From AI-powered transit systems to digital twins and flood-proof parks, cities are embracing technology at an unprecedented ...

More than a decade since the smart city concept gained traction, local governments continue shaping the general idea to suit their needs, with its purpose evolving from solution-based toward a ...

SAN ANTONIO – The City of San Antonio’s Office of Innovation has released the Smart Cities Roadmap and Smarter Together Initiative. The project will lead with a “community-driven vision for the use of ...

A mock up of a smart city. Made with ChatGPT (Katie Malone/Technical.ly) Despite its roots in corporate sales efforts, the lasting appeal of smart cities lies in their focus on efficiency, ...

In May 2020, the smart city concept appeared to have been dead and buried when Sidewalk Labs ended its collaboration with the City of Toronto to create Quayside, a data-infused, sustainability-focused ...

Smart city innovation is accelerating—so fast, in fact, that distant visions of the future are now becoming present-day realities, transforming how communities live, work and play. At the heart of ...

Cities are growing rapidly. Here’s how they can continue providing adequate public safety, emergency response and other critical services while prioritizing energy resilience. Keeping up with this ...

Bidar: The foundation stone laid by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the proposed Industrial Smart City at Zaheerabad has ...

Adam Stone writes on technology trends from Annapolis, Md., with a focus on government IT, military and first-responder technologies. Municipalities generate vast volumes of data, and digitally ...

Urban areas currently contribute around 70% of Vietnam’s GDP, but experts warned that if cities continue to develop under ...

The concept of a "smart city" — one that uses technology to run more efficiently — is nothing new and has been around for about two decades. The cities embrace the use of digital tools, such as ...

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