Smartcitiesconnect.org Website Review

in march of 2017, the city of dallas, texas launched its smart cities living lab – four blocks featuring nine integrated smart cities projects. the dallas innovation alliance (dia) recently released its year-end case study read more. urban future prize competition funds technologies in smart city and smart grid tracks. the urban future lab has announced the launch of its 2018 urban future prize competition – which seeks revolutionary smart city and smart grid technologies to participate in a pitch competition in new york city. read more. daimler ag and bosch choose san jose, california to pilot autonomous ride-hailing service. daimler ag and automotive supplier bosch have chosen san jose, california as the pilot city for a new autonomous ride-hailing service. the pilot program, which is expected to begin in the second half of 2019, read more. national league of cities forms task force to address housing challenges. the national league of cities (nlc) has formed a national task force to address how communities can better respond to the growing challenge of housing availability, affordability, investment, and quality. the committee will be led read more a number of communities around the us have identified remote workers as a valuable community as*et. in an effort to avoid brain drain and population loss as the regions’ residents age, they are offering tax read more. los angeles works with ucla on research, de*pen water conservation and efficiency. ucla and the city of los angeles’s water and power utility (ladwp) are working together to research ways to enable the city to manage water supplies more sustainably and to become more energy efficient and read more hardik bhatt, vertical leader for smart cities at amazon web services, speaks about how one of the world’s most influential companies is birmingham leaders came together at the innovation depot on december 10 and echoed a common commitment, “we want to be the nation’s leaders in inclusive economic development.” increasing equity and digital empowerment are themes commonly read more