Smart city

The irruption of new technologies and communications has come to cities to stay. Smart cities have developed technologically linked systems that make it possible to maximize efficiency in how they’re managed. New York, London, Singapore, Barcelona, Oslo, Toronto, and Tokyo are leading the way for smart cities to become a reality worldwide.

This is all thanks to devices that measure factors in real-time: existing traffic, public parking lot vacancies, the locations of public transit, garbage collection systems, pollution levels, and monitoring incidents or alerts that may arise.

Some of the most read articles about smart cities are:

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Representación visual del impacto del IoT en la construcción de ciudades más inteligentes

Innovation The Impact of IoT on Building Smarter Cities

Evelyn Thornebrook
Several authors

Air traffic Making Urban Air Mobility a reality

Jose Soler
Several authors

Artificial intelligence The time is ripe for teleoperations

Eric Coraggio
Several authors

Climate change 6 Features of Sustainable Cities

Johanna Nash
Several authors

Infrastructures The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act: A Step in the Right Direction

Alberto González
Several authors

Smart city Imagining Retro-Futuristic Cities

Tania Alonso Cascallana
Several authors

Akon City, a Self-Sustaining City With a Rap Beat

Marcos Martínez
Several authors

Portrait of cartographers Gerard Mercator and Jodocus Hondius. Wikimedia Commons.

Corporate The 16th-Century Dutchman Who Made Google Maps Possible

Tania Alonso Cascallana
Several authors

Sustainability Sustainable Cities: How Roadways are Ushering in a Better Tomorrow

Indiana Lee
Several authors

Video

Álvaro Ramis about BMW & Daimler, Autonomous Vehicles and Bestmile | Episode 4 | The Chat Lab

Ferrovial
Several authors

Video

Michael Granoff, Founder and Managing Partner of Maniv Mobility, on MaaS | Episode 3 | The Chat Lab

Ferrovial
Several authors

Big Data Quieter and Cleaner: Smart Cities Make Us Healthier, Too

Tania Alonso Cascallana
Several authors

Nir Erez, CEO of Moovit, about Intel’s acquisition and urban mobility | Episode 2 | The Chat Lab

Ferrovial
Several authors

The most read

Cleaning 152 million smart cities
- Carlos Plasencia Gordillo
- Several authors
Artificial intelligence Goodbye to Traffic Jams? AI Is Taking Over Traffic Lights
- Juan Samaniego
- Several authors

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Urban innovation Urban mobility Energy efficiency Internet of Things Urban infrastructure Artificial intelligence

Emissions reductions Different Technologies, Different Smart Roads

Marcos Martínez
Several authors

A Collaborative Project for Installing Sensors and Monitoring Traffic from European Homes

Álvaro Ibáñez
Several authors

BIM SimCity and Its Real-Life Counterpart: This Is What Smart Cities’ Digital Twins Are Like

Juan Samaniego
Several authors

Sustainability Why Is Urban Transformation Unstoppable?

Laura López Lacarta
Several authors

Smart city Bullet Pedestrians? The Sidewalks of the Future Could Make It Possible

Juan Samaniego
Several authors

Photo of Gothenburg, the river surrounded by buildings

Carsharing The Top 500 “Smart Cities” in the World

Álvaro Ibáñez
Several authors

Image of pedestrians waiting to cross a street

App Cars That Listen and Streets That Give Senior Citizens the Right-of-Way: Welcome, Smart Roads

Juan Samaniego
Several authors

Foto de personas cruzando por un paso de cebra

Local and rural development Responsive Cities and the Role of Citizens

Mark Saunders
Several authors

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