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Tijs Roelofs, Smart Mobility Manager at City of Amsterdam: Digitalization & Innovation, posted

Smart Mobility according to deputy mayor Pieter Litjens

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'In the near future, everyone in Amsterdam can choose the mobility that suits him or her; it will be mobility as a service', according to the Deputy Mayor of Amsterdam, Pieter Litjens. It is important the traffic in Amsterdam is arranged more efficiently. That is why he works on the use of smart techniques and the possibilities innovations and data can offer in a municipal program, called 'Smart Mobility'. Read his blog (in Dutch only)!

Er is een mooie serie Franse prenten uit 1900, waarop is weergegeven hoe het leven er honderd jaar later, in het jaar 2000 dus, uit zou zien. Kappers met heftige knipmachines – maar geen tondeuse. Brandweerlieden met vleugels zodat ze makkelijk bij de bovenste verdiepingen konden – maar zonder moderne brandwerende kleding. En natuurlijk zouden we vliegende auto’s hebben in het jaar 2000.

De toekomst voorspellen is een ingewikkelde bezigheid, omdat je het vrijwel nooit bij het rechte eind hebt. Onze auto’s vliegen niet - ik weet ook niet of dat een oplossing voor onze mobiltieitsvraagstukken zou zijn, of juist een extra probleem. Maar we hebben vrijwel allemaal een smartphone bij ons, en dat apparaat is eigenlijk fascinerender dan een vliegende auto. Want je kunt er zoveel meer mee. Selfies maken, sportuitslagen opzoeken, bellen. Maar ook de weg vinden.

Dat is voor mij smart mobility: gebruik maken van slimme techniek en de mogelijkheden die innovaties en gebruik van data bieden. Op die manier kunnen we het verkeer efficienter inrichten. Meer ruimte geven aan de fiets, de voetganger – of juist de auto – op de plekken waar dat nodig is. En op die manier kan iedereen de mobiliteit kiezen die bij hem past: mobility as a service.

Een concreet voorbeeld is het doelgroepenvervoer; dat is vervoer voor mensen voor wie het gewone OV niet toereikend is. Denk bijvoorbeeld aan mensen met een handicap, of ouderen. Door veel beter gebruik te maken van de gegevens, kennis en data die we al hebben, kun je dat veel efficiënter inrichten. Want nu gebeurt het bijvoorbeeld dat iemand eerst van school naar huis wordt gebracht, en vervolgens thuis wordt opgehaald om naar zijn stage te gaan.

Ook de ontwikkelingen op het gebied van autonoom vervoer gaan hard en zijn ontzettend interessant. Een groot deel van de nieuwe auto’s heeft al autonome functies: zelf inparkeren, binnen de lijnen blijven, smart cruise control. Volledig zelfrijdende auto’s die rondrijden binnen een stad met een eeuwenoud stratenpatroon als Amsterdam, zorgt voor nieuwe uitdagingen.

Met het programma Smart Mobility wil ik de bereikbaarheid van Amsterdam slimmer, en daarmee meer toekomstbestendig maken. Dat is goed voor de Amsterdammer, voor bezoekers, en voor bedrijven: de economische motor van de stad.

Hoe Amsterdam er over honderd jaar precies uitziet, dat weet ik niet. Maar dat we nu bezig zijn met het vormgeven van die toekomst, daar ben ik van overtuigd.

Pieter Litjens

Wethouder Verkeer, Vervoer en Organisatie

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Moniek Thissen, Innovation manager at Eurofiber, posted

EnergieKoplopers

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How can flexible strategies help grow sustainable energy and keep the electricity grid reliable at the lowest possible cost, while also revealing potential benefits for households?

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Anonymous posted

Smart City webinar: verhoog de fietsveiligheid in de stad.

Aan Smart City-ideeën geen gebrek. Maar hoe komt u van idee tot realisatie? En vooral: hoe versnelt u die periode, die ‘time-to-market’? Een simpele fietsbel kan daarvoor al genoeg zijn. Tijdens het webinar Smart City – razendsnelle realisatie bespreken we de inspirerende SafeToBike-case, waarbij een slimme fiets-wearable zorgt voor een veiligere stad.

Dit initiatief is om meerdere redenen het bespreken waard:

De tijd van idee naar prototype nam slechts 24 uur in beslag
De tijd van prototype tot tastbaar product duurde nog geen 4 maanden
Het project kwam tot stand met burgerparticitpatie, crowdsourcing, een hackathon en bestaande data.
Tijdens dit webinar op 13 september nemen we u mee van idee tot uitvoering. Van inspiratie tot realisatie. Zodat u het proces versnelt, en uw stad met kleine concrete oplossingen nóg slimmer, gezonder, veiliger, schoner en leuker maakt.

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Nancy Zikken, Trade developer Smart City / Sustainable Built Environment at Amsterdam Trade, posted

Workshop Flexible Urban Transport

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Flexible urban transport services leverage on the advantages of scale and efficiency that characterise public transport systems while offering more flexible transportation alternatives that can compete with the comfort associated with private transportation. It therefore allows catering for diverse demand patterns and schedules and provide an adaptive service that can offer some of the benefits of both private and public services and thus develop a new market for flexible urban mobility services. This trend is expected to be further accelerated by developments in vehicle automation.

