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...
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu has appointed the city’s former Chief Information Officer, Jascha Franklin-Hodge to oversee collaboration between the city’s Public Works and Transportation Departments. As Chief of Streets, Franklin-Hodge will be responsible for the implementation of key transport policy goals, including free-fares on MBTA...
Would you give up your car for €1,100 (US$1,280) a year? Tim Lehmann thinks you might. As founder of Berlin-based NGO IUM-Institute for Urban Mobility, Lehmann is behind a proposal to hand people a cash credit to use towards sustainable transport. But there’s a catch...
A transition to electric vehicles (EVs) coupled with an expansion of public transit and the development of “compact cities” will be needed to drastically cut greenhouse gas emissions over the next 30 years. This is according to a new report from the Institute for Transportation...
