In a bid to reduce infant mortality rates, the city of Columbus, Ohio, will be running a pilot program from June to November of 2019 that will provide on-demand rides for pregnant women. The pilot Read More
By Michael Tschirret, Marketing Communications Manager at Sensus At Sensus, we often get asked the question “What makes a city smart?” It’s a broad one to be sure, but the answer usually starts with infrastructure. Read More
Planting trees in cities is a low-tech strategy to help fight the effects of climate change and the urban heat island effect. Trees have also been shown to be a boon for public health by Read More
The Dotte Mobile Grocer’s Mobile Market Community Council in Kansas City, Kansas is making plans to launch a mobile grocery truck that would sell healthy and affordable food in food deserts – neighborhoods that lack Read More
The Department of Homeland Security – through its Flood Apex Program – is working with three vendors to evaluate, design, and test low-cost Internet of Things (IoT) flood sensors around the state of North Carolina. Read More
The city of Claremore, Oklahoma has approved a project to improve traffic flow across town. Ten key intersections will have a true-presence radar detection system to sense how many vehicles are at an intersection and Read More
New York University’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service has partnered with the United States Conference of Mayors (USCM) to create a new incubator to help mayors develop, implement, and manage technology-assisted smart Read More
The City of Boston and Verizon are expanding their partnership on wireless and fiber optic networks in the city and collaboration on additional smart city projects. Under a new 10-year agreement, Verizon’s wireless small cell Read More
Researchers from the Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center (BPCRC) at The Ohio State University have presented the Columbus Climate Adaptation Plan (CCAP) to the city. The primary goal of the document is to prepare Read More
The Japanese city of Fukuoka plans to deploy the autonomous DragonFly Pods from robotics and visual intelligence company, PerceptIn, in September of 2019. The pods – electric low-speed small vehicles (LSEs) – are typically used Read More
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