Smart City Blog Articles

What Cities Can Do To Prepare for Autonomous Vehicles

Autonomous vehicles are coming, and cities had better prepare — but how exactly? The answer lies in applications built to deliver situational awareness. No matter how city government officials feel about autonomous vehicles, they will likely show up on streets...

How Autonomous Vehicles Will Change America’s Cities

Urban environments often evolve rapidly in response to new technology — but autonomous vehicles may spur the fastest, most profound transformation yet. Autonomous vehicles (AVs) are coming for America’s cities. From privately-owned self-driving cars to fleets of...

NYC is Leading the Way in Public Transportation Modernization

The finalists of NYC’s inaugural Transit Tech Lab demonstrate the transformative potential of smart city transportation solutions. New York City has the largest public transit system in North America — over ten times the size of the second-largest system (Chicago). It...

Coolfire Solutions Advances to Phase II of DHS’ SCITI Labs Program

Coolfire Solutions advances to Phase Two of the Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate Smart Cities Internet of Things Innovation Labs program. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recently selected Coolfire...