Researchers at the University of Warwick, United Kingdom (UK) have demonstrated that vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology can be used to take enough energy from idle electric vehicle (EV) batteries to be pumped into the grid and Read More
The Le Monde Smart Cities Global Innovation Award recently named Surtrac, a real-time traffic signal control technology from Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), the winner in the mobility category. The leader of the Surtrac project, Stephen Read More
The city of San Jose, California recently released a request for information (RFI), seeking technology partners for autonomous vehicle (AV) pilot projects in specified corridors within the city. The RFI identifies five corridors where the Read More
Many cities are working to improve their efforts to measure pollution using IoT technology to provide data that can map areas of high pollution, track changes over time, identify polluters, and analyze potential interventions. City Read More
The National League of Cities, a nonprofit group of municipal leagues, recently released a guide on autonomous vehicles (AVs) – “Autonomous Vehicles: A Policy Preparation Guide” – for state and local planners. It provides a Read More
In June of 2016, Kansas City, Missouri, announced that it would invest $15 million in a public-private partnership with Cisco to make a two-mile smart streetcar corridor. It added free public Wi-Fi across 51 downtown Read More
With the increased integration of IoT technologies in vehicles, a number of steps are being taken to guard against cyber attacks. “All of your electronic conveniences are, potentially, electronic vulnerabilities,” said Jack Dunham, a member Read More
When Robert Bosch began his company in 1886, he revolutionized mobility with the magneto ignition. Since then, they have become the largest automotive supplier when it comes to mobility solutions and have maintained leadership in Read More
The Transportation Authority of Marin County, California (TAM) commissioned a $30,000 study collect origin-destination (OD) data specific to Marin County to provide an updated understanding of its travel patterns and to support the update of Read More
As parking related problems are on the rise in Qatar with an increase in population and the number of vehicles, The Ministry of Transport and Communications (MoTC) has launched the Qatar Parking Master Plan and Read More
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