Smart Cities
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Sadiq Khan Pledges to Clean Up London’s Toxic Air
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has announced on Friday (May 13) that he will launch a formal policy consultation in a...
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3.3KNo Free Parking — Leave Your Car At Home
Free and cheap parking is expensive for cities. It becomes a pull factor for commuters to bring their cars every day, together...
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14.7KTaxi Drivers, Your Job has an Expiry Date
Autonomous vehicles are already in production and big city taxi drivers could be out of a job in 10 years, including those...
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Barcelona Ready for Mobile World Congress
How does a city handle the world’s biggest technology conference? Barcelona will answer that question this coming week when it hosts the...
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5.3KPeterborough: a City Shaping Its Own DNA
Peterborough may not be the first city that pops to mind when one thinks of smart. The press tends to play up the...
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5.8KIt’s Not YOUR Data, Didn’t You know?
Identity. In the digital age, this is widely characterised by our data. Internet browsing data, consumer data, digitised public service records and...
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Upcycled Shipping Containers and Treemail, Two Ideas for a ‘Circular’ City
Barcelona’s Smart City Expo looks at ways for cities to transition to a more circular economy. Vertical vegetables and trees with their own...
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As Dog Days of Summer End, Cities Pick Up Pace Fighting Poop
Dog waste on city streets is more than a smelly inconvenience. It’s unsanitary, a hopscotch game for children and adults, extra work...
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London Pushes Through Stiff Resistance to Cycle Superhighways
Two new segregated bike paths will crisscross the city and open up speedy, safe cycling that will ease pollution and traffic for...
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Cities Should Consider Going Cashless
It is starting to make sense for cities worldwide to prepare for a cashless society. Children in Iceland bake cookies to sell on...