With the rapid growth in the city’s population, Brampton, Ontario experienced ridership growth that resulted in purchase of more buses to meet their service levels. They needed a system that would monitor and report on Read More
The city of Claremore, Oklahoma has approved a project to improve traffic flow across town. Ten key intersections will have a true-presence radar detection system to sense how many vehicles are at an intersection and Read More
Researchers from the Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center (BPCRC) at The Ohio State University have presented the Columbus Climate Adaptation Plan (CCAP) to the city. The primary goal of the document is to prepare Read More
The city of Sejong in South Korea has become the first city in the world to receive ISO 37106 certification from the British Standards Institute (BSI). BSI measured Sejong in 22 categories, including vision management, Read More
In March of 2017, the city of Dallas, Texas launched its Smart Cities Living Lab – four blocks featuring nine integrated smart cities projects. The Dallas Innovation Alliance (DIA) recently released its year-end case study Read More
A new project, the Greater Phoenix Smart Region Initiative, is a public-private nonprofit partnership that includes the Arizona State University Center for Smart Cities and Regions (CSCR), the Arizona Institute for Digital Progress (IDP), and Read More
The DC Office of the Chief Technology Office (OCTO) invites area application developers and entrepreneurs to compete in GigabitDCx – a public competition that will focus on the development of next-generation, high-performance applications in the Read More
I recently had the privilege to speak with Jordan Finegan, a Smart Cities Consultant at Denver’s Office of Technology Services and Public Works, about Denver’s Living Lab and her role within the project. As a Read More
“We are going big. And we are being bold.” “We are ready to partner in ways we have never done before.” “This era will be about alignment and collaboration.” “This is an opportunity for us Read More
A report commissioned by the city of Charlotte, North Carolina examined farming in a ten-county area, including the number of farmers markets, wholesale activity, access, and security. It concluded that the Charlotte region is behind Read More
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