The city of San Francisco, CA is conducting a community heat mapping project – called Urban Heat Watch – in order to better understand and address health inequities exacerbated by temperatures above 100°F ( ~37.8°C Read More
C40 Cities, a global network of mayors taking action to confront the climate crisis, and NREP, a Danish urban investor, have published a guidebook offering a framework and approach for delivering net zero emissions at the neighborhood Read More
The city of Sunderland in England has conducted a trial using solar powered smart compactor trash cans. The trial used real-time performance testing to assess the benefits of the technology and to decide if the Read More
The city of Hamburg, Germany now has the country’s first semi-autonomous digital train. The train was developed through a joint project by city authorities, Deutsche Bahn, and Siemens Mobility. The two companies have invested 60 Read More
The Controller’s office of the city of Los Angeles, CA recently published a new webpage, “Get Ready, L.A.,” which features an overview of types of natural disasters and severe weather events that the city may Read More
The City of Melbourne, Australia and the Emerging Technologies Research Lab (ETLab) at Monash University have released a new report exploring how the city’s real-time public data can be gathered and used to better plan Read More
The US Federal government – in partnership with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the Department of the Interior (DOI) – has launched a new website offering a resource for communities to assess Read More
Last summer, the Kelheim district north of Munich saw the launch of the Kelheim Express Individuell (KEXI) public on-demand service, which uses conventional vehicles. Now the second phase has begun, offering customers the ability to Read More
Lazio – a central Italian administrative region which includes the city of Rome – recently announced that it has already removed more than 10 tons of trash from the region’s rivers with the use of Read More
Mayor Eric Adams of New York City has created the Mayor’s Office of Urban Agriculture and appointed Qiana Mickie as its director. Mickie will oversee the administration’s efforts to support, strengthen, and expand the network Read More
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