We currently have no smart cities — by 2025 there’ll be 26

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by on November 14, 2020 at 9:00 am
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This article was originally published by Sarah Wray on Cities Today, the leading news platform on urban mobility and innovation, reaching an international audience of city leaders. For the latest updates follow Cities Today on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, and YouTube, or sign up for Cities Today News. Spending on smart city technology is expected to reach US$327 billion by 2025, up from US$96 billion in 2019, according to a new forecast from Frost & Sullivan. The analyst company said an uncertain post-pandemic situation will compel cities to focus on developing collaborative, data-driven infrastructure for use in healthcare, public security services and more. Artificial…

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Silent’ escooters forced to make artificial noise to warn UK pedestrians

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by on November 13, 2020 at 11:00 am
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This article was originally published by Christopher Carey on Cities Today, the leading news platform on urban mobility and innovation, reaching an international audience of city leaders. For the latest updates follow Cities Today on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, and YouTube, or sign up for Cities Today News. German micromobility firm TIER Mobility plans to fit its e-scooters with artificial warning sounds to alert blind and partially sighted people of their approach. The company has partnered with the Thomas Pocklington Trust – a UK charity for blind and partially sighted people – and will incorporate research from the organization to design and roll out the…

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