Robot to help recover impounded cars in Moscow
Moscow’s Government Contact Centre has been in operation since 2011 and includes the city’s information and dispatch services. It currently processes about 2.5 million…
Mobility
Enhancing mobility and transportation options bring many benefits to a city. Reduced traffic congestion, shorter trip times, improved public safety and less pollution are just a few. Read all information about this subject in this Topic.
A Look at Solutions for Smart City Traffic Infrastructure
Smart technology is quickly becoming part of our daily lives, from the mobile phones in our pockets to the home automation equipment improving our…
Future Cities: Smart by default. Humane by choice
Smart City Hub brings you an exciting new series of essays: “Future Cities: Smart by default. Humane by choice”. Every few weeks, a new…
Will autonomous cars make driving safer?
Most people who believe that autonomous cars will contribute to a more livable environment refer also at the potential savings of millions of lives….
Deloitte warns parking operators: technology is also coming for your business
Technology has made it easy and efficient to get from A to B. By accounting for real time information on queues and other disturbances,…
Unique eBook: Smart City Tales
Herman van den Bosch has been a writer at the Smart City Hub platform for quite some time now and has published many of…
Autonomous cars won’t be the future, but e-scooters might be
In a former article, Autonomous Vehicles: Heaven or Nightmare I wrote that shared (autonomous) cars might result in more traffic jams, longer trips, negative…
Autonomous vehicles: heaven or nightmare
Most citizens have become accustomed with the omnipresence of cars and they have lost awareness of its tremendous impact: In the US a car…
FABULOS project: 5,500,000 euros available for creating an autonomous bus line
Self-driving minibuses can contribute to public transport in smart cities, but have to be developed first. FABULOS (Future Automated Bus Urban Level Operation System)…
The main barrier for autonomous driving: we, the people
While autonomous cars in a smart city environment are a great promise for solving urban mobility problems, development of practical applications should take its…