Big data aggregation in smart cities
When we talk about smart cities, many of the smart city applications we think of rely on linking a vast amount of data from various sources and then making sense of it. An example is data analysis that...
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Breaking down the silos to create efficient smart cities
The number of people expected to be living in cities is set to double by 2050 to some 6.4 billion urban dwellers. To cope with this population increase, and to adjust to the new needs of larger...
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Spotting illegal parking with video analytics
Vehicles parked in the red zone are a pain in the best-case scenario, and a serious danger to other road users in the worst, but Smart Cities have the potential to identify and tackle the issue...
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Deep learning on the edge
This post is written by Eric Toffin, CEO of Citilog. Read more about Eric at the end of this post. Increased processing power in the latest ARTPEC chip technology offers new possibilities for fully...
View ArticleUsing KPIs to measure smart city progress
There is a wide range of definitions for “what makes a smart city”. It’s a question that doesn’t have a straight and universal answer as it means different things to different people. Another question...
View ArticleThe development of onboard cameras in transportation
Over the past decade, network cameras have become an essential part of transportation safety and security. Thanks to the technologies that can now be integrated onto , the range of solutions they can...
View ArticleWhy parking management supports a safe and livable city
Everyone who has visited or lived in a large town or city understands the struggle when arriving by car. Each day, people spend a lot of time on the road looking for parking slots, which is valuable...
View ArticleMoving forward
This blog post is a joint collaboration between Lucas Young and Anthony Incorvati. Read more about the authors on their respective author page. Travel restrictions, working from home and social...
View ArticleIntelligent prevention – how technology can help reduce UK rail suicides
Over the 2019/20 financial year, there were a staggering 283 suicides on the British rail network. These actions, of course, have a long-lasting impact on friends, family, witnesses and emergency first...
View ArticleDriving toward the future of intelligent traffic with network surveillance...
Congested roadways. Bumper-to-bumper traffic. Beeping horns. Rush hour that actually felt like rush hour. About a year ago much of this disappeared—at least temporarily—as the nation went into lockdown...
View ArticleSurveillance solutions for efficient parking management
First impressions matter. For many businesses, schools, shopping centres, airports, and hospitals, this means that parking will play an important role in shaping the overall visitor experience....
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“What is a smart city?”
Despite the global smart city hype, with daily headlines about new smart city projects, cities competing to be the smartest and governments around the world investing billions in smart cities, I...
View ArticlePassengers in focus: how video and connected technology are transforming...
When Deutsche Bahn presented its S-Bahn train of the future, it delivered a 22.5 meter prototype vehicle that could be individually adapted to meet the real-time needs of travelers. This included...
View ArticleReflections on a visit to Intertraffic
A couple of weeks ago my colleagues and I visited Intertraffic, one of the world’s leading exhibitions for traffic and mobility professionals. With the increasing demand we hear from our customers, not...
View ArticleReflections on a visit to UITP Global Public Transport Summit 2023
My colleagues and I recently visited UITP Global Public Transport Summit in Barcelona, the definitive event for the public transport sector globally. As the world’s biggest event dedicated to...
View ArticleInsights driven by statistics are optimizing the highways network
With thousands of kilometers of roads to cover, keeping track of the live situation across the highway network can only be effectively achieved with video surveillance. For traffic authorities,...
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