Local Governments Need Financial Transparency Tools
As citizens become more informed and critical about how their taxes are used, local governments need to implement accounting and transparency tools to show residents where every penny goes....
View ArticleBig Data Comes to Cuba to Help Tourism
As Cuba prepares for an influx of American tourists and businesses, the government turned to a Spanish analytics firm to help it crunch big data to improve hotels and infrastructure. While Cuba has...
View ArticleTel Aviv: Smart Cities Capitalize On The Unpredictable
Tel Aviv has opted for a very different approach to the idea of “Smart City” planning. Like bodies, cities are unpredictable. But that unpredictability gives them immense power and adaptability that is...
View ArticleBarcelona Encourages Children to Go to School Alone
Barcelona expands a pilot program to enable 8 to 13 year olds to go to school alone using public transport. In 1969, 48 percent of American elementary students walked or bicycled to school, according...
View ArticleIs the IoT a Tech Bubble for Cities?
With more cities joining the Smart City revolution and investing in sensors and other IoT devices, the risk of a new tech bubble is rising. In two weeks the IoT Solutions World Congress will open in...
View ArticleSmart City Expo Readies its Fifth Edition With Big Focus on Mobility
A bumper attendance by city officials from around the world is expected as top urban experts, among them Harvard professor Edward L. Glaeser and Ushahidi.com co-founder Juliana Rotich, address key...
View ArticleAn Assault on Reason: Airbnb Defeats Proposition F
Airbnb defeated Proposition F by combining mass advertising with crowd politics. It gave $8 million to political groups opposing it, then mobilized all the hosts and renters living in the city to...
View ArticleIBM Expands Green Horizons Initiative Globally
IBM Research today announced that it will expand its Green Horizons initiative globally to enable city governments, utility companies and factories to better understand and improve their relationships...
View ArticleLos Angeles and Esri Launch New Open Data Platform
The New GeoHub pools map data layers from more than 20 different departments — allowing users to create living maps and build custom applications to solve pressing challenges and optimize city...
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