Hackers blamed for emergency sirens sounding in 2 Texas cities

The siren malfunctions occurred during a week of severe weather, which put communities at a heightened risk of danger.

By Katie Pyzyk • March 18, 2019

Bipartisan Senate bill would regulate facial recognition tech

The Commercial Facial Recognition Privacy Act of 2019 would require more transparency when using the technology and consent to redistribute data.

By Jason Plautz • March 18, 2019

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Smart Cities Technology and Data

Cities are increasingly looking to technology and data to address real-world issues from traffic safety to law enforcement.

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Smart Cities Council announces winners of 2019 Readiness Challenge

The five winners will each receive year-long guidance on how to turn their smart city visions into reality.

By Chris Teale • Updated April 22, 2019

Sprint to show off 5G potential at 'immersive center'

The exhibit uses augmented reality, virtual reality and simulated displays to demonstrate how the technology will play out in the real world.

By Jason Plautz • March 15, 2019

How Samsung NEXT is marrying 'innovation and the mothership'

Smart Cities Dive sat down with Christina Bechhold Russ during SXSW to learn how the company is making strategic early-stage investments that can shape the future of smart cities.

By Kristin Musulin • March 14, 2019

Verizon launches mobile 5G in Chicago, Minneapolis

The service launch comes a week earlier than originally planned. The company anticipates expanding to 30 cities nationwide by the end of 2019.

By Jason Plautz • Updated April 4, 2019

Microsoft expands government tech offerings

The company now offers its Teams, Power Platform and Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement programs to public sector customers.

By Chris Teale • March 14, 2019

A new source of planning data: online reviews

City planners can draw new data on quality of life in neighborhoods from online review sites, according to a new study from the University of Buffalo.

By Jason Plautz • March 13, 2019

USDOT launches council to support emerging transportation tech

The council, which Secretary Elaine Chao announced during SXSW, will "better coordinate the review of innovation" around projects, including hyperloop and AVs.

By Kristin Musulin • March 13, 2019

3 startups collaborate on solutions to Brooklyn, NY's mobility issues

The results of the year-long collaboration were compiled as a scalable guide on issues like pedestrian flow and loading zones for other cities.

By Katie Pyzyk • March 12, 2019

Can a city go paperless? With blockchain’s help, Dubai hopes so

The city is already 57% of the way toward its goal of going paperless, with plans to issue its final paper transaction in 2021.

By Chris Teale • March 12, 2019

Chicago police to add 200 automated license reading tech to fleets by April

Police say the license plate readers help combat vehicle theft and carjackings, but civil liberties groups say they collect too much data.

By Katie Pyzyk • March 11, 2019

Women pedestrians' app supports safety, trustworthiness of routes

The Safe & the City app helps users safely navigate urban areas and, one year after launch, it now has better accuracy and directions.

By Katie Pyzyk • March 11, 2019

Can cities take an innovative approach to opioid mitigation?

Smart Cities Dive caught up with Dayton, OH Mayor Nan Whaley to learn how the city strategically leverages technology and partnerships to curb opioid addiction.

By Kristin Musulin • March 11, 2019

San Jose, CA mayor: For citizens to trust cities, they must first trust each other

At SXSW, Mayor Sam Liccardo joined Cities of Service's Myung Lee and Detroit's Arthur Jemison to discuss leveraging citizen engagement for problem solving.

By Kristin Musulin • March 11, 2019

T-Mobile CEO touts high-speed 5G home internet if Sprint merger approved

John Legere said customers would get a free 4G router that uses the company’s LTE network, which would be upgraded to include 5G compatible hardware.

By Jason Plautz • March 8, 2019

StreetLight Data releases 2018 average daily traffic counts

It's the fastest the company has released its count of how many cars, trucks and bikes navigate the more-than 4 million miles of urban and rural roads.

By Jason Plautz • March 7, 2019

MIT researchers create 'Atlas of Inequality' for Boston area

The interactive map shows where people of different incomes and socioeconomic backgrounds spend their time during the day.

By Katie Pyzyk • March 5, 2019

Philadelphia warned that ad-funded kiosks could imperil highway funding

PennDOT said ads displayed on the LinkPHL kiosks may violate rules prohibiting advertisements along state roads, and could cost the city millions in federal funds. 

By Jason Plautz • March 5, 2019

NYC business leaders call for Amazon to reconsider HQ2 pull-out

A group of business, elected and civic officials published an open letter urging the company to come back after its surprise withdrawal last month.

By Chris Teale • March 5, 2019

Municipal broadband internet: The next public utility?

Initiatives seem to be gaining steam as U.S. cities look to encourage equitable access — but pitfalls around cost and taxpayer risk remain.

By Chris Teale • March 5, 2019

Report: Seattle home internet access increasing, but disparities remain

The 2018 Technology Access and Adoption Study found 95% of the city's households have internet access, but 21% of those living in poverty do not.

By Chris Teale • March 1, 2019

Toyota announces partnership to create HD road maps

The company's research arm will work with mapping platform CARMERA to build advanced maps using data from participating AVs.

By Jason Plautz • Feb. 28, 2019

Tackling the opioid epidemic with connectivity and cannabis

Silver bullets are in short supply for the opioid crisis. It’s time to propose radical ways to tackle the entrenched epidemic.

By Ying Tam • Feb. 26, 2019

New York MTA chooses 4 companies for innovative transit pilots

The Transit Tech Lab accelerator graduated six companies today, four of which were selected to test innovations that address the city's subway and bus challenges.

By Katie Pyzyk • Updated July 30, 2019