Currently, highway agencies are deploying advanced traffic management systems (ATMS) that integrate sensors, cameras, and variable message signs to monitor conditions and respond to incidents in real time.
Current trend: Growing adoption of advanced traffic management systems (ATMS) and real-time monitoring on highways.
Urban Traffic Control (estimated share: 25%) Urban traffic control is a dynamic and fast-growing segment, driven by the escalating challenges of congestion, pollution, and safety in metropolitan areas.
The European Green Deal and smart mobility strategies will accelerate deployment of V2I and urban traffic control systems, with strong public-private collaboration.
Latin America (estimated share: 10%) Latin America is gradually adopting ITS, with Brazil and Mexico leading in tolling and urban traffic management.
Oct 16, 2026 · via indexbox.io
Shanghai Coordination Center of World Cities Day SHANGHAI, Oct. 16, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Shanghai International City and Architecture Expo 2026 will be held from October 29 to 31 at the Shanghai World EXPO Exhibition & Convention Center.
As one of the key supporting events of World Cities Day, the expo is jointly held by the UN-Habitat and the Shanghai Municipal Commission of Housing, Urban-Rural Development and Management, co-organized by the Shanghai Coordination Center of World Cities Day and undertaken by the Shanghai Green Building Council.
The expo displays Shanghai's landmark high-quality urban construction achievements, offering replicable Chinese practices for global urban sustainable development.
The World Cities Day exhibition area presents the outcomes of international public goods including the Global Award for Sustainable Development in Cities (Shanghai Award) and the Shanghai Manual: A Guide for Sustainable Urban Development in the 21st Century.
The four industry development exhibition areas focus on green, low-carbon and ecological construction, urban renewal for resilient and livable cities, intelligent construction and digital cities, and urban environment and urban safety.
Oct 16, 2026 · via finance.yahoo.com
Dive Brief: The U.S. Department of Transportation said Thursday it has obligated $550 million for a new passenger rail line in North Carolina.
Portions of the route will allow train speeds of up to 110 mph, according to the North Carolina DOT.
The North Carolina DOT received a nearly $1.1 billion grant under the Biden administration for the project.
The Federal Railroad Administration obligated the funds, a step that includes a written, project-specific agreement between the US DOT and North Carolina DOT.
“Through close collaboration, we are delivering vital investments that will modernize passenger rail and create a new Golden Age of Rail for the people of North Carolina.”
Oct 16, 2026 · via smartcitiesdive.com
SMART CITIES DIVE: What makes a place a genuine climate haven as opposed to simply a place that has fewer hazards than somewhere else?
During the interview process [for the research paper], someone said you could call some random place in Saskatchewan a climate haven, but there's no real economy there.
Just calling themselves a climate haven doesn't help.
And then water resilience — water scarcity issues or maybe too much water.
Is it fair to say climate haven is more of a process — something that needs to be actively worked on — than a geographic designation?
Oct 16, 2026 · via smartcitiesdive.com
BENGALURU, KARNATAKA, INDIA, October 16, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Astrikos AI today highlighted its ongoing collaboration with NGSC to explore technology opportunities and strengthen its presence in the Vietnam market.
Through this collaboration, Astrikos AI and NGSC aim to explore solutions that align with these requirements and strengthen engagement with customers and industry stakeholders.
Dr. Chinmay Hegde - CEO & Managing Director, Astrikos AI, said -“Vietnam represents an important market for exploring how AI and intelligent infrastructure solutions can address evolving operational and digital transformation needs.
Amit Garsund - Managing Directer of MEA and Head of Global sales, Astrikos AI -“Our collaboration with NGSC is an important step toward translating Astrikos AI’s technology capabilities into meaningful business opportunities in Vietnam.
About Astrikos AI Headquartered in Bengaluru, India, Astrikos is a fast-growing Infrastructure Intelligence company focused on helping organizations monitor, predict, and optimize critical systems in real time.
Oct 16, 2026 · via natlawreview.com
Europe’s housing crisis requires stronger coordination between European policy frameworks and the challenges cities face on the ground.
Bringing together European and city-level perspectives, this dialogue will explore how local governments are responding to growing housing pressures and how European institutions can better support their efforts through policy frameworks, regulation and financing.
The discussion will address the opportunities and challenges of translating European housing priorities into concrete local action, while considering how cities’ experiences and needs can contribute to shaping a more effective and coordinated European response to the housing crisis.
Oct 16, 2026 · via smartcityexpo.com
LG Electronics (LG) successfully showcased its latest LG AI Home innovations at Urban October 2026, held from 5 to 8 October 2026 at the Oman Convention & Exhibition Centre.
Better Living: The LG WashTower and LG Styler show a space-efficient approach to garment care, designed for modern homes.
The LG AI Home reflects our commitment to being a long-term partner in Oman’s journey towards Vision 2040.”
