Recently, bee smart city were fortunate enough to visit the Spanish capital of Madrid and explore the Global Mobility Call, a holistic mobility event that aimed to unlock the future of smart mobility and address some of the biggest challenges that the transport industry will be facing over the next few years. Read more about sustainable mobility, transportation and the effects for the future:
Topic: smart-mobility
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Global Mobility Call: A Holistic Smart Mobility Event
By Joe Appleton on Jul 5, 2022 3:40:10 PM
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Smart Mobility
Smart City Event
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polisMOBILITY: Germany’s Exciting New Mobility Expo
By Joe Appleton on Mar 10, 2022 2:20:33 PM
Introducing Europe’s newest urban mobility event: polisMOBILTY. polisMOBILITY is a forward-thinking conference and expo that focuses on the future of mobility and urban living, taking place between May 18 to 21 at the Koelnmesse and the City of Cologne. Strategically located in the heart of Europe’s largest economic area and a densely populated metropolitan region, the City of Cologne is the ideal place to showcase the innovations and solutions that will transform cities and solve the challenges of tomorrow.
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Smart Mobility
Sustainability
Urban Mobility
Smart City Event
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Multiple Benefits of Smart Street Lighting Solutions in Smart Cities
By Dr. Alexander Gelsin on Mar 6, 2022 2:13:00 PM
The role of smart lighting solutions in the intelligent transformation of cities and buildings has gained momentum in the past years. This development will continue in the coming years based on increased connectivity and industrial internet of things (IIoT) solutions becoming a key element in most smart city strategies around the globe.
The opportunities that cities can seize with the installation of smart lighting solutions go far beyond value creation through energy (cost) and maintenance savings (which are huge considering that as much as 40 percent of a city’s energy budget is consumed by street lighting and new efficient lighting can save up to 50% of these costs as a result of increased energy efficiency) or the improvement of the environmental impact.
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Smart Living
Smart Government
Smart Environment
Smart Mobility
Smart Lighting
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Unsafe to Cross: The Need for Pedestrian Safety Solutions
By Jon Glasco on Feb 18, 2022 10:33:40 AM
Ensuring pedestrian safety is a complex challenge throughout the world - especially when many smart cities are encouraging more walking while trying to reduce hazardous crosswalk and traffic situations. In this article, we cover pedestrian safety challenges, offer examples of smart crosswalk solutions and review pedestrian safety policies.
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Smart Mobility
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IAA 2021: Shaping the Future of Mobility
By Joe Appleton on Sep 21, 2021 3:45:51 PM
September 2021 brought something of a milestone to the smart mobility movement. Historically, Germany’s legendary IAA was a celebration of the automotive industry. Held in Frankfurt, it attracted petrolheads from all over the world who wanted a first-hand glimpse at the state of the industry. However, times have changed, and the IAA has evolved with it.
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How Will Urban Mobility Change In The Post-Covid City
By Joe Appleton on Aug 11, 2020 10:30:00 AM
The Covid-19 pandemic has made a tremendous impact on people’s everyday lives. Changes to our regular routines have been coming in thick and fast, from mask-wearing protocol to social distancing etiquette. Of all these changes, how we move around and get from A to B has seen some of the most drastic changes.
Over the past few months, mobility has rapidly evolved into an entirely new beast. Faithful and reliable transport methods are being shunned in favour of new systems. Citizens are avoiding crowded trains and buses in favour of bicycles and e-scooters. As cities evolve to phase out car usage, improving air quality and the health of citizens, the Covid-19 pandemic has provided a unique opportunity to overhaul urban mobility. But will these changes be here for good?
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Smart City Solutions
Smart Mobility
Smart City
Smart Cities
Urban Mobility
e-Scooter
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CityTech RUHR: The Bochum & Hagen Challenges
By Thomas Mueller on Apr 9, 2020 5:04:30 PM
With Germany's largest international smart city startup challenge, the Ruhr Metropolis - City of Cities - is calling start-ups from across the globe to apply and solve the real-world challenges of four cities: Bochum, Bottrop, Hagen and Gelsenkirchen through a paid pilot. The application deadline has been extended due to the COVID-19 pandemic until May 3, 2020.
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Smart Mobility
Urban Mobility
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CityTech RUHR: Germany’s biggest smart city startup challenge launched
By Thomas Mueller on Mar 4, 2020 10:00:00 AM
CityTech RUHR invites startups from around the world to participate in Germany’s biggest smart city challenge. Four cities and their business partners seek innovative solutions for four different challenges and offer the opportunity to win paid pilot projects. Startups that want to participate can apply until May 3, 2020 (Deadline extended due to the COVID-19 situation) for one of the program’s challenges at: www.citytech.ruhr
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Smart Mobility
Blockchain
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Mobility as a Service: A Blueprint for Disruption?
By Jon Glasco on Jan 27, 2020 10:30:00 AM
In less than a decade, the concept known as mobility as a service (MaaS) has captured the imagination of visionaries and innovators throughout the global transport industry. As an opportunity with potential to transform the industry and reduce dependence on car ownership, MaaS evolved from an intriguing concept to early-stage reality (at least in terms of trials, pilot projects and embryonic services).
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Smart Mobility
Urban Mobility
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E-Scooters: A Collision Between Innovation And Controversy
By Jon Glasco on Jan 12, 2020 1:04:30 PM
In their eagerness to create breakthrough technologies and disruptive platforms, innovators sometimes collide with an established (and perhaps ill-suited) regulatory and policy-making process. In a previous article on e-scooters, we reported that a strategy of "permissionless innovation" enabled app-activated e-scooter startups to gain a precarious foothold in urban mobility markets. However, these startups soon discovered that safety and regulatory issues - including the lack of regulations in most situations - led to controversial relations with cities and citizens. In this article, we cover recent experiences, lessons learned and thoughts on the need for collaborative solutions. For an overview of the e-scooter market and its dynamics, read our article E-Scooters: A Passing Fad or Smart Mobility?
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Smart City Solutions
Smart Environment
Smart Mobility
Sustainability
Last-Mile Logistics
Urban Mobility
e-Scooter