Reporting the world's cities, for the people who plan them.
THE FIRST EDITION · 5 OCTOBER 2026
Digital tools and the governance of smarter cities.
11 ARTICLESPolicy Address - Hong Kong
HONG KONG: In his 2026 Policy Address, Chief Executive John Lee announced an "AI City Brain" for urban management and emergency response, steered by a task force under the Chief Secretary that takes in the Security,…
Digital Twins - Brno
BRNO: Aimsun and Yunex Traffic have delivered an AI-enabled traffic digital twin to the Traffic Information Center of Brno, combining traffic modelling, historical and real-time data, and short-term forecasting up to 60 minutes ahead to support…
India Desk - Delhi
NEW DELHI: Delhi's cabinet approved a Rs 17.9-billion (about $215 million) Intelligent Traffic Management System that will deploy some 2,500 AI-enabled cameras across the capital for real-time monitoring, adaptive signals and automated enforcement - one of…
Governance - London
LONDON: Chief digital officer Theo Blackwell outlined a city-wide approach covering digital infrastructure, collaboration, AI deployment and public trust, intended to stop London's 32 boroughs, NHS bodies, TfL and the emergency services duplicating technology procurement. The…
Pragmatism - United States
DENVER: At Smart Cities Connect 2026, municipal innovation leads described piloting small AI and analytics experiments before committing to large deployments - Trenton, for instance, used a limited trial to fix its inconsistent disposal process for…
Permits & Signals
BUSAN: The metropolitan government completed a 2.9-billion-won intelligent transport project on September 23, delivering real-time intersection information, AI-assisted signals and flood detection on city roads, with further expansion planned.
Planning Tech - England
LANCASTER: Lancaster joins 11 English councils piloting AI-powered biodiversity assessment from high-resolution satellite imagery under MHCLG's PropTech Innovation Fund, helping planners decide where development should go while protecting habitats.
Gulf - UAE
RAS AL KHAIMAH: Master developer Marjan launched the "Marjan Digital Universe", an interactive online twin rendering the emirate's coastline, masterplans and individual plots in one navigable 3D environment - built to make large-scale masterplans legible to…
Streets & Sensors - United States
HOBOKEN: The New Jersey city launched a 12-month pilot on September 3 with Coco Robotics and Avride - 20 low-speed electric delivery robots serving DoorDash, Uber Eats and Grubhub orders, with effects on traffic and double…
In Our Own Pages
The Asia Freight Decarbonisation Monitor (Page 1) ships with an "Intelligent Report" layer: users question the four-country freight dataset in plain language and receive cited answers, explained charts and an exportable report - a working example…
Rankings - Africa
RABAT: Nine African cities feature in this year's IMD Smart City Index, with Rabat ranked highest on the continent and Abuja the only African city to climb the global table - a snapshot of how unevenly…