Flexible urban transport services comprise a large range of emerging services including car sharing, bike sharing, app-based carpooling and demand responsive transit. With the increasing fragmentation of the transportation market, innovative platforms for matching supply and demand have been developed to facilitate a more efficient market for managing mobility as a service. This emerging and promising mobility domain calls for the development of new policies, strategies and models to support related urban and transport planning and management.

Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Metropolitan Solutions (AMS) will host a workshop intended to generate a discussion around several forms of flexible transportation that are being implemented and studied in Europe. The workshop is organized by the Department of Transport and Planning in TU Delft. AMS and TU Delft identify the emerging field of flexible urban transport as an important and emerging domain that holds great opportunities as well as challenges. The workshop is intended for transport planners, practitioners, government agencies and researchers.In this workshop, policy makers, operators and researchers will provide their views and share their experiences on developing flexible urban transport solutions. Attendance of the workshop is free of charge, however, for catering purposes please register by clicking on this link.

We are very much looking forward to seeing you on 9 September!

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Annelies Van der Stoep, Strategic advisor at Amsterdam Economic Board, posted

Owners planning high-level sustainable renovations of dwellings in Amsterdam

Secretly jealous of your neighbors PV panels? Fed up with your draughty and chilly home?

Already 500 homes in Amsterdam are being retrofitted in an energy efficient way. There's still funding available for approximately 130 dwellings. The owners of these homes or residential buildings can apply via www.amsterdamsmartcity.nl/subsidie. The funding is distributed according to the first come - first served principle.

So if your planning to retrofit your home or to increase the value of your rental property, apply today!

This European funding for the retrofit of approximately 600 homes in Amsterdam is available via City-zen.

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Normandy Madden, Director, Media & Innovation , posted

Using VR to Enhance Events & Performances

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Moderating a panel featuring Dillon Seo, Jenni Kääriäinen and Vlad Davydov this morning at Europe Asia Roundtable Series (EARS) in Helsinki. Our topic was using technologies like virtual reality to enhance live events and performances.

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Anonymous posted

FARIDABAD SMART CITY

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Smart Cities Mission is an urban renewal and retrofitting program by the Government of India with a
mission to develop 100 cities all over the country making them citizen friendly and sustainable.
The Union Ministry of Urban Development is responsible for implementing the mission in collaboration
with the state governments of the respective cities. The government of India under Prime
Minister Narendra Modi has a vision of developing 100 smart cities as satellite towns of larger cities and
by modernizing the existing mid-sized cities.
For More Information : http://smartcities.gov.in/
The 100 potential smart cities were nominated by all the states and union territories based on Stage 1
criteria, prepared smart city plans which were evaluated in stage 2 of the competition for prioritizing
cities for financing. In the first round of this stage, 20 top scorers were chosen for financing during 2015-
16. The remaining will be asked to make up the deficiencies identified by the Apex Committee in the
Ministry of Urban Development for participation in the next two rounds of competition. 40 cities each
will be selected for financing during the next rounds of competition.

TARGETED SMART CITY
In Round 2( Fast Track Mode) 13 Cities were announced as Smart Cities on 21st April 2016 by Ministry of
Urban Development.Faridabad was one of the cities enlisted in this list of 13. The available funds with faridabad smart city is EURO -266 million

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Frans-Anton Vermast, Strategy Advisor & International Smart City Ambassador at Amsterdam Smart City, posted

Tips for Citizen engagement

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Annelies Van der Stoep, Strategic advisor at Amsterdam Economic Board, posted

Join energy storage project where 50 households increase the use of solar energy and reduce energy bills. Hasslefree!

The project City-Zen is going to create a ”Virtual Power Plant” of 50 home batteries. 50 households involved will collectively sell energy on specific moments while buying energy on the energy markets at other times. By using the storage capacity of 50 batteries, buying energy can be done at the most favourable time. The 50 participants will be able to use more sustainable energy and respond to the fluctuating prices. When there is a surplus of wind or solar energy, the batteries will be charged. When more energy is charged than the households are using, the batteries will be discharged. This will be done when the energy prices are high.

Does saving on your energy bill and being a front-runner sound good? Then we're looking for you! Join today!

To join and learn more go to http://www.greenspread.nl/nieuws/deelnemerscityzen (in Dutch)

This project by Alliander, Greenspread and Amsterdam Smart City is part of City-zen and funded by the European Commission. www.cityzen-smartcity.eu

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Anonymous posted

Sensors in 400 bins in the city of Amsterdam

The city of Amsterdam placed sensors in 400 waste bins to measure the amount of waste and make the cleaning process more efficient. This pilot will last until the end of this year.

#Energy
Anonymous posted

The state of play for Australian smart cities - "a jumbled mess".

A useful and entirely accurate summary from the authors - quoting well credentialed experts in smart city related fields - about the current state of play for smart city strategy/ies in Australia. The "jumbled mess" direct quote comes from Neil Temperley of Data61, now part of the Australian CSIRO.

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Marcel Jongen, Marketing at Thermaflex, posted

Street in a Day: climate-proof comfort in just 1 day

District Energy plays a vital part in moving towards a sustainable future, and clear the way for smart cities with efficient, sustainable and affordable energy systems. What if we can secure affordable, and future-proof comfort for the residents of an entire street in just a single day?

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