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…
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.
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…
HERE’s Real-Time Traffic aggregates live data from Audi, BMW Mercedes cars
HERE Real-Time Traffic service is the first global service on the market that integrates live vehicle sensor data from Audi, BMW and Mercedes-Benz vehicles…
Autonomous flying cars will soon be part of everyday reality
Urban Aeronautics’ Cormorant passenger drone can fly between buildings AeroMobil – cross between a passenger car and a small aeroplane Airbus to test self-flying…