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 City of Everett, Massachusetts has established a Food Policy Council as part of its plan to ensure that all Everett residents have access to healthy, affordable, and culturally appropriate foods. A primary role of Read More
Between 2005 and 2008, either Cisco or IBM coined the term “Smart City”, kicking off more than a decade of confusion. It seems that no one can agree on who founded the movement, a singular Read More
In their third year, the Smart 50 Awards review committee – comprised of Smart Cities Connect, US Ignite, and Smart Cities Connect Foundation – proudly announce the 2020 Smart 50 Award recipients. These municipal-scale projects Read More
The Sacramento Regional Transit District (SacRT) has expanded the services offered by its 42-vehicle on-demand transit system in partnership with Via, a mobility solutions company. Called SmaRT Ride, the network serves nine zones throughout Sacramento, 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
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has approved the optional use of red paint on city streets to signify bus priority lanes. The use of the red paint is expected to bring greater attention to public Read More
Norway’s Vision Zero strategy – implemented in 2001 – is seeing results throughout the country, especially in the capital of Oslo, which saw a single traffic fatality in 2019. With a population comparable to Portland, Read More
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