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Jon Glasco5 min read

Smart Munich: A Beacon of Innovation in Bavaria

Munich, the third-largest city in Germany and the capital of Bavaria, is a dynamic centre of commerce and finance - and a ...
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Thomas Mueller3 min read

Special Report on the Future of Mobility in Smart Cities published

Muelheim/Ruhr, 23.05.2024. Today, bee smart city has published its first Special Report in cooperation with IAA MOBILITY and ...
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Laura Puttkamer5 min read

Smart City Portrait Florence

Florence is the capital of Italy’s beautiful Tuscany region and is known for hosting many masterpieces of Renaissance art and ...
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Joe Appleton6 min read

Urban Mobility Shift: Intelligent Traffic Networks in Smaller Cities

Across Europe's smaller cities, a quiet revolution in urban mobility is unfolding. These hubs of history and culture are ...
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Joe Appleton7 min read

Leading Cities: Making EV Infrastructure a Reality

The 2023 QBE AcceliCITY Resilience Challenge, a prestigious event hosted by Leading Cities in collaboration with QBE Insurance ...
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Laura Puttkamer5 min read

HVV Switch: Multimodal Mobility in Hamburg

When you are using Hamburg’s public transport system, the symbol of a red power plug appears everywhere. This is the symbol of ...
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Jon Glasco8 min read

Smart Sustainable Cities in Spain: The Commitment to a Green Economy

Climate change is currently showing one of its harshest sides. Europe is groaning under the heat and further droughts in ...
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Nicole Becker2 min read

bee smart city and polisMOBILITY renew partnership

Muelheim/Ruhr, April 18, 2023. We are pleased to announce that bee smart city is once again partnering with polisMOBILITY. Last ...
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Jon Glasco8 min read

Smart Cities and Urban Mobility: Why Public Transport Matters

Jane Jacobs — journalist, urban theorist and critic — dared to ask in the 20th century why cities were built for cars. While ...
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Joe Appleton4 min read

Interview: 5 Minutes with Carlos Moreno

We were lucky enough to listen to an exciting talk by Carlos Moreno at an event in Poznan in October 2022. After the event, we ...
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Jon Glasco10 min read

Unsafe to Cross: The Need for Pedestrian Safety Solutions

Ensuring pedestrian safety is a complex challenge throughout the world - especially when many smart cities are encouraging more ...
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Lily Maxwell10 min read

Smart City Antwerp: The European Capital of Things

Antwerp is the economic hub of Belgium; as the Mayor of Antwerp, Bart de Wever, is fond of saying, “Antwerp is the city where ...
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Joe Appleton9 min read

IAA 2021: Shaping the Future of Mobility

September 2021 brought something of a milestone to the smart mobility movement. Historically, Germany’s legendary IAA was a ...
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Joe Appleton9 min read

Smart City Poznan: An Innovation Hub In The Greater Poland Region

The city of Poznan is a rich and vibrant city in the west of Poland. Located on the banks of the river Warta, the city is home ...
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Lisa Smith8 min read

The Impact of AI on the Smart City Movement

Artificial intelligence (AI) promises huge advantages for smart data processing and automation, potentially affecting every ...
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