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Pittsburgh Opens Up More With Neighborhood Data Tool
City facilities mapped using Burgh's Eye view (Credit: Burgh's Eye View) Pittsburgh residents will now have greater insight into public records around crime, code violations, noise complaints and...
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New App Turns Transportation Planning Into Addictive Game
Screenshot of Mini Metro game play (Credit: Dinosaur Polo Club) Riding transit can be a contradictory experience: You might rush and push and scramble to catch a train, and then once on board, sink...
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To Build “Smart Cities,” Look to the Cloud
Sponsored content from Microsoft . Related Stories 3 U.S. Cities Sign Up to “Get Smart” With AT&T20-Plus U.S. Cities Make “Smart Tech” PromiseCan the “Playable City” Make Smart City Critics...
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Sidewalk Labs Spinoff Could Be Coming to Your City
Sidewalk Labs CEO Dan Doctoroff A year after Google-backed smart city tech company Sidewalk Labs launched, the company plans to expand its reach with a network of themed labs. The labs will work with...
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Seattle to Test Checkout-Free Grocery Store
A screenshot from the "Amazon Go" promotional video Amazon unveiled a new store in downtown Seattle Monday that allows shoppers to walk in, grab their items, and leave — without ever seeing, let alone...
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Las Vegas Unveils New AI Tool
(AP Photo/Isaac Brekken, File) In Las Vegas, city officials are turning to an unlikely ally in their quest to help residents access city services more easily: artificial intelligence. According to the...
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Philadelphia Deploys Laser Focus on Vacant Houses
The trace of a now-demolished home remains on a standing building in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) Philadelphia has been testing a new way of prioritizing which vacant rowhomes to demolish...
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Uber Offers City Planners a Slice of Traffic Data
An Uber driver in Bogotá, Columbia (Photo by Alexander Torrenegra) Despite its popularity with riders, Uber and city governments aren’t exactly BFFs. On Sunday, however, the ride-hailing app company...
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Long Beach Launches Open Data Portal
Long Beach, California (Credit: City of Long Beach) Last week, the city of Long Beach, California, launched an open data portal that aims to give citizens clear, visual information they can use. In...
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In the Age of Trump, Open Data Matters Now More Than Ever
A Kansas City resident looks at a display at the city's Art of Data event. (Credit: KCMO City Communications) I have been struck by the national obsession — our new president’s obsession — with facts...
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Baltimore PD App Aims to Get Community and Cops Talking
Baltimore Police Officers at Camden Yards (Credit: GoBlue85) Touting transparency, the Baltimore Police Department has released an app allowing residents to submit crime tips and receive alerts, the...
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FCC Slows Broadband Subsidies for Low-Income Americans
Federal Communication Commission Commissioner Ajit Pai (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) Amid a slew of moves Friday, newly appointed FCC Chairman Ajit Pai slowed down the rollout of a program that...
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Kansas City Shares Data Collected by “Smart” Corridor
(AP Photo/Orlin Wagner) Since Kansas City unveiled a “smart” streetcar system last year, the city’s all-connected infrastructure has made it into something of a test lab for hopes — and fears — about...
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What Plugged-In Cities Mean for Personal Privacy
(AP Photo/Mark Lennihan) As more cities track phones to improve subway service or use cameras to enforce speeding, questions of privacy — of what, exactly, that data will be used for and how long its...
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Tampa Bay Transportation Agency Partners With Ride App Startup
(Photo by Bidgee) “Gridlock, absolutely,” is how Michael Case describes the school commute in the Tampa Bay area. That traffic trouble is why the Tampa Bay Area Regional Transportation Authority...
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$1.2 Million Goes to 6 U.S. Cities for “Responsible” Technology Work
(AP Photo/Mark Lennihan) From Chicago’s sensors on light poles to Kansas City’s “smart” streetcar system and Spokane’s high-tech streetlights, the so-called “Internet of Things” is popping up more and...
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On-Demand Bus Co. Bridj Is Done
Data-driven bus service Bridj launched in Boston (Credit: Bridj) Bridj, the Boston-based startup that ran data-based on-demand shuttle buses, is abruptly shutting down — a move that highlights the...
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Designing Cities That Connect for Everyone
(AP Photo/Sang Tan, File) As more municipal agencies embrace the “smart city” concept — from data-gathering sensors and internet connectivity that monitors day-to-day operations — concerns are growing...
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Sidewalk Labs May Build a High-Tech City District From Scratch in Toronto
The Toronto waterfront (Photo by Alex Shutin) Downtown Toronto could be getting a “smart city” development from Sidewalk Labs, a subsidiary of Google’s parent company Alphabet, Bloomberg Technology...
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Pittsburgh Mayor Wants a Road Map to Ethical Driverless Cities
(AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar) A handful of U.S. cities are vying for the attention of autonomous vehicle manufacturers, hoping to become a testing ground for bringing driverless cars to the streets. And...
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