LG’s presence at Urban October 2026 builds on the company’s growing commitment to the Sultanate.
Through the AI Home, LG extends that commitment from commercial buildings into the homes and communities being built across Oman.
Oct 16, 2026 · via intlbm.com
With terrestrial cellular IoT and Iridium satellite connectivity on a single chipset, device manufacturers, module makers and mobile network operators (MNOs) will be able to extend IoT connectivity beyond the reach of terrestrial networks through the Iridium satellite network, without adding a separate satellite modem to their designs.
Extending Cellular IoT Connectivity Beyond Terrestrial Networks The partnership combines Altair’s cellular IoT chipset technology, among the most highly integrated low-power connectivity solutions available, with Iridium’s 3GPP standards-based non-terrestrial network (NTN) service, giving device manufacturers another chipset option for products that need connectivity beyond terrestrial cellular coverage.
“As a market leader in satellite IoT, Iridium is offering device manufacturers a powerful new way to develop connected products.
“With Iridium’s truly global LEO satellite connectivity alongside terrestrial cellular, device manufacturers can more easily develop solutions that will reliably work anywhere they’re deployed.”
Altair joins a growing ecosystem of partners bringing the Iridium NTN Direct service to market.
Oct 16, 2026 · via iotbusinessnews.com
Libya’s Tripoli based Minister of Housing and Construction, Issam Al-Tamouni, attended the opening of the Kyoto Smart City Expo in Japan (8 to 9 October).
The tour included visits to the pavilions of companies specializing in sustainable construction technologies and the design of highly energy- and water-efficient buildings that minimize operational emissions.
The Minister and his delegation also held meetings with several specialized companies, including manufacturers of solar panels that utilize cutting-edge technology.
The meetings explored opportunities for cooperation with Japanese companies and the possibility of their entry into the Libyan market.
The discussion also focused on opening new avenues for partnership in areas such as smart cities, modern construction technologies, and sustainable development.
Oct 15, 2026 · via libyaherald.com
Faced with an excess of underused office buildings downtown along with a persisting housing shortage, Washington, D.C., is becoming a leader in office-to-residential conversions.
RentCafe data showed that New York City far outpaced other jurisdictions, with 16,358 conversion units in progress, while D.C. ranked second with 8,479 such units underway.
With office demand sapped by the pandemic, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has focused on residential conversions to incentivize development and draw people to live downtown.
“Every conversion project is such a puzzle.
To make a conversion project successful, “You need the good fundamentals.
Oct 15, 2026 · via multifamilydive.com
The Expo is held every three years in conjunction with APTA’s TransForm conference, which drew almost 14,000 attendees this year, APTA said.
“For the transit agency, all of those seconds [saved] means more time moving, which means better fuel efficiency,” Menard said.
It can show the precise location of each bus in real time, Product Marketing Team Lead Shoshi Goldstein said.
It’s designed to benefit riders, operators and the transit system.
Siemens Mobility Rail car and locomotive manufacturer Siemens Mobility displayed a train that Seattle’s Sound Transit system will use and a scale model of its next-generation, low-floor light rail vehicle.
Oct 15, 2026 · via smartcitiesdive.com
Hai Phong Eyes Incheon Smart City, Bio Expertise Incheon and Vietnam’s Hai Phong Strengthen Friendly Cooperation Incheon Metropolitan City and Vietnam’s Hai Phong are expanding a 30-year friendship built on ports and free economic zones into the fields of advanced industries and smart cities.
Kim Seong-jung, Administrative Vice Mayor of Incheon Metropolitan City, met on Oct. 15 with a delegation led by Do Man Hien, deputy secretary of the Hai Phong Party Committee, who visited Incheon.
Hai Phong plans to actively apply Incheon’s advanced examples to development projects currently under way in the city.
Ahead of the meeting, the Hai Phong delegation directly inspected major infrastructure sites in Incheon.
At the promotion hall, the delegation examined the development status of the Songdo, Yeongjong, and Cheongna districts and listened to a briefing on smart city development policies.
Oct 15, 2026 · via businesskorea.co.kr
Samsung Electronics has installed its large-format LED display system, The Wall, in control rooms spanning urban management and professional motorsport, signalling growing adoption of modular display technology in mission-critical environments where operators must process large volumes of visual data simultaneously.
For Indian smart city initiatives and command centres under development across the country, the technology offers a reference point for centralised monitoring infrastructure.
Malaysian deployment At IPCCC, Samsung installed what the company describes as Malaysia’s longest The Wall configuration, spanning 19.35 metres.
NASCAR integration NASCAR, the leading stock car racing organisation in the United States, built its Remote Race Control centre around a 9.75-metre by 2.74-metre installation of The Wall.
