The City of Norfolk, Virginia announced that it has selected Rubicon Global to deploy a smart city pilot program to improve the residential waste services of their more than 61,000 locations. Rubicon Global is a Read More
Georgia Tech’s Georgia Smart Communities Challenge recently announced its 2019 grant recipients. Each community will receive $50,000 to develop a pilot project centered on mobility, equity, and smart resilience – along with technical assistance from Read More
The Ford Motor Company is investing $740 million to restore Detroit’s Michigan Central Station Corktown neighborhood and create a new destination that will create the future of mobility. As part of the restoration project, Ford Read More
The city of Shediac, New Brunswick will soon serve as a testing ground for new technologies that are being developed by NB Power and Siemens Canada. The smart energy community project is funded by a Read More
The buzz is increasing about emerging technologies like 5G, AR and VR with a heightened curiosity about practical applications and impact particularly related to smart cities. To get closer to answering what is possible with Read More
The state of Minnesota has been offering Bikeable Community Workshops since 2012 – with 28 communities having achieved the designation of Bicycle Friendly Community since the program’s inception. The workshops were inspired by a Michigan Read More
Beginning this fall, students in the city of Sacramento, California will be able to use public transit for free. Sacramento Regional Transit (Sac RT) will distribute stickers to school districts to be given to students Read More
Four Georgia communities are exploring innovative technologies and collaborating with local partners and Georgia Institute of Technology research teams to help drive the state’s smart development. Georgia Tech leads the pilot Georgia Smart Communities Challenge, Read More
The increased use of smart electricity meters has allowed energy utility companies to more efficiently track energy use and allocate energy production – and end users to better manage their home energy usage – but Read More
Cities of Service – part of Bloomberg Philanthropies’ American Cities Initiative – recently announced the six cities who will participate in its new ‘Experience Matters’ program. The Experience Matters initiative – created in partnership with Read More
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