Shenzhen, a Chinese city with a population of nearly 12 million people, is going to turn its public bus transportation 100 percent electric by the end of ...
Finland opened new Aurora intelligent road for AV and connected ITS trials
The Finnish Transport Agency (FTA) has just opened its Aurora intelligent road and now offers the opportunity to test automated driving and ...
Successful Smart Cities need the right culture; it’s all about the people
According to a panel of experts that meet at Smart City InFocus in Yinchuan, China recently, changing organizational culture is an essential element of a ...
San Jose forces landlords to clean up city
San Jose has started a 18-month pilot program during which it plans to get downtown landlords to clean up their vacant storefronts. To achieve that, a ...
A tool for city planners to understand pedestrians & cyclists
The Global Heatmap of Strava, a social network for athletes, has recently been re-released, and now offers even more data and better graphics. That data ...
Residents help Atlanta shape its resilience strategy
In a partnership with the Rockefeller Foundation’s 100 Resilient Cities program, Atlanta has released a resilience strategy. The city held 40 public ...
Newcastle not just about coal anymore
Newcastle, the coal capital of Australia, is receiving more than half a billion dollars of public investments to help with its goal to be the next big ...
NACTO report says jaywalking might become legal
The National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO) has released a report that shows what the world could look like for pedestrians in the ...
Decentralization best way for India to expand energy access
A new report by the International Energy Agency calls India “one of the largest electrification success stories in history” as the country accounts ...
Car-free zones could make cities safer
After a truck attack in New York City, voices became louder that events like that are not preventable. But car-free zones in city centers would more than ...
