April 2021

New York City now has a total of 20 mobile vaccine buses administering 150 to 200 daily doses of COVID-19 shots in neighborhoods across the five boroughs – primarily focusing on vulnerable residents. During its Read More

Agritecture.com – a site devoted to the art, science, and practice of incorporating agriculture into the built environment – recently reported on the top 10 cities for urban ag. Many of these cities are promoting urban agriculture Read More

As reported by Smart Cities Connect in June of 2020, the Baltimore Health Corps (BHC) launched as a way to recruit, train, and employ new community health workers (CHWs) as part of a measure to to Read More

As part of Rome, Italy’s Sustainable Urban Mobility plan, the city has created a new electric vehicle sharing service with Italian start-up On. It has contracted with Siemens Smart Infrastructure to deliver the charging infrastructure Read More

VIA Metropolitan Transit in San Antonio, TX is planning a six-month pilot project with NaviLens and the San Antonio Lighthouse for the Blind to provide an app giving visually impaired residents assistance in using public Read More

Researchers in cybersecurity and civil engineering at the University of California – Berkeley have published a free white paper, “The Cybersecurity Risks of Smart-City Technologies: What do the experts think?”.  The paper is based on a survey Read More

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has published a draft of its Cybersecurity Framework Election Infrastructure Profile to help local election officials prepare for and respond to cyber threats. The guide covers all phases of Read More

The cities of of Bournemouth, Christchurch, and Poole in Britain are conducting a pilot program that will use drone technology to deal with litter. In a partnership with environmental non-profit Hubbub, startup Ellipsis Earth, and fast food Read More

The City of Sydney, Australia plans to plant 700 new street trees a year and cover 40% of the city in greenery by the year 2050. The urban forestation plan is part of the city’s Read More

Schneider Electric is developing an Energy Savings Improvement Program (ESIP) for Jersey City, NJ with the aim of reducing operational costs, improving energy resiliency, and leveraging energy savings to use on urgent capital infrastructure projects. Read More