urban space

Climate action projects span solar roof installations on three City properties and deployment of $300,000 of air quality sensor equipment in the Texan city.   Approved proejcts help to progress Dallas’ strategy to lower council’s carbon footprint The Dallas City Council has approved projects to advance the City’s Comprehensive Environmental Climate Action Plan (CECAP) goals. […]

The initiative, which will provide European cities with $25,000 for projects that use art and design to improve street safety and revitalise public spaces, spurred a reduction in traffic crashes in the US.   Spanning 90,000 square feet, Surround Sound is the largest artwork ever created in Amsterdam Bloomberg Philanthropies is expanding its Asphalt Art […]

Smart glass, green roofs and the metaverse were among the technologies changing the face of urban development around the world, in a year that saw cities continue to reinvent and revitalise themselves in the face of the pandemic.   Sharelines A city without cars or streets is announced for the Neom development Seoul plans to […]

Dassault Systèmes and NTT Communications will use virtual twin technology and big data to explore solutions to challenges related to sustainability and resilience in multiple domains including energy.   Visualisation of the flow of people in Otemachi district, Tokyo   Dassault Systèmes and NTT Communications have entered a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the aim […]

According to ABI Research, investment in transformative solutions will be driven by new urban visions and point the way to more humanised, sustainable and resilient cities.     The urban concepts propose fundamentally new infrastructure templates for city living   Investments in urban infrastructure aimed at implementing new visions for cities will reach $375bn by […]

Croydon, in south London, will be the first borough in the UK to benefit from a private public partnership, which will reportedly generate more than £6.75m in concession revenue. One of the bus shelters which will be installed and operated by Valo Smart City   Croydon Council has awarded a 10-year concession contract to provide […]

The study by Cornell Tech synthesises more than 250 urban tech breakthroughs and also lays out the “technical debt” already on the books due to hasty decisions in some areas, including governance.     The Horizon Scan aims to help cities make more informed decisions about tomorrow   A supercharged infrastructure, streets that take on […]

Trial uses Nokia Scene Analytics to optimise laneway servicing and understand waste disposal behavioural trends in one of the Australian city’s busy areas.     The smart waste project falls under Melbourne’s emerging tech testbed initiative     The City of Melbourne has conducted a trial using artificial intelligence (AI) technology to develop a deeper […]