Washington DC recently launched ‘DC Compass’ – a beta public version of an AI chatbot that uses generative artificial intelligence to answer data-oriented civic questions and creates maps from thousands of open data sets. For Read More
New York City’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority Board (MTA) has approved the toll rates for the country’s first congestion pricing plan. The Central Business District Tolling Program (CBDTP) has the goal of managing congestion, improving mobility, Read More
The Board of Directors of the city of Little Rock, AR recently passed an ordinance creating a municipal food commission which will have the aim of combating food insecurity and food deserts. The commission will Read More
In light of record breaking summer temperatures in recent years, Phoenix, AZ’s City Council has passed an ordinance that will require all city contractors and subcontractors to develop heat safety plans. In 2023, the city Read More
The FinEst Centre for Smart Cities – part of the Tallinn University of Technology in Estonia – recently launched its Smart City Challenge 2024. The challenge has issued an invitation to anyone around the world Read More
There is a wide range of how smart city technology can be deployed in a city. Some applications (such as smart kiosks, smart street lights, or traffic monitoring cameras) have highly visible hardware but what Read More
The Tempe, Arizona City Council has allocated the use of federal and state grant funding for a new city program – Growing Together: A Tree Stewardship & Workforce Development Program – that will expand local Read More
The City of Albuquerque, NM is launching its first on-demand microtransit project – ABQ Ride Connect – to complement existing fixed route services. The one year pilot is designed to connect riders to key transfer Read More
Bloomberg Philanthropies has selected 25 cities in the United States to participate in its Bloomberg American Sustainable Cities initiative – a three-year program designed to turbocharge cities’ efforts to leverage federal funding to proactively build Read More
The 2023 winners of the European Mobility Week and Mobility Action urban mobility awards have been announced. European Mobility Week is held from September 16th – 22nd every year, giving towns and cities the opportunity Read More
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