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Saanich Starts Five-Year Upgrade Of Water Meter Reading Equipment At 30,000 Properties Saanich Starts Five-Year Upgrade Of Water Meter Reading Equipment At 30,000 Properties

The District of Saanich, BC, will upgrade meter-reading equipment at about 30,000 properties over five years, with Sensus analytics and KTI crews.

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WaterSaanich Starts Five-Year Upgrade Of Water Meter Reading Equipment At 30,000 Properties

The District of Saanich, BC, will upgrade meter-reading equipment at about 30,000 properties over five years, with Sensus analytics and KTI crews.

 IoT and Smart City PlatformDubai’s Moro Hub Partners With ThingsBoard To Host Government IoT Applications On Moro Cloud

Moro Hub, the Digital DEWA subsidiary in Dubai, will build and sell branded IoT applications on ThingsBoard, announced 22 October 2026 at WETEX.

 Street LightingMonza Completes 12,688-Point LED Streetlight Replacement And Adds QR Fault Reporting

Monza finishes a €13M LED retrofit of 12,688 streetlights under its Acinque concession and puts a QR code on each pole for fault reports.

 Mobility and TrafficUSDOT Selects UCLA, University Of Michigan And Derq For $5.5M Intersection Safety Phase One

USDOT awards $5.5M to UCLA, University of Michigan and Derq to prototype intersection safety systems, with $11.5M expected for Phase 2.

 IoT NetworksSIEL-Territoire d’Énergie Loire Reaches 25,000 Sensors On Its ROC42 LoRaWAN Network

SIEL-TE's ROC42 LoRaWAN network in France's Loire department now carries 25,000 sensors on 359 gateways, with 150,000 targeted by 2031.

 Mobility and TrafficMBTA Begins Hayden AI Bus Lane And Bus Stop Camera Enforcement On Routes SL4 And SL5

MBTA begins Hayden AI bus lane and bus stop camera enforcement on SL4 and SL5, with fines of $25 to $125 from January 1,…

 Mobility and TrafficLos Angeles Council Approves 50 DASH Bus Enforcement Cameras In $3.43M Hayden AI Contract

Los Angeles City Council votes 13-1 for up to 50 bus-mounted cameras on LADOT DASH buses in a $3.43 million Hayden AI deal, starting…

 Street LightingFriuli Venezia Giulia Council Backs Adaptive Streetlight Study After €156.6M Udine Crash Toll

Friuli Venezia Giulia's council backs a study of adaptive streetlights after Udine's 2025 crash toll, which a councillor costs at over €156.6M.

 VideosurveillanceNYC Department of Transportation Ends Automotus Curb Camera Pilot on the Upper West Side

NYC DOT's six-month Automotus CurbSight pilot on Broadway at West 74th Street ended with no tickets issued, as state bill S8665 gates enforcement.

 VideosurveillanceAomori Prefecture Installs 12 AI Bear-Detection Cameras In Hakkoda Mountains After Fatal Attack

Aomori Prefecture is installing 12 AI sensor cameras in the Hakkoda mountains to detect bears and alert officials, a pilot after a fatal attack…

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