Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated India’s first integrated greenfield smart city project at Naya Raipur, the capital of Chhattisgarh. Schneider Electric, the global leader in the digital transformation of energy management and...
Article - 06/14/2018
Active Region(s): India
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 - 06/14/2018
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Health and human services, Public safety and security, Telecommunications, Transportation, Citizen engagement, Connectivity
The toll continues to rise in the aftermath of a ransomware attack on Atlanta’s computer systems. Since March, the city has asked for nearly $15 million to restore its corrupted systems. More than a third of the programs it uses were thrown offline...
Article - 06/14/2018
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Security and privacy
Last week, we hosted our first Readiness Workshop as part of our 2018 Smart Cities Council Readiness Challenge. We started in Cary, NC — a very impressive town that has a clear view of how all the elements of the community need to come together.That...
Article - 06/14/2018
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Scroll down for quick news takes and events involving Smart Cities Council Partners.Smarter water resources management for a quickly growing county Virginia's Loudoun County is among the fastest growing counties in the U.S. — and industrial and...
Article - 06/14/2018
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Energy, Transportation, Water and wastewater, Connectivity
This page contains all of the infographics produced during the Cary Readiness Workshop on June 8. Click on an infographic to access and download a high-resolution version.Introductory sessions and smart cities framework Background for...
Article - 06/14/2018
Active Region(s): Main, North America
More than half of India’s population is engaged in farming but the sector contributes just 16 per cent to the country’s GDP. For this, Niti Aayog has partnered with IBM to develop a crop yield prediction model and provide real-time advice to farmers...
Article - 06/13/2018
Active Region(s): India
Dehradun’s area based development (ABD) envisions to retrofit and redevelop 875 acres centered on CBD of Dehradun and transform into a light-house for the city and to showcase as a smart neighborhood. A Delhi-based consultant, Rudrabhishek...
Article - 06/13/2018
Active Region(s): India
In an attempt to digitise air travel, the Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport, also known as Varanasi Airport, will have an automated smart facial recognition system, ensuring hassle-free movement of travellers from entry to boarding points....
Article - 06/13/2018
Active Region(s): India
How can data analytics enhance social wellbeing? How can Australia capitalise on the future of 5G? Where does the potential for PropTech lie?These are just three of the topics on offer at Australia’s first Smart Cities Week, heading to Sydney on 29-...
Article - 06/12/2018
Active Region(s): Australia - New Zealand
Being an industrial city, turning Pimpri Chinchwad into a smart city is a tough job. It requires a long-term vision, on which the Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) is presently working on. The PCMC is in the process of designing the...
Article - 06/08/2018
Active Region(s): India
Naya Raipur is being developed as a sustainable, modern ‘green city’ with major eco-development projects such as rainwater harvesting, solar energy and Internet connectivity. Compulsory installation of rainwater harvesting systems on all buildings...
Article - 06/07/2018
Active Region(s): India
Google has claimed to reach its target of 400 free Wi-fi enabled stations in India. Dibrugarh railway station in Assam is the 400th train station in India to be powered by public Wi-Fi.Wi-Fi in these stations comes from a journey that Indian...
Article - 06/07/2018
Active Region(s): India
This year, Tesla’s Elon Musk declared bankruptcy, actor Seth Rogen signed his life over to Netflix and Where's Wally found his way into Google Maps.Tech companies understand the power of April Fools' Day to engage their audiences.But can an April...
Article - 06/07/2018
Active Region(s): Australia - New Zealand
Connected car technologies have the potential to increase traffic safety and reduce congestion, not to mention make driving more convenient. Council Associate Partners Panasonic, Intel and Ford and Global Lead Partner Qualcomm will work together to...
Article - 06/07/2018
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Telecommunications, Transportation, Connectivity
The announcement this week that Kansas City is expanding its Smart City program didn't come as much of a surprise. The program, which kicked off two years ago in conjunction with its KC Streetcar project, was initiated in relatively small but...
Article - 06/07/2018
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Economic development, Transportation, Analytics, Connectivity, Data management
Dirty air has consequences — very serious consequences ranging from climate change to lung disease. In villages in India, clean-burning stoves are one key solution. The problem has been getting people to use them.Below, read about an innovative...
