Dive Brief: The Amtrak Board of Directors agreed on July 30 to establish a committee focused on expanding the passenger railroad across the country.
The announcement comes as Amtrak explores a corporate restructuring that would create three groups under the parent company focused on service, fleet management and infrastructure.
“Expanding passenger rail service is essential to meeting growing demand, strengthening mobility, and connecting more communities to economic opportunity,” Robert Gleason, Amtrak board member and chair of the system expansion committee, said in a statement.
The stopgap measure gives Congress and the White House until Dec. 11 to reauthorize surface transportation funding.
“The Congress that deals with Amtrak next year may look rather different from the Congress sitting in Washington today.”
Sep 11, 2026 · via smartcitiesdive.com
Dive Brief: San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie on Thursday introduced a package of six proposed ordinances and more than $30 million in investments to address what he called a “rent emergency” in the city.
The package includes measures to prevent sudden rent spikes and evictions as well as initiatives to provide tenants with legal tools.
San Francisco median rents have surged more than 25% in the past year, outpacing all major cities, due largely to an influx of high-paying AI tech jobs.
Dive Insight: As rents have increased in San Francisco, so have eviction proceedings.
The city will also invest $1 million and partner with private employers to create a “know your rights” campaign for renters.
Sep 11, 2026 · via smartcitiesdive.com
When Pfeifer heard the South Tower collapse, he made a split-second call to evacuate all units from the North Tower before it, too, fell.
“It was probably the first time in history a fire chief pulled firefighters out when there were thousands of people in the building,” he said.
Pfeifer left his battalion after 9/11 to serve as the chief of planning and strategy for the FDNY Bureau of Operations and founded the Center for Terrorism and Disaster Preparedness in 2004.
That station became known as Miracle House because not one of the firefighters who worked and lived there died on 9/11.
When One World Trade Center, the 104-story tower adjacent to the World Trade Center Memorial, opened in 2014, the New York Port Authority asked Pfeifer to write something on the 441-foot steel spire at the top.
Sep 11, 2026 · via smartcitiesdive.com
The conference will focus on smart city development, digital transformation and how innovations go from ideas and pilot projects to practical and scalable solutions.
The conference this year will discuss smart city management, innovation adoption, digital transformation, sustainable mobility and urban collaboration with technology companies and startups.
“A smart city starts with collaboration and the ability to tackle the city's day-to-day challenges together.
The conference is organized by RTU, the Riga City Council, the Open Innovation movement “VEFRESH” and the University of Latvia.
The event takes place with the support of the EIT Innovation Community “Urban Mobility”.
Sep 11, 2026 · via riga.lv
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Sep 11, 2026 · via vietnam.vn
Atsign, based in San Jose, California, said the performance uplift applies to hardware-accelerated, end-to-end encrypted agent-to-agent communications when its platform is combined with Intel’s hardware security features.
“Intel and Atsign, representing the forefront of edge hardware and trusted identity management respectively, have today delivered a performance breakthrough: a genuinely secure foundation for agentic edge AI deployments in smart transportation environments, which are no longer constrained by something as mundane as ‘technical performance’,” said Aparna Rayasam, chief executive of Atsign.
These include hardware-backed key generation, accelerated encryption and hashing, protected key storage, secure boot, Trusted Compute, Total Memory Encryption and Full Disk Encryption.
Performance figures vary by hardware According to the companies, the solution brief sets out new zero-trust agentic AI performance benchmarks that vary depending on the hardware used.
Intel has also added Atsign to its Industrial Builders partner program.
Sep 11, 2026 · via traffictechnologytoday.com
The Korea Overseas Infrastructure & Urban Development Corporation (KIND) said on the 11th that it held the 2026 K-City Network Global Smart City Partnership Forum at BEXCO in Busan on the 10th.
The K-City Network program is an international cooperation initiative that draws on South Korea's smart city technology to help overseas cities draw up tailored smart city plans and run pilot projects, with the aim of promoting sustainable urban development.
At the forum, government officials from Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Poland discussed follow-up commercialization and investment plans with Korean companies.
Participants reviewed results from projects including the Alatau smart town in Kazakhstan, a satellite city supporting Tashkent's new airport in Uzbekistan, and a smart city master plan and integrated control center in Lublin, Poland.
"We will continue follow-up cooperation so that the planning results of the K-City Network lead to overseas expansion by Korean companies and to actual development, demonstration and investment projects."
