Smart City & Utility Industry News

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...

Project UpdateMobility and TrafficSEPTAPhiladelphia Parking Authority (PPA)USA

Philadelphia Deploys AI-Powered Cameras on Trolleys to Tackle Illegal Parking

Mar 5, 2026

SEPTA and the Philadelphia Parking Authority (PPA) have begun equipping city trolleys with artificial intelligence cameras designed to detect and penalize illegal parking that disrupts light-rail operations. The rollout, which started on March 2,...

New Project (Full-Scale)WaterVeoliaCetaquaSpain

Andalusia Turns to AI-Powered Leak Detection as Veolia and Cetaqua Launch SMARTFLOW

Mar 5, 2026

A three-year public-private initiative has launched in southern Spain to address one of the country’s most persistent infrastructure challenges: water losses from urban distribution networks. The SMARTFLOW project, led by Veolia and...

Product updateStreet LightingTALQ ConsortiumZhaga Consortium

TALQ Protocol 2.7.0 Advances Street Lighting Interoperability With DALI D4i and Zhaga

Feb 27, 2026

The TALQ Consortium has published Version 2.7.0 of its Smart City Protocol, marking a significant alignment milestone between three of the outdoor lighting industry’s most prominent interoperability frameworks. Released in February 2026, the...

Project UpdateWaterAclaraCore & MainUSA

A Single Software Update Knocks Out 73,000 Smart Water Meters In Texas

Feb 25, 2026

The City of Plano, Texas, is deploying temporary workers to manually read approximately 88,000 water meters after a botched firmware update rendered over 73,000 electronic transmission units inoperable, effectively dismantling a smart metering...

New Project (Full-Scale)WasteUK

Brent Council Deploys AI-Powered Cameras to Tackle Illegal Dumping Across the Borough

Feb 25, 2026

Brent Council has introduced artificial intelligence-enabled surveillance cameras at fly-tipping hotspots across the London borough as part of a broader crackdown on illegal waste disposal. The motion-activated cameras, installed at council-managed...

New Project (Full-Scale)Mobility and TrafficVerra MobilityHawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT)USA

Hawaii Becomes First U.S. State to Deploy Statewide Automated Traffic Enforcement

Feb 25, 2026

The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) has awarded a 10-year, approximately $160 million contract to Verra Mobility to scale its dual-purpose red-light and speed camera network from 17 locations to 187 across all major islands. The deal...

New Project (Full-Scale)WasteUK

UK Deploys Drone Fleets and AI Screening Tools in £15.6M War on Waste Crime

Feb 25, 2026

England’s environmental regulator is rolling out an aggressive new enforcement package combining aerial surveillance, automated licence screening, and expanded criminal intelligence operations to dismantle a waste crime economy estimated at...