Mobility giant Bolt adopts self-driving Starship robots for food delivery
European ride-hailing firm Bolt will start using self-driving robots to deliver customers’ food as part of a new partnership with fellow Estonian company Starship Technologies.
NYC gets closer to its toll goals
NYC gets closer to implementing congestion pricing for drivers in lower Manhattan.
Florida barn will be the world’s largest 3D-printed building
A luxury horse barn in Florida is primed to be the world’s largest 3D-printed building.
World’s largest ‘wood city’ to be built in Stockholm
In recent years, wooden buildings have reached new heights, with soaring timber skyscrapers completed or underway in countries like Norway, Switzerland, and Australia.
A Giant Drilling Machine Moves Stockholm Toward an Emissions-Free Future
Deep below the Swedish capital, an ambitious tunneling project is bringing the city closer to going fully green.
Can a City Feed Itself?
In Paris and elsewhere, cities are exploring the economic and environmental benefits of building-based agriculture and racing to protect farmland at the urban edge.
Beach cleanup goes high-tech
Plastic-munching robots, floating drones and other “smart” contraptions are starting to ply beaches and waterways, systematically removing dangerous debris left by summertime revelers.
Why Youth Should Be Involved in the Planning of Smart Sustainable Cities
One of the most critical tasks to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is making cities hospitable, productive, and healthful places to live, as called for by SDG 11.
Why Smart Cities Are the Path to a Sustainable Future
Smart cities are already here, but they’re no longer just a nice-to-have if we want to protect the world.
Two new guides for climate-smart cities
How cities manage water is one of our planet’s greatest challenges. Faced with new water and climate extremes, cities need to radically rethink every aspect of infrastructure, urban planning, and water governance. In two new policy briefs, SIWI experts show how cities can succeed and why this is a shared responsibility.