The Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG) has established and implemented a set of standards for the three-dimensional use of space in a move designed to enable more flexible urban planning. The Standards for the Three-Dimensional Designation of Urban Planning Facilities aim to enable more...
A feasibility study in New York will examine the viability of combating extreme heat on the city’s subway stations and recycling the excess heat to warm municipal buildings during the winter. US$800,000 has been allocated to the project, which is a partnership between New York mayor...
The first major report from the UK’s new National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority (NISTA) marked its first year of operation in April. The Authority was created to eliminate delays and bottlenecks in the delivery of infrastructure in the UK through merging the National...
The City of Chicago is investing US$1 million to upgrade cooling infrastructure at 42 neighbourhood parks, targeting communities identified as the most vulnerable to extreme heat through a data-driven mapping tool. Announced by Mayor Brandon Johnson and the Chicago Park District, the first...
The Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation has launched a digital project which aims to improve accessibility for people with disabilities and diverse needs. The Parks Board is working with AccessNow, a digital platform that allows users to search and rate the accessibility of places, to...
Roads leading to a major sports stadium in the UK city of Liverpool have been fitted with smart lighting which changes according to the levels of traffic. Traffic Adaptive Lighting (TAL) has been installed outside the Hill Dickinson stadium of Premier League club Everton, with the aim of...
Dubai has completed a mobile mapping pilot survey of its waterways in a project which contributes to the city’s geospatial ecosystem and its Digital Twin project. The work was carried out using the Leica TRK system mounted on a specially equipped vessel across the Dubai Water Canal in Al...
Autonomous driving company Waymo and satellite mapping provider Waze have announced a pilot project to detect and provide up to date information on road potholes. The two Google subsidiaries have combined to collect pothole data and routes operated by Waymo taxis, and make that available to...
While more than four in ten Australian and New Zealand local government organisations are exploring the use of artificial intelligence through pilot projects, only 20% are currently scaling use cases or embedding AI into daily operations. This is one of the findings in a survey of 166 council...
Townsville City Council is leading Northern Australia’s largest saltmarsh restoration project with the regeneration of 64 hectares of land along the Ross River. The Townsville’s Living Coastlines – Spaces for Saltmarshes project is funded through a grant from the Australian Government’s Reef...
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