Smart City & Utility Industry News

New Project (Full-Scale)Mobility and TrafficSamTransSamsaraUSA

San Mateo County Transit District Approves AI Dash Cameras Across 235 Fixed-Route Buses

Mar 11, 2026

The San Mateo County Transit District (SamTrans) board of directors has approved the installation of AI-powered dual-facing dash cameras on all 235 of its fixed-route buses, contracting San Francisco-based Samsara Inc. to deliver hardware,...

London’s Augur Secures $15M Seed To Turn Existing Sensors Into Threat Detection Networks

Mar 11, 2026

London-based Augur has raised $15 million in seed funding to scale an AI platform that repurposes existing camera and sensor networks into real-time security intelligence systems for critical infrastructure and public venues across Europe. The round...

New Project (Full-Scale)Mobility and TrafficLatvijas Mobilais Telefons (LMT)Latvia

Ādaži Deploys AI-Powered Traffic Enforcement as Latvia’s Smart Monitoring Network Expands

Mar 11, 2026

Ādaži Municipality has activated a machine vision-based traffic monitoring device developed by Latvian mobile operator LMT (Latvijas Mobilais Telefons) in its town center. The system, awarded through a public procurement process, will operate for...

Mergers and AcquisitionsMobility and TrafficJenoptikFIMA

Jenoptik Strengthens Baltic Foothold With Acquisition of FIMA’s ITS Division

Mar 11, 2026

Jenoptik has taken direct ownership of the intelligent transportation systems (ITS) unit of its long-standing Lithuanian partner FIMA, converting a 15-year collaboration into a fully integrated regional operation spanning Lithuania, Latvia and...

New Project (Full-Scale)Street LightingUK

West Sussex Begins £24M Smart LED Upgrade for 64,000 Streetlights

Mar 11, 2026

West Sussex County Council has commenced a four-year, £24 million programme to replace approximately 64,000 streetlights with energy-efficient LED luminaires and equip each unit with a smart control node connected to a new Remote Monitoring System...

FundingWasteOtherCity Detect

City Detect Raises $13M to Scale AI-Powered Urban Blight Detection Across US Cities

Mar 9, 2026

City Detect, a Tuscaloosa, Alabama-based startup using computer vision to help municipalities identify and address urban decay, has closed a $13 million Series A funding round led by Prudence, a New York-based venture capital firm specializing in AI...

New Project (Full-Scale)Environmental MonitoringOroraTechArgentina

Río Negro Deploys OroraTech Satellite Wildfire Detection Across Patagonia

Mar 9, 2026

Argentina’s Río Negro province has launched a satellite-based wildfire monitoring system covering approximately 20 million hectares of Patagonian territory, an area roughly equivalent to half the size of Spain. The deployment, announced on 25...

Project UpdateMobility and TrafficBangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA)Thailand

Bangkok Scales AI-Powered Traffic Signals After Cutting Travel Times Up to 41%

Mar 5, 2026

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) is expanding its adaptive traffic control programme to 50 additional intersections in 2026, building on measurable congestion improvements recorded across 74 junctions already equipped with AI-driven...

Project UpdateWaterAclara TechnologiesCanada

Toronto Launches CAD 103 Million Programme to Swap 470,000 Failing Water Meter Units

Mar 5, 2026

The City of Toronto is set to begin a three-year, CAD 103 million (approximately USD 75 million) programme in April 2026 to replace every one of its 470,000 water meter transmission units (MTUs) after widespread premature battery failures left...

New Project (Full-Scale)WaterVeoliaSpain

Extremadura Water Networks Get Hydraulic Mathematical Model From Veolia

Mar 5, 2026

Villanueva de la Serena, a municipality of approximately 25,800 inhabitants in Spain’s Badajoz province, will gain a new hydraulic mathematical model for its water supply and sanitation networks in the coming months. Veolia, which operates in...