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19/09/2025

Beating the heat: see how connected streetlights are helping cities manage energy demand, stabilise power grids and prepare for increasingly hot summers.

👉 https://cities-today.com/industry/how-smart-lighting-helps-cities-beat-the-heat/

with Paradox Engineering

Carlo Bernocco, Product Portfolio Manager of Paradox Engineering, explains how connected streetlights are helping cities manage energy demand, stabilise power grids and prepare for increasingly hot summers.

19/09/2025

Populus platform surpasses 500 million trips processed via the Mobility Data Specification.

“Shared micromobility is no longer a novelty–it is now part of the city landscape.”

👉 https://cities-today.com/shared-mobility-reaches-500m-trips-milestone/

Populus

Populus hits 500m trips processed through MDS. Pietro Payron outlines how data standards are stabilising shared mobility and shaping city transport.

18/09/2025

San José reports 97 percent pothole detection in AI pilot

👉 https://cities-today.com/san-jose-reports-97-percent-pothole-detection-in-ai-pilot/

City of San José

San José updates its AI road safety pilot, reporting 97% pothole detection accuracy and new safeguards shaped by community input.

18/09/2025

Veo calls time on short-term micromobility pilots

“If city leaders treat scooters and bikes as serious transportation, the rest follows–dedicated infrastructure, long-term planning, and stable funding.”

- Alex Keating, Veo 👉 https://cities-today.com/veo-calls-time-on-short-term-micromobility-pilots/

Veo’s Mode Shift Report 2025 shows over a third of shared micromobility trips replace cars, arguing the services are core transport, not pilot projects.

18/09/2025

“There will be initiatives where things do not produce, but the goal is to catch them early and to fail forward for future work, protecting security, privacy, and resources.”

- Rob Lloyd, City of Seattle Government 👉 https://cities-today.com/seattle-sets-new-benchmarks-with-responsible-ai-plan/

Seattle has unveiled a Responsible AI Plan and hackathon series to strengthen governance, protect jobs, and ensure community voices guide how artificial intelligence is used across the city.

18/09/2025

By addressing passengers’ biggest pain points, such as check-in and security, airports can rebuild trust and protect retail revenue.

Discover how LiDAR and spatial intelligence can help 👉 https://cities-today.com/industry/fixing-friction-how-lidar-and-spatial-intelligence-are-transforming-airport-checkpoints/

by Outsight

Long lines at check-in and security cost airports millions. LiDAR-powered Spatial Intelligence offers...

18/09/2025

From 30 September to 2 October, the leading event for innovating the public sector and digitising our cities will take place in Berlin.

Click here to save your free ticket for the Smart Country Convention! 👉 https://cities-today.com/event/smart-country-convention/

Smart Country Convention

Modern government, digitized authorities and smart cities: The Smart Country Convention is the leading event for innovating the public sector and digitizing our cities. From 30 September to 2 October 2025, the three-day event will bring together local government, politics, the digit

18/09/2025

The Urban Mobility Days 2025 will take place from 30 September to 2 October in this year’s European Green Capital, Vilnius, Lithuania 🇱🇹

Join the conversation, exchange knowledge and explore the latest innovations in sustainable urban mobility at UMD 2025!

👉 https://cities-today.com/event/urban-mobility-days-2025/

CIVITAS Initiative

Vilnius cityscape, © Image from Unsplash by Reza Bina, [2019]. All rights reserved Urban Mobility Days 2025, Vilnius, 30 September–2 October Urban Mobility Days (UMD) 2025, the European Commission’s flagship urban mobility policy conference, is back. The conference will take place in Vi

18/09/2025

How cities are putting ethics at the core of digital innovation

“Ethics doesn’t work when it is imposed top-down or only considered at the end of the process.”

👉 https://cities-today.com/how-cities-are-putting-ethics-at-the-core-of-digital-innovation/

Eurocities

European cities are placing ethics at the heart of digital innovation—ensuring fairness, transparency and accountability as they adopt AI, data, and automation.

17/09/2025

As AI becomes embedded in smart city tech, residents are demanding insight on privacy, transparency and digital rights.

See how a partnerships are helping to build trust and set new standards 👉 https://cities-today.com/industry/residents-weigh-in-on-data-privacy-and-smart-city-technologies/

by techconnect.org

By Chelsea McCullough, Smart Cities Connect AI is increasingly becoming embedded in smart...

17/09/2025

Seattle unveils an enhanced AI plan that prioritises fairness, privacy and community engagement.

👉 https://cities-today.com/seattle-sets-new-benchmarks-with-responsible-ai-plan/

City of Seattle Government

Seattle has unveiled a Responsible AI Plan and hackathon series to strengthen governance, protect jobs, and ensure community voices guide how artificial intelligence is used across the city.

17/09/2025

Cleargov releases a suite of beta AI features to help city finance teams automate work and improve communication around municipal budgets.

👉 https://cities-today.com/new-ai-tools-to-cut-workload-in-city-budgeting/

ClearGov

A set of beta AI features has been introduced to help city finance teams cut down on manual tasks and improve the way municipal budgets are presented to the public.

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