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The goals of the Global City Teams Challenge program are to bring together thought leaders and experts on a wide variety of topics relating to modern “Smart City” technologies and to have them share their knowledge and create best practices to assist those who are coming after them. The authors and contributors of this blueprint have designed, built, and managed Public Wi-Fi systems all over the United States and it is this spirit of collaboration and knowledge sharing that drives this effort forward.  +
After the first outbreak on COVID-19 in China, the spread to Europe and other continents, the WHO’s pandemic declaration, the already long duration of confinement conditions in some countries and the unknown effects on everybody’s life, we are yet to see the long effects of the pandemic evolution.  +
Build a connected, real-time system to help curb crimes in urban areas, integrate real-time response with predictive policing, and standardize procedures for emergency response. Involve city, police, public safety officials, application developers, electrical power board, enterprise center, company lab, and citizens.  +
The ACES Northwest Network brings together members and facilitates collaboration to ensure the Pacific Northwest is a leading center of new mobility initiatives. Members envision a transportation system that is sustainable, equitable, and accessible; a goal that can only be achieved through a balanced approach that considers all the letters of ACES.  +
A Smart City is the compilation of digitally connected people, information, and urban elements. While the technologies underpinning these communities are in a continuous state of evolution, the objective is to ensure a citizen-oriented approach to city management, expanding community collaboration, embracing diversity and inclusivity, and celebrating collaborative creativity. And while the Internet of Things (IoT) offers incredible promise and opportunity to enhance quality of life, it is equally important to mitigate risk, dispel myth, and educate the masses.  +
The Mobility Conference continues to address the critical priorities and challenges facing bus and paratransit systems and explores the changing environment in which systems operate in today’s mobility landscape. Participate in specialty workshops, APTA’s Bus Display, the Products and Services Showcase and technical tours.  +
The ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit brings together experts from different technical disciplines and professional communities to think about America's energy challenges in new and innovative ways. The Summit offers a unique, three-day program aimed at highlighting the boldest, bravest ideas that could have the biggest impact.  +
Arup is a British multinational professional services firm headquartered in London which provides design, engineering, architecture, planning, and advisory services across every aspect of the built environment. The firm employs approximately 16,000 staff in over 90 offices across 35 countries around the world.  +
ICSI 2021 is a virtual event focused on sustainable infrastructure and resilient communities and will offer presentations from experts from the local communities all the way to global issues. You will have opportunities to engage with speakers, as well as fellow attendees, in discussion forums and other networking opportunities. We hope you will join us as ASCE leans into our commitment to sustainability by hosting this noteworthy conference virtually.  +
An American multinational conglomerate holding company registered in Delaware and headquartered at Whitacre Tower in Downtown Dallas, Texas. It is the world's largest telecommunications company and the largest provider of mobile telephone services in the U.S. As of 2020, AT&T was ranked 9th on the Fortune 500 rankings of the largest United States corporations, with revenues of $181 billion  +
AVEVA Group plc is a British multinational information technology consulting company headquartered in Cambridge, England. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. The company started as the Computer-Aided Design Centre (or CADCentre) which was created in Cambridge in 1967 by the UK Ministry of Technology and Cambridge University.  +
Aarhus officially spelled Århus from 1948 until 1 January 2011) is the second-largest city in Denmark and the seat of Aarhus municipality. It is located on the eastern shore of Jutland in the Kattegat sea and approximately 187 kilometres (116 mi) northwest of Copenhagen.  +
Sustainable Mass Abuja Rapid Transit (SMART) is an easier, efficient and seamless means of utilizing the city’s public mass transit bus service. Abuja Urban Mass Transit has over 500 buses conveying an estimated 1000 passengers daily. The proposed project will equip 100 buses with devices to generate and transmit real time data and information between drivers, commuters, city transport officials and the general public. The project targets increased ridership and revenue generation from the combination of multiple methods of electronic payments, bus routing, location tracking as well as online bus schedule service.  +
Abuja is the capital and eighth most populous city of Nigeria. Located in the centre of the country within the Federal Capital Territory, it is a planned city built mainly in the 1980s based on a master plan by Japanese architect Kenzo Tange. It replaced Lagos, the country's most populous city, as the capital on 12 December 1991  +
Accessible Transportation Technologies Research Initiative (ATTRI) a division of the USDOT seeks to remove barriers to transportation by leveraging advanced technology to enable people to travel independently anytime of the day to any destination, regardless of their individual abilities  +
The vision to connect the end of the TriMet MAX line in Hillsboro to the Banks-Vernonia State Trail… has been a part of city and regional plans for many years. The section of this trail that runs along an old rail line between Hillsboro and Forrest grove offers some exciting opportunities for this Active Street™ concept.  +
Active transit, also known as active transportation, refers to forms of transportation that rely on human power, such as walking, cycling, and using mobility aids like wheelchairs. It also includes using public transportation like buses, subways, and trams. Active transit encourages active living, as it requires physical activity, and it can help to improve public health, reduce air pollution, and decrease dependence on fossil fuels.  +
Addis Ababa also known by its original name Finfinne (lit. "natural spring"), is the capital and largest city of Ethiopia. It also serves as the regional capital of Oromia. In the 2007 census, the city's population was estimated to be 2,739,551 inhabitants. Addis Ababa is a highly developed and important cultural, artistic, and financial centre of Ethiopia.  +
AFWEAR is a real-time network of environmental sensors, including rain and precipitation sensors that will be located throughout the city of Rohnert Park, a city at the base of Sonoma Mountain in Sonoma County, CA, located 50 miles north of San Francisco with population of 40,000. The purpose of the system will be the following: * Improve flood response time and efficiency throughout the city. * Link rainfall observations in the upper watershed (on the hill) and coasts to predictions of stream flow in the city. * Provide ability to incorporate various environmental sensors, watershed models (assessment tools to plan and manage watersheds), and user-friendly communication tools into the network to allow for rapid understanding and collaboration between scientists, citizens, and city planners as necessary in response to environmental “events”.  +
Affiliated Engineers, Inc. (AEI) provides engineering leadership for complex projects supporting clients who improve lives and protect the future. From better medicines, climate-sensitive energy supply and sustainable utilization, to cutting-edge healthcare, new paradigm technologies, and education at the highest level, our mission drives us to find unique solutions to solve our clients’ challenges. In so doing, we are an integral element of innovation, positively impacting society.  +