The Remote Race Control centre, now in its second season of operation following its 2025 launch, enables officials to view and share feeds collaboratively rather than working from isolated stations.
Oct 15, 2026 · via techobserver.in
Young "engineers" from schools in Can Tho City compete at the Can Tho STEM Talent Exchange 2026.
Nam Can Tho University will launch its Institute for Robotics and Artificial Intelligence Research in August 2026.
Platforms like STEM Talent Can Tho 2026 are important prerequisites for equipping students with programming thinking, design thinking, and problem-solving skills to become global citizens in the digital age.
57-NQ/TW), Can Tho City has implemented a comprehensive range of solutions to promote the development of science and technology, innovation, and digital transformation.
This allows students to access science, technology, and innovation activities in the most intuitive way, contributing to nurturing young talents in the city.
Oct 15, 2026 · via vietnam.vn
As Indian cities become increasingly connected, digital infrastructure has emerged as a critical enabler of urban development.
Sterlite Electric’s Convergence team addressed this challenge through an innovative DBFOOT (Design-Build-Finance-Own-Operate-Transfer) model that fundamentally reimagined how urban digital infrastructure could be developed.
This execution model by Sterlite Electric’s Convergence Team was bought to life with on-ground expertise in operating shared digital infrastructure at scale.
Beyond creating a reliable digital network, the project fundamentally changed the economics of urban infrastructure development.
The GMDA and Sterlite Electric partnership remains a benchmark for urban digital infrastructure in India.
Oct 15, 2026 · via wirecable.in
LG CNS is partnering with Japanese telecommunications company KDDI to jointly pursue artificial intelligence (AI) transformation projects across the Asia-Pacific region.
LG CNS said on Oct. 14 that it had signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with KDDI to cooperate on AI transformation (AX) and digital transformation (DX) businesses.
KDDI is one of Japan's three largest telecommunications companies, providing mobile communications, internet, cloud and enterprise information technology (IT) services.
In AI, the companies will explore providing customized services to local businesses using LG CNS's agentic AI platform, AgenticWorks.
In smart cities, LG CNS will combine its integrated urban control and intelligent transportation systems with KDDI's telecommunications infrastructure technology.
Oct 15, 2026 · via thelec.net
Humanitarians brought in additional fuel, plastic tarpaulins, winter clothing, medicines and medical supplies, but OCHA said these limited items were insufficient to meet people’s needs.
Soldiers confiscated files and equipment and detained a journalist and a former prisoner, the office said, calling for an immediate end to the crackdown on Palestinian civic space.
Humanitarian partners called on Israeli authorities to stop the crackdown on Palestinian civic space, noting that such raids and the detention of human rights defenders and protection workers have had a “chilling effect”.
Established in 2020, the Forum of Mayors connects city, national and global actors to share local solutions for implementing the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
The head of the UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), which organises the forum, explained why cities must be at the heart of decision-making.
Oct 14, 2026 · via news.un.org
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has continued to reshape itself under the Trump administration this year.
In addressing homelessness, Secretary Scott Turner has helped usher in an era that seeks to promote treatment initiatives over the agency’s longstanding “housing-first” approach.
It has also advocated for trimming billions of dollars from affordable housing programs and changes to who is eligible to receive certain federal funding.
Congress’ passage of the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act in July placed further expectations and deadlines on HUD.
Despite significant staff cutbacks, the agency maintains it is capable of performing the tasks.
Oct 14, 2026 · via smartcitiesdive.com
The work is a follow-up to ITEP’s 2024 analysis, which found that most local governments rely primarily on property taxes for funding.
“Sales taxes on necessities can make up a larger portion of lower-income people’s incomes, even if higher-income households are spending more dollars on sales taxes,” she said.
Property taxes have traditionally been considered more equitable than consumption taxes, Jefferson said, but as property taxes rise faster than household incomes, “it seems like the housing market is becoming more disconnected from how people make money.
Property taxes are theoretically proportional, but in practice property taxes are fairly regressive.”
But to be truly fair and progressive, the report concludes that cities should rely more on income taxes than either property or sales taxes.
Oct 14, 2026 · via smartcitiesdive.com
Across the EMEA region, cities and local software, infrastructure and integration partners are using NVIDIA accelerated computing to build physical AI agents and digital twins that help teams make those decisions.
NVIDIA Nemotron open models enable developers to build agents that reason over information, respond in natural language and deploy digital twins with NVIDIA Omniverse libraries.
Building the AI Infrastructure for European Cities For European cities, scaling from pilots to everyday operations requires infrastructure that can process local data, customize models and run AI agents.
These systems let cities customize and run intelligent applications locally while retaining control of their data, models and operations.
Their work helps cities build repeatable deployment blueprints that they can adapt across departments and expand as local needs grow.
Oct 14, 2026 · via blogs.nvidia.com