The city of Helsinki in Finland recently delivered a sustainable development report to the United Nations (UN) – the first European city to do so. The report, From Agenda to Action – The Implementation of Read More
The Transportation Research Center, Inc. (TRC) – the largest independent automotive proving ground in North America – recently opened SMARTCenter, a state-of-the-art automated and connected vehicle testing facility in East Liberty, Ohio. The SMARTCenter is Read More
The City of Charlottesville and the Charlottesville Food Justice Network (CFJN) have received an award from The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for the food system initiative called Local Food, Local Places. The local initiative aims Read More
The Rockefeller Foundation is launching a new climate and resilience initiative and has committed an initial $8 million to continue supporting the work of chief resilience officers (CROs) and member cities within the 100 Resilient Read More
In 2017, I meet with the team at Virtual Singapore and watched as they built a 3D simulation of their city. Recently Rotterdam, Cambridge and many more are also creating Digital Twin solutions, and I Read More
The Open Mobility Foundation (OMF) – a coalition of cities and private partners committed to using open-source technology to manage the modern transportation infrastructure – has been launched with the mission to promote safety, equity, Read More
Two years ago in 2017, I attended the first ever World Smart City Week in South Korea. I was in awe of the certitude and progress that had quickly launched Korea ahead of the curve in Read More
Georgia Tech’s Georgia Smart Communities Challenge recently announced its 2019 grant recipients. Each community will receive $50,000 to develop a pilot project centered on mobility, equity, and smart resilience – along with technical assistance from Read More
The Ford Motor Company is investing $740 million to restore Detroit’s Michigan Central Station Corktown neighborhood and create a new destination that will create the future of mobility. As part of the restoration project, Ford Read More
The state of Minnesota has been offering Bikeable Community Workshops since 2012 – with 28 communities having achieved the designation of Bicycle Friendly Community since the program’s inception. The workshops were inspired by a Michigan Read More
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