Persuading people out of cars involves a mix of hard infrastructure, soft measures and even a little bit of public shaming, said city leaders at an industry event this week. The shift to electric vehicles (EVs) and the need to expand infrastructure rapidly to support...
capitaltribunenews.com talks to innovation leaders about what they achieved this year and what they’re looking forward to in 2022. What achievement are you most proud of in 2021? Andrew Collinge, Advisor, Digital Dubai Andrew Collinge Keeping going! It has been another year in which collaboration...
Holding company Sidewalk Infrastructure Partners (SIP) has agreed to acquire a majority stake in neutral host small cell operator Dense Air. Dense Air acts as a ‘carrier of carriers’, providing shared wireless infrastructure that can support multiple operators at the same time. This aims to...
Baltimore is kicking off a plan to close its digital divide by 2030 by building city-owned open access fibre infrastructure throughout the city. Research shows that almost 100,000 Baltimore residents don’t have wired internet services at home. Mayor Brandon Scott has pledged to “treat broadband...
Peterborough’s smart city programme has been suspended due to funding challenges. The Future Peterborough initiative, launched in 2012 and delivered by economic development agency Opportunity Peterborough in partnership with Peterborough City Council, gained a reputation for punching above its weight. It was selected as one...
The cities of Berlin, Paris, London and New York have named four start-ups as winners of a competition to find solutions to help the cultural and creative sectors recover from the pandemic. Parisian company BavAR(t) provides an augmented reality platform to connect residents to art...
In his new role with Italian telco Linkem, Rome’s former Chief Digital Transition Officer, Raffaele Gareri, aims to help redefine public-private partnerships. As Linkem’s first-ever Chief Digital Government Officer, Gareri will lead on a partnership-based ecosystem strategy focused on cities’ most pressing challenges and enabled...
Since it was hit by a Conti strain ransomware attack earlier this year, the City of Gary in Indiana has appointed a private sector partner as its ‘cybersecurity department’ and doubled down on training. The city’s Chief Innovation Officer shares what he learned from the...
Investments in urban infrastructure aimed at implementing “new visions for cities” will reach US$375 billion by 2030, according to global technology intelligence firm ABI Research. Dominique Bonte, ABI Research The research focuses on new greenfield and brownfield urban developments that adopt one or more new design...
capitaltribunenews.com talks to Liverpool’s Transport Committee Chairperson, Liam Robinson, and Birmingham’s Cabinet Member for Transport & Environment, Waseem Zaffar, about what they achieved this year and what they’re looking forward to in 2022. Liverpool looks to bus reform Liam Robinson What achievement are you most...
