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Why the creation of smart cities requires real-time data processing

Open Access Government - Technology News

To manage the rising urbanisation of smart cities, city planners and managers must turn to real-time data processing. of the population lived in an urban area in 2019, which is increasing all the time. of the population lived in an urban area in 2019, which is increasing all the time. In England alone, 82.9%

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Despite Volatility, Micromobility Thrives in European Cities

The City Fix

NUMO, the New Urban Mobility alliance, began tracking this phenomenon in 2019 with the New Mobility Atlas. Between 2019 and. Since the mid-2010s, cities around the globe have witnessed the explosion of free-floating electric bikes, mopeds and scooters on their streets.

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Master planning for solid waste | Creating a VV equivalent for solid waste management and service operating at the metropolitan scale

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

In transportation, it means that private parking resources are usually not addressed in parking planning (" Testimony on parking policy in DC ," 2012), private sector operators aren't addressed in planning for various modes. It’s giving away sinks, lumber, and more ," Philadelphia Inquirer ).

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Great News for Chile

Human Transit

He is a Bus Rapid Transit expert and an eloquent advocate for sustainable and just transport planning, and is also one of the nicest people I know. In the 2000s was a key advisor to the project that created Transantiago , a government agency managing all public transport in the capital region. Fast forward to 2019.

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How cities can use transport data to reduce pollution and increase safety

AWS Public Sector Blog

Improving air quality through co-creation In 2018, the Mayor of London set an ambitious goal : 80 percent of the 31 million daily trips in the city should be made on foot, by bicycle, or public transport by 2041. Over a 10-week period in 2019, TfL’s team fielded proposals for the RoadLab programme to cut congestion.

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Florida's Brightline passenger rail as an opportunity to rearticulate and extend transit service in cities like Orlando

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Boston versus the Raleigh-Durham's GoTransit Model ," 2017 -- " What Richmond can't teach DC about bus services ," 2019 Brightline is a new railroad passenger service that started in South Florida, is expanding to Orlando and intends to expand to Tampa. Photo: Ryan Lynch, Orlando Business Journal.

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Lessons From China, India, Vietnam on National Transport Ambitions and Accelerating Decarbonization

The City Fix

In Asia, 14 countries — accounting for 26% of global transport emissions in 2019 — have made economy-wide net zero commitments. Momentum towards zero-emission transport is growing with countries enhancing ambition and including transport-related targets in their nationally determined contributions (NDCs). However,