Sep 11, 2026 · via en.sedaily.com
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Sep 11, 2026 · via media-outreach.com
Moon World Resorts Appoints RLB for Global Moon Smart City Developments Moon World Resorts has named Rider Levett Bucknall as program managers and cost consultants for all of its Moon Smart City developments worldwide, according to TradeArabia News Service.
The appointment covers the developer's pre-development programs through the full delivery lifecycle of each Smart City masterplan, with the aim of maintaining budget discipline and schedule certainty.
RLB, described as a global organisation specialising in programme and cost management, quantity surveying, advisory services, sustainability services and built asset consultancy, will provide program management and cost consultancy services.
Moon World Resorts said its Moon developments will rise in North America, South America, Europe, the Middle East, East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, Oceania and Africa.
He added that projects of this scale require discipline, transparency and expertise to navigate complexity, and said RLB is proud to support Moon World Resorts as it brings the vision to life across markets around the world.
Sep 10, 2026 · via indexbox.io
Namibia’s Ambassador to China, Tonata Itenge-Emvula, said during an event in Shanghai that advanced digital infrastructure, artificial intelligence technologies, and China’s experience in creating “smart cities” could become a practical development path for Namibia.
Event in Shanghai The event, “Exploring People-Centered Cities: China’s Governance and Global Engagement,” was organized by China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs for foreign diplomatic representatives.
According to Itenge-Emvula, Namibia seeks to build a “smart, safe, and inclusive” economy, while the development of “smart cities” in the country is accelerating.
Bilateral cooperation The ambassador noted that China’s experience in data-based planning and the provision of digital public services could be used in Namibia.
Particular attention among the areas of cooperation was given to smart city pilot projects.
Sep 10, 2026 · via ua.news
In Durham, North Carolina, residents who are incarcerated can have a say in how the city spends a slice of its budget.
Residents in Minnesota’s Twin Cities can access a municipally owned electric car-sharing and car-charging network that may be the first of its kind.
Smart Cities Dive has named those four projects the 2026 Smart Cities Dive Community Project Award winners.
The Smart Cities Dive Community Project Awards continue the tradition of the American City & County Crown Communities Award following last year’s merger between AC&C and Smart Cities Dive.
Congratulations to the local leaders who spearheaded these projects in Durham, North Carolina; Jacksonville, Florida; Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota; and Orlando, Florida.
Sep 10, 2026 · via smartcitiesdive.com
The Smart Cities Dive Awards highlight notable people and projects in U.S. city, county and regional government.
Smart Cities Dive Public Service Awards The Smart Cities Dive Public Service Awards honor individuals in local government who demonstrate and can document their community impact, leadership, innovation, mentorship, collaboration and focus on results.
The awards are a continuation of the American City & County Exemplary Public Servant Awards following the 2025 merger between AC&C and Smart Cities Dive.
Deadline The deadline for Smart Cities Dive Public Service Awards nominations is March 8, 2027.
Smart Cities Dive Community Project Awards The Smart Cities Dive Community Project Awards highlight local government projects solving real community needs.
Sep 10, 2026 · via smartcitiesdive.com
MIRI: Kenyalang Smart City is set to be equipped with high-capacity fibre and 5G infrastructure under a proposed collaboration between SACOFA Sdn Bhd and its master developer, Imasa Dinasti Sdn Bhd.
SACOFA chief executive officer Jafer Sadig Abdul Lathiff said reliable connectivity would be essential as Sarawak accelerates its digital transformation.
“Through this collaboration with Imasa, we look forward to exploring SACOFA’s telecommunications infrastructure and connectivity capabilities to support the vision for Kenyalang Smart City and its long-term digital requirements,” he said.
The proposed solutions include end-to-end fibre architecture, enterprise connectivity, Internet of Things (IoT) systems, network redundancy and disaster recovery capabilities.
According to a statement, specialised connectivity requirements will also be studied for the development’s medical and teaching hospital, convention centre and smart city management systems.
Sep 10, 2026 · via sarawaktribune.com
From annual reporting to real-time carbon action Speaking at the forum, Sim highlighted a shift in how cities and organizations can use carbon data.
This approach moves carbon management from retrospective reporting towards continuous monitoring, analysis and action, allowing decision-makers to respond more quickly as emissions patterns change.
About Cedars Digital Cedars Digital is a Singapore-based sustainability technology company focused on AI-enabled carbon management and digital solutions for decarbonization.
