The Urban Transport Group is calling for a new national framework to give local transport authorities the option to regulate key aspects of micromobility services in line with their individual needs and circumstances. In a new report, the network of the UK’s major city region...
The US Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act will bring US$550 billion in new spending over the next five years – but deployment challenges lie ahead, according to a survey from the Deloitte Center for Government Insights. Government and private sector leaders ranked talent and expertise...
Oxford has launched a zero emissions zone (ZEZ) pilot in a bid to cut down on polluting vehicles. Drivers of non-fully electric vehicles – including hybrid cars – using certain city centre roads will be charged a daily fee of between £2 (US$2.69) and £10...
A report from campaign group Transport and Environment has found that the UK’s three largest cities – London, Birmingham and Manchester – are ranked lowest in Europe for public transport affordability. Out of 36 European cities, London came 36th in the Clean Cities Campaign report,...
Jamie Cudden and Grace D’arcy tell capitaltribunenews.com why the education and skills programme is essential to Dublin’s smart city success. From drones to a digital twin and connected lifebuoys, Dublin has a range of cutting-edge technology projects underway, but the one that Smart City Program...
Long Beach has launched a new programme that enables vendors to pitch ideas and technology solutions even when the city hasn’t issued a formal request for proposals (RFP) or challenge. The programme is part of Long Beach’s smart city initiative. Lea Eriksen, City of Long Beach...
Micromobility firm TIER has announced a new partnership that gives ageing electric lithium batteries a second life. Partnering with German start-up Vertical Values, the firm will repair and upcycle defective batteries from electric scooters and assemble still-useable cells into new batteries. Lithium batteries are prime...
Human-induced climate change is causing dangerous and widespread disruption in nature and affecting the lives of billions of people around the world, with communities and ecosystems least able to cope being hardest hit. This is the conclusion of the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change...
Short-term rentals in the Scottish city of Edinburgh may soon require planning permission to operate after councillors voted for tighter regulations to be imposed. A proposal to ask the Scottish Government to designate the city as a short-term let (STL) control area was unanimously approved...
Publishing its second resilience strategy, the City of Rotterdam has broadened the scope from climate risks to also increase the focus on economic, social, energy, ecological and digital readiness. Rotterdam, a low-lying port city that is particularly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, was...
