A new on-demand shuttle service connecting Milwaukee residents with jobs in the city’s northern suburbs is set to launch next month. The project is funded by a $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation Read More
Bronzeville – a neighborhood of Chicago, IL – now has the country’s first utility microgrid cluster. Commonwealth Edison’s (ComEd) has linked the Bronzeville Community Microgrid with the Illinois Institute of Technology’s (IIT) microgrid – allowing Read More
Bloomberg Philanthropies recently announced the winning cities of its 2021-2022 Global Mayors Challenge. The 15 winners were chosen for designing the most ambitious urban innovations to emerge from the global COVID-19 pandemic. The winners were Read More
New York City, NY has created the new Office of Technology and Innovation that will include all current city technology agencies. The agencies being consolidated include: the New York City Department of Information Technology and Read More
The Central Park Climate Lab has been created to study the impacts of climate change on urban parks. Its work will initially focus on New York City’s Central Park with the goal of working with Read More
The city of Philadelphia, PA is conducting a pilot project with the installation of optical sensors on street lights that can track environmental factors and how city sidewalks are being used. A single block in Read More
The city of Linköping in Sweden is now using a highly interactive presentation format for their municipal statistical data. It’s hoped that this will improve understanding and excite attention on the part of the residents. Read More
The Transit Tech Lab recently announced three winners of the COVID-19 Response Challenge. The winners will implement high-tech solutions across the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) and the Port Authority for New York & New Jersey. Read More
The International Association of Horticultural Producers (AIPH) is now inviting entries for its AIPH World Green City Awards, an ongoing competition designed to champion nature-oriented approaches to city design and operations. Entries are open until Read More
Hamburg, Germany is Europe’s third largest port city, known as a creative eclectic city and hub of science, research, and education with a demonstrated commitment to innovation and community engagement. This is a primary reason Read More
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