Its CarbonM platform supports organisations in carbon accounting, emissions management and sustainability decision-making, helping businesses move from carbon reporting towards more continuous and actionable carbon management.
SOURCE Cedars Digital Pte.
Sep 10, 2026 · via prnewswire.com
Smart cities use connected technology and data to improve services: traffic systems respond to congestion, sensors detect leaking pipes, digital platforms bring public services to a phone.
High transaction costs, fragmented records and uneven access to financial services affect cities across the continent.
The city's financial operating system Smart finance is about payment and recordkeeping systems that let money and transaction information move together - securely and efficiently.
Public money on the record Public money raises the stakes.
As Larry Cooke, Director for Africa at Binance, explains: "Smart cities will only thrive if their financial systems are as intelligent as their physical infrastructure.
Sep 10, 2026 · via dailymaverick.co.za
10 Most Important AI Use Cases Transforming Smart Cities The highest-value AI applications in smart cities address persistent operational problems rather than chasing isolated technology demonstrations.
AI for Climate Resilience and Environmental Monitoring Environmental monitoring is another important use of AI in smart cities.
The Emerging Shift: From AI-Powered Cities to AI-Native Urban Infrastructure AI-native urban infrastructure is not defined by the number of models deployed.
Starting with a broad “smart city AI strategy” often produces a large technology agenda without a clear business case.
How Appinventiv Supports AI-Powered Urban Infrastructure Building AI-powered urban infrastructure requires more than an application layer.
Sep 10, 2026 · via appinventiv.com
Out of 500 participating projects, the research proposal “Regional Futures: The Territorial Policy of Digitalization in Cities in the Global South” was awarded €160 (almost four million pesos) in funding.
The smart cities research will analyze three cities: Mumbai, in India; Nairobi, in Kenya and the Guadalajara Metropolitan Area (AMG), in Mexico; the latter under the responsibility of the UdeG.
The first stage of the study will begin in the outskirts of Zapopan, with plans to expand to the outskirts of Guadalajara.
The total funding for the research will be distributed over five years and will begin in January 2022.
Attentively "Think and Work" "Year of the legacy of Fray Antonio Alcalde in Guadalajara" Guadalajara, Jalisco, July 8, 2021 Text by Andrea Martínez Parrilla | CUAAD Photo: Courtesy of CUAAD
Sep 9, 2026 · via udg.mx
The third project is the International Smart City Exposition and Networking Engagement (iScene), born from Mayor JC’s intention to bring “good practices” from around the world to share with other cities.
Thailand’s Digital Economy Promotion Agency (depa) and KMITL have been involved from the very beginning, helping design and shape iScene itself while also serving as a mentor for developing the city’s Innovation Ecosystem.
The city also challenges its younger generation with the question: “If you were mayor, what application or approach would you build to solve the city’s problems?”
This present-day effort to build mutual understanding has itself become the crucial foundation driving the blueprint for the next ten years.
The most important lesson from Cauayan is not the sophistication of its technology, but “political will” and “policy continuity.”
Sep 9, 2026 · via nationthailand.com
The vessel can fly over water at high speeds.
The inaugural crewed flight lasted just 30 seconds but produced “an incredible amount of data,” he said.
It flew 1,956 feet at a height of 33 feet above the water, according to a press release.
It floats like other boats at low speeds, transitions to hydrofoils beyond the dock and flies a short distance above the water at higher speeds.
The Seaglider uses hydrofoils, which act as an underwater wing that lifts the vessel out of the water at a certain speed.
Sep 9, 2026 · via smartcitiesdive.com
Aslan now extends the same idea into urban intelligence: every city's intelligence must also be shaped by its own geography, memory and experience.
Accumulation, technology At the center of the CityLab Urban Intelligence approach is a simple formula: Urban Intelligence = Urban Accumulation × Technological Multiplier "Urban accumulation" includes urban memory, human and local experience, management vision, planning, shared urban wisdom, sustainability and the practical knowledge a city has built over time.
Memory Memory no longer serves only as an archive, and this also changes the way we use urban memory.
In Aslan’s words: "Geography shapes the smart city; memory deepens urban intelligence.”
CityLab's multidisciplinary understanding of smart cities is therefore evolving, through sustainability, urban memory, local experience, reliable data and AI, into a broader school of thought around urban intelligence.
Sep 9, 2026 · via dailysabah.com