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Toyota, NTT Team on Smart City Platforms

Toyota Motor Corp and Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp have agreed to work together on developing smart cities and will invest 200 billion yen ($1.8 billion) in each other to cement the relationship, the two companies said on Tuesday. The two companies will develop...

Green New Deal and Smart Cities

Any future stimulus package to reboot the economy after the worst of the coronavirus is over would likely include major infrastructure funding. The authors of this Green New Deal — taking their lead from the Congressional plan that would invest heavily to fight...

Sustainable Cities Will Win

In this day and age of increasing social isolation, there is a noticeable trend of people relocating to cities and towns that offer a higher quality of life. Certainly, drivers such as a lower cost of living, vast open space, and a top-notch school system come to mind...

Keeping Smart Cities Safe From Hacks

Municipalities today are dealing with an unanticipated number of cyberthreats, Merritt Maxim, an analyst at Forrester, said last week at the RSA Conference 2020. Local and state governments are increasingly being targeted by ransomware attacks, phishing emails and...

The Next Decade of Smart City Growth

Transportation and energy upgrades are expected to be the big drivers of smart city spending over the next decade. Why it matters: Global spending on smart city projects will reach nearly $124 billion this year, an 18% increase over 2019, according...