Six European cities – Helsinki, Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Paris Region, Stavanger, and Tallinn – are participating in the AI4Cities project to look for AI solutions that will reduce their greenhouse gas emissions and meet their commitments Read More
Transport for London (TfL) is expanding its use of traffic sensors using AI to detect road users and decide which mode of transport they are using. Using sensors from Vivacity Labs, the trials that began Read More
The city of Tampere, Finland has added a carbon footprint calculator to its mobile application. Launched in March of 2019, the free-of-charge app provides access to information about services in the city, including public transport Read More
Spin – a dockless electric scooter-sharing company based in San Francisco – has provided six nonprofits with access to a street data toolkit so that they can contribute solutions to city infrastructure and safety changes. Read More
The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Science and Technology (S&T) Directorate – working with the City of St Louis, the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC), and the T-REX Innovation Center (T-REX) – has completed the final Read More
The Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) has partnered with Aclima – a San Francisco-based company which builds Internet-connected air quality sensors and the software to analyze the extracted data – to use mobile Read More
New York City’s Mayor, Bill de Blasio has released an Internet Master Plan which frames the city’s goals for the next generation of internet technology, identifies the partnerships and infrastructure required, and sets a course Read More
The city of Auburn Hills, Michigan – working with the German automotive technology supplier Continental – has created a Smart City Mobility and Transportation Hub to test and improve traffic flow, add convenience, reduce pollution, Read More
The Join, Boost, Sustain initiative – which aims to have cities and communities join forces to boost sustainable digital transformation in the EU – has begun in the city of Oulu, Finland. The joint political Read More
The Port of Seattle has become the first port in the United States to adopt new guidelines for the possibility of the use of facial recognition technology – biometrics – at SeaTac Airport. The United Read More
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