Apr 25, 2017
We live in hyper-connected cities: how many offer Internet access in the subway? In partnership with the International Association of Public Transport (UITP), our Founding Member Ericsson and innovation agency FABERNOVEL, we surveyed the world’s largest metropolitan underground systems to find out their level of internet connectivity. Find out which regions are the most connected…
Apr 24, 2017
The WHO defines E-Health as “the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) for health”*. In 2012, we set up a Task Force to investigate the potential of e-health technology in cities. Our Task Force assessed the economic, social and clinical impacts of using e-health technology in an underserved urban area. We conducted our pilot…
Apr 23, 2017
Commuting is a major source of stress and frustration to city-dwellers. We set up a Task Force in San Jose, California, to investigate how social networking commuter applications impact the commuting experience. Collaborating with Ericsson, the San Jose Department of Transportation, the University of California Berkeley, and two commuter apps, Waze and Roadify, we studied…
Apr 22, 2017
3 finalists, 1 stage, $5,000 prize AppMyCity! is a contest for the world’s best urban app. Awarded every year at the NewCities Summit, it rewards new mobile applications that improve the urban experience, connect people, and make cities more fun, fair, vibrant, and sustainable places. We ran the contest in 2012 in Paris, 2013 in…
Apr 20, 2017
From 2014-2016, Cities on the Move assembled the most insightful voices from policy, industry, design, technology, architecture, economics and sociology, and from all regions to explore the many facets and changing nature of urban mobility. The thought leadership event was held on three occasions in Mountain View, California (2014), London (2015), and Tokyo (2016). On…
Apr 20, 2017
Montréal was the perfect stage for the NewCities Summit 2016 on The Age of Urban Tech. In cities everywhere, innovators are finding technological solutions to pressing urban challenges. We were honored to welcome 600 speakers, journalists and participants from 40 countries for inspiring discussions around how urban technology can work to the benefit of all.…
