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Oakland’s N5SHIELD: A High-Tech Defense Against Wildfires

The city of Oakland, CA has introduced a new pilot project - called N5SHIELD - ...

Smart Cities, Smart Planet

Three Ways Smart City Technology Can Impact Climate Change As the planet emerges from a ...

Smart Cities, Smart Planet

Three Ways Smart City Technology Can Impact Climate Change As the planet emerges from a ...

New Orleans Invests $30 Million in Modernizing Court and IT Systems with American Rescue Plan Funds

The city of New Orleans, LA will be updating the antiquated IT systems used by ...

Colorado Springs Embraces Smart City Tech to Revolutionize Traffic Data Collection

The city of Colorado Springs, CO is installing 26 multi-modal sensors in its downtown corridor ...

San Diego Breaks Ground on First Micro-grid as part of a $5.5 million Public-private Partnership

The city of San Diego, CA has begun construction of the first of eight microgrid ...

Sacramento Partners with Public Library to Launch Electric Tricycle Lending Program

The city of Sacramento, CA has partnered with one of its public libraries to launch ...

Replacing Paper With Software: Digitizing Waste Collection in America’s Biggest Cities

By Laura Murphree, Managing Editor, Smart Cities Connect Media & Research It’s probably safe to ...

San Antonio Succeeds By Putting People at the Center of Smart Cities 

An Interview with Emily Binet Royall, Smart City Administrator, Innovation Office, City of San Antonio ...

Camera-Assisted Bus Lane Project Aims to Revamp Philadelphia’s Public Transport

The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) - which runs the public transport system in Philadelphia ...

London Announces £500m Green Finance Fund to Drive Net Zero Goals by 2030

Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London, England, has announced the launch of a £500m (~US$635m) ...

Seven Cities Recognized for Data-Driven Governance by Bloomberg Philanthropies’ What Works Cities Certification

Results for America recently announced seven new winners of the Bloomberg Philanthropies’ What Works Cities ...

NYC Council Enacts ‘Zero Waste’ Legislation to Drive Organics Diversion and Recycling Expansion

The New York City Council recently passed five bills in a bid to accelerate organics ...

Chicago Announces its First Round of Community Growers Program Awardees

The City of Chicago has announced its first round of awardees for the city’s Community ...

Dallas Reintroduces Dockless Micro Mobility Vehicles with Stricter Regulations to Ensure Safety and Equity

After implementing new and stricter regulations, the City of Dallas, TX has reintroduced shared, dockless ...

LA City Council Approves Park Blocks Pilot Project, Inspired by Barcelona’s Success

The City Council of Los Angeles, CA has approved a pilot project for park blocks ...

Portland Launches Groundbreaking ‘Zero-Emission Delivery Zone’ Pilot to Revolutionize Sustainable Transportation

Portland, Oregon’s Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) is launching a “Zero-Emission Delivery Zone” pilot to incentivize ...

Wellington’s Council Approves Revolutionary Underground Asset Map for City Infrastructure

The City Council of Wellington, New Zealand has approved an initiative to build a digital ...

AI Is Here. Is Your City’s Data Governance Policy Ready?

Data and analytics are the technical fuel of smart cities. From air quality sensors to ...

Denver Collaborates with NREL to Unveil SolarAPP+

The city of Denver’s Community Planning and Development (CPD) department is working with the DOE’s ...

San Diego Gets Ahead of Environmental Threats

The City of San Diego has launched a dashboard to track environmental threats, such as ...

San Antonio Shows How Data Impacts City Life

The Office of Innovation of San Antonio, TX recently released a smart cities road map ...

Announcing Singapore GreenTech Challenge Winners

The winners of the Singapore GreenTech Challenge 2023 have been announced. The Challenge is a ...

Data Holds A Large Role In How We’re Adapting To Climate Change

The Local Governments for Sustainability (ICLEI) Action Fund helps sponsor data-based projects aimed at helping ...

Nova Scotia Focuses On Food Security

The regional council of Halifax - the provincial capital of Nova Scotia in Canada - ...