Global Resources and Promising Practices for Building and Refining Accessible and Inclusive Smart Cities from Darren Bates LLC.
Criterion’s approach to ADA , Section 508, and WCAG testing is unparalleled in the industry because we test from a “real world” perspective by including expert auditors with disabilities. Criterion believes if you want to know whether a website is accessible, ask people with disabilities. Criterion also emphasizes knowledge transfer throughout every web accessibility project by providing our clients with…
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Smart Hong Kong Consultancy Study Report – Smart Living Source: Smart Living
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Hello, I’m John Morris. I’m a 28-year-old car accident/burn survivor, triple amputee and wheelchair user. I created this wheelchair travel blog to share my experiences traveling the world and overcoming the barriers to accessibility.After my car accident, I was told that my disability would make travel impossible. That was three years ago, and I have since visited 27 countries &…
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You don’t have to dig deep to find out what can go wrong with open data initiatives. Just look back to 2014, when the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission released hundreds of millions of records on taxi trips in the city, with data anonymized to protect identifiable details—at least in theory. In reality, the data was recorded in…
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Covering all the new technologies and developments within this vitally important sector, Intelligent Transport magazine regularly includes features on ticketing, real-time passenger information, intelligent transport systems, bus and coach, metro, security, trams and trolleybuses, light railways, communications, financing and legislation. Here at Intelligent Transport we pride ourselves on our editorial integrity. This means we attract the leading industry experts to…
Read MoreNew Apple devices will contain additional accessibility featuresOctober 3, 2017 · by ITU Digital Inclusion Division · in Accessibility, Persons with disabilities In a previous blog post we described new accessibility features announced for the latest Android 8.0 Oreo update (http://digitalinclusionnewslog.itu.int/2017/09/12/new-accessibility-features-included-in-android-8-0-oreo/) Now, as apple launches its new smartphone models -iPhone X, iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus – it remains…
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Dominican Republic is adopting different strategies to promote equal access to digital literacy and infrastructure in the country as part of the Digital Republic national program. During the first week of September, a Digital Inclusion Center was created followed by an accessibility conference to raise awareness about the needs of persons with disabilities. The Digital Inclusion Center was created by…
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Despite the growth of this field, there are still many issues to resolve. One of these issues is focused on achieving Accessible Cities. Accessibility is an element of life quality that is of universal interest, a right of all citizens, a determining factor of the liveability of cities, and an essential element in modern society. It provides security, comfort and…
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In the the following year in the White House’s Smart Cities Initiative. As it prepares for its upcoming August 2017 Expo, GCTC and its partners are focusing on providing cities with a holistic picture of smart city solutions, Sokwoo Rhee, associate director of the cyber-physical systems program at NIST, told StateScoop. “A city which is trying to become smarter does…
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December 21, 2016 By Alex Jablokow Cities—and this term can actually cover smaller urban areas, and other local administrations—are anxious to provide improved services to their constituents, lower costs, and gain information about any problems in their area of responsibility. Smart City initiatives are currently popular as a way of achieving these goals.But a city is a complex organization, with…
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Virginia accelerator seeks startups and nonprofits with solutions to social challenges Mon, 2017-07-31 12:05 — Compassionate C…Herndon, VA-based Smart City Works is an infrastructure actuator and business accelerator focused on improving livability, operations and resilience in cities. Its fall cohort will for the first time include two slots for nonprofits focused on helping at-risk populations. It could be a great…
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An interesting piece in Consumer Reports suggests that more than 3.5 million Americans 85 and older currently have a driver’s license. But of the millions of older folks who can no longer drive safely, almost three-quarters live in areas with few if any transportation alternatives. And as Michael Tortorello writes, that’s a senior transportation predicament that will only become more urgent as…
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Readiness Challenge: How Indianapolis uses data to change lives What comes first: the technology or the people? We were in Indianapolis this week for our third Readiness Challenge Grant Workshop — and the answer there is clearly the public.Indianapolis was one of five cities to win our first series of grants and… Article – 07/20/2017 Active Region(s): North America Category: SCC Spotlight Cities…
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The Forum’s strategic vision is to provide the business blueprint and technology for a scalable and sustainable Smart City, underpinning the top 100 Smart Cities by 2020. Smart City Maturity & Benchmark model allows you to assess and benchmark your city’s current and future smart city status. Smart City Maturity & Benchmark model The Smart City Maturity and Benchmark Model has…
Read More A smart city is a city that engages and connects to its citizens. Engage. Live. Work. Thrive. The smart city movement has the potential to transform the very fabric of our society. By better connecting citizens to the future of their cities, through innovative use of ICT and secure high-speed communications, we are seeing the beginning of a new era…
Read More SMART CITY RESOURCES – a collection of videos, blogs, news articles and more. Upcoming Events Smart City InFocus | Yinchuan | September 19-21 – Now in its third year in partnership with the City of Yinchuan and ZTE, TM Forum Smart City InFocus 2017 will bring together over 800 C-level executives and government officials from across the global smart city ecosystem. This intimate,…
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As a technology provider, how is Hitachi Insight Group helping build smart cities? Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s plans to roll out 109 smart cities and upgrade existing cities under the Smart Cities Mission will create new economic and social opportunities while also revealing challenges related to technology adoption and implementation to make the Digital India vision a reality. We, at…
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BETTER. FASTER. MORE EQUITABLE. New York City is committed to being the most tech-friendly, innovative, and equitable big city in the world. View the guidelines Source: IoT Guidelines
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The city’s IT department hosted its second gathering of tech vendors to understand what technologies they might pilot to make the District run more efficiently. Source: D.C. convenes series of ‘demo days’ to accelerate smart city experimentation
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Why Chicago’s CIO left government for IoT initiative As former city Chief Information Officer Brenna Berman reflects on her time with the city, she says a job where she can use the Internet of Things to improve city life was too good to pass up. Source: Why Chicago’s CIO left government for IoT initiative
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