Article - 06/06/2018
Active Region(s): India, North America, Compassionate Cities
Category: Food and Water, Analytics, Citizen engagement
Challenge statementHow can Cary more effectively access and analyze cross-sector data from legacy and IoT systems to enable a ONE Cary approach to community understanding and improvement? TOPICSData Management ProgramIntegrationAnalysis ...
Article - 06/06/2018
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Cary
Challenge statementReducing sanitary sewer overflows (SSOs); Improving response speed/effectiveness to SSOs; streamlining wastewater collection system management to make O&M more efficient; ONE Cary integration across systems TOPICS ...
Article - 06/06/2018
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Cary
Challenge statementImprove the safety and efficiency of the transportation and mobility system through ONE Cary integration across systems, streamlined data analytics, Connected Vehicles, and Automated Traffic Signal Performance Measures (ATSPMs)...
Article - 06/06/2018
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Cary
When it comes to smart cities projects, there’s what people are saying and what people are doing. Our monthly Inside Look series tracks the latter by examining what cities are planning, soliciting and buying. Below, you’ll learn about some of the...
Article - 06/06/2018
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Finance and procurement
Carbon monoxide is a major air pollutant posing threat to human health. A team of scientists led by researcher at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Gandhinagar have developed a nanocomposite material that can selectively convert environmental...
Article - 06/05/2018
Active Region(s): India
A remote village in Uttarakhand where electricity is a distant dream is now enjoying high speed Wi-Fi without any grid power.Operated on a solar power, the newly installed Wi-Fi network in the village by the State’s Information Technology...
Article - 06/05/2018
Active Region(s): India
While Trondheim only has a population of 193,000 residents, the historic city ranks the third largest in Norway. The city, which is home to 30,000 students alone, is slowly catching up to Nordic neighbours like Stockholm and Helsinki, which are...
Article - 06/05/2018
Active Region(s): Europe
Category: Upward Mobility, Energy, Transportation
Food loss and waste has been an issue for years. Canada's Zero Waste Council estimates more than a third of the food it produces goes to waste, and the numbers are similar in the U.S. and elsewhere. To put it in dollar terms, the U.S. Department of...
Article - 05/31/2018
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Food and Water, Citizen engagement
Mobility is one of the top issues facing cities. It was a top focus area for cities participating in our last Readiness Challenge. With cities becoming more dense, terrible traffic is getting worse. It’s a problem that we can’t build our way out of...
Article - 05/31/2018
Active Region(s): North America
Located in the heart of Ahmedabad, Godrej Garden City (GGC) is currently home to over 1,500 families and has a fully functional school, a city square retail facility, and a 70,000 sq ft clubhouse. The project also has facilities for healthcare,...
Article - 05/31/2018
Active Region(s): India
Lille représente la quatrième ville française après Paris, Marseille et Lyon, avec 1,1 millions d'habitants répartis sur 85 communes. Comme en France les municipalités n'ont pas la responsabilité des politiques énergétiques, la ville demande donc de...
Article - 05/31/2018
Active Region(s): Europe
The four underground stations of the Chennai Metro Rail (CMRL) operational in Phase 1—Thirumangalam, Annanagar East, Annanagar Tower and Shenoy Nagar—have recently received Platinum rating by the Indian Green Building Council (IGBC) for adopting...
Article - 05/30/2018
Active Region(s): India
SCCANZ is supporting a range of important events this year that complement our own Smart Cities Week Australia conference in October in Sydney (29-31) – https://www.smartcitiesweek.com/There are many smart cities events in the marketplace, but here...
Article - 05/30/2018
Active Region(s): Australia - New Zealand
Category: Connectivity
The trajectory for urbanisation is set, as we all know. The rapid growth rates of our cities and projections about their future are underpinned by people’s desire to live in urban areas, among other, more existential factors.In understanding the...
Article - 05/30/2018
Active Region(s): Australia - New Zealand
Category: Built environment, Economic development, Citizen engagement
For well over a decade urban development in Australia, New Zealand and other parts of the world has pursued an agenda of sustainability. The goal has been to shape our urban development practices, so they can be better – for people, planet and...
Article - 05/30/2018
Active Region(s): Australia - New Zealand
Category: Built environment
Lille ranks the fourth-largest urban area in France after Paris, Marseilles and Lyon, with 1.1 million citizens living in 85 different communes. Since local authorities in France aren’t responsible for managing an energy policy, the city is turning...
Article - 05/30/2018
Active Region(s): Europe
Category: Transportation