C40 Cities is partnering with Google to launch the 24/7 Carbon-Free Energy for Cities program. The program will support cities around the world in exploring the concepts of 24/7 carbon-free energy (CFE), the acceleration of Read More
Washington D.C.’s Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development (DMPED) and the Southwest Business Improvement District (SWBID) have formed a public-private partnership in order to create a Mobility Innovation District (MID). The Read More
The Smart CIties Connect Conference & Expo serves as a great benchmark to note the progress for smart cities across the U.S. (and Canada!) This past September 26-29, government, industry, academic and civic leaders gathered Read More
The city of Milan, Italy recently introduced an innovative method of sanitizing its taxis. The system uses UV-C ray technology to sanitize the air by killing up to 99.9% of viruses and bacteria. The SanitaAria Read More
San Francisco’s Department of the Environment (SF Environment) recently announced the availability of US$2m in community grant funding for projects that support the city’s climate action plan. The city’s plan seeks to achieve net zero Read More
This year’s QBE AcceliCITY Resilience Challenge has chosen its ten finalists. The Challenge is run by the non-profit Leading Cities and QBE Insurance Group, and seeks tech start-ups working in the area of urban resilience. Read More
The city of Austin, Texas, now has The Homeless Encampment Management (HEM) team and a new digital, data-driven encampment tracking tool to streamline and bring greater consistency to how it handles homeless encampments in public spaces. Read More
The California Energy Commission (CEC) is funding a vehicle-to-building (V2B) resilience hub in Oakland that is designed to demonstrate the value of bidirectional electric vehicle charging for providing back-up power. V2B Oakland will act as Read More
The City Council of Glasgow, Scotland has installed cycle-activated electronic signals on its road network, with the goal of reducing incidents of conflict between vehicles and cyclists. “We want people to think of cycling as Read More
The city council of Chicago, IL has approved a pilot program to test the use of food delivery robots. The pilot program will see Personal Delivery Device (PDD) companies partnering with local food establishments to Read More
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