The smart cities scene in the U.S. is growing up, as evidenced by the recent announcement of a new  multi-regional cooperation between The North Texas Innovation Alliance (NTXIA), The Connective and the Southern Arizona Smart Read More

Sonoma County, CA is now using artificial intelligence (AI) to aid in the early detection of wildfires.  At the REDCOM dispatch center – which covers Sonoma County – AI software has been overlaid on the Read More

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has partnered with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service to create a new federal initiative – Local Foods, Local Places (LFLP) – to provide technical assistance to 13 Read More

Berlin’s Senate Department for Environment, Transport and Climate Protection; micro mobility operator, Lime; and micro mobility charging company, Swiftmile are partnering on a dockless e-scooters pilot project to take place in a suburban borough. The Read More

The cities of Berlin, Paris, London, and New York recently launched an open innovation competition – The Creative Cities Challenge – seeking solutions that will help their cultural and creative sectors recover from the pandemic. Read More

The city of Florence, Italy is working on the creation of “smart zones,” which will combine data from its tram lines, city streets, and pedestrian crossings. Towards that end, sensors have been installed in trams Read More

The city of Tampa, FL released its first resilience roadmap – ‘Resilient Tampa’ – which introduces four Chapters, 13 Goals, and 58 initiatives aimed at better preparing Tampa for the known and unknown shocks and Read More

Rome, Italy will start conducting three smart city trials this month with the aim of reducing transportation pollution, optimizing public transport, and eliminating accidents at pedestrian crossings. The trials will be run by Envision, using Read More

The City of Ontario, Southern California is initiating its infrastructure renewal program – “Smart Ontario” – to improve safety, efficiency, and connectivity. The city expects to see a savings of US$75 million in utility and Read More

Singapore’s national water agency – PUB – will soon start to deploy Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) drones to monitor water quality and water activities at six of its 17 reservoirs. The drones are Read More