New York City’s Department of Transportation (NYCDOT) conducted a study – Pedestrian Safety and Older New Yorkers – examining how existing roadway factors contribute to collisions involving people aged 65 and over. It recently announced Read More
New York City’s Transit Tech Lab – a startup accelerator led by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and the nonprofit Partnership for New York City – has announced the ten finalists for this year’s COVID-19 Recovery Read More
Downtown Cincinnati, OH is installing interactive kiosks – called IKE (Interactive Kiosk Experience) – to help residents and visitors navigate the city. IKE Smart City, the City of Cincinnati, and 3CDC formed a zero-cost partnership Read More
The City Council of San Jose, CA has approved a new framework to achieve Carbon Neutrality by 2030. This will make San José the largest city in the United States to have set this goal. Read More
SmartBlockPHL – a part of the SmartCityPHL program in Philadelphia, PA – is a pilot project created with the goal of attaining a dynamic understanding of the urban environment. The city, Comcast, US Ignite, and Read More
The City of Warsaw in Poland, Bloomberg Philanthropies, and the Clean Air Fund are working together to improve air quality in the city. The Breathe Warsaw initiative will take advantage of Bloomberg Philanthropies’ experience partnering Read More
The Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG) in Korea recently announced that it will be powering its public buildings with geothermal energy as part of the city’s Comprehensive Plan for Climate Action to achieve carbon-neutrality by 2050. Read More
Take-aways from Distributech 2022 It is well understood that the technical foundation of smart cities depends on connectivity and power. However, integration and collaboration between these two sectors has historically been under incentivized therefore limiting Read More
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is partnering with the interagency National Integrated Heat Health Information System (NIHHIS), data analytics specialist Capa Strategies, and community groups to map the hottest parts of 14 US Read More
As part of Las Vegas, Nevada’s overall heat mitigation and urban resilience strategy, the city is launching the City of Las Vegas Tree Initiative to combat the urban heat island effect. According to a 2019 Read More
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