Smart Governance

The Minerva GIS platform was developed to speed up municipal processes and planning and construction management, to support municipal property management, to provide quick and efficient data and to support well grounded decision making. The system is based upon AutoCAD platform and web services using the leading technologies available, enabling its integration into e-government platforms besides supporting the above processes. Minerva GIS contains map-based, visual and text formats.

Solar Roadways® (SR) is a modular system of specially engineered solar panels that can be walked and driven upon. Our panels contain LED lights to create lines and signage without paint. They contain heating elements to prevent snow and ice accumulation. The panels have microprocessors, which makes them intelligent. This allows the panels to communicate with each other, a central control station, and vehicles. Many people are surprised to learn that our panels are made of glass… but not ordinary glass.

Massachusetts-based waste managment company BigBelly and the City of New York City implemented in downtown Manhattan connected bins equipped with chips telling trash collectors once the bin is full. They now are about to be turned into Wi-Fi hotspots. With a high bandwidth, the signal emitted is excellent since the bins are located on street level and thus, don’t receive any interference from skyscrapers.

The project, a $20 billion, 28-acre commercial and residential area on Manhattan’s west side, is touted as being the largest development in the city since the Rockefeller center. Hudson Yards will digitally track environmental and lifestyle factors—like traffic, energy consumption, and air quality—and will include a trash-disposal system to remove waste via underground pneumatic tubes. It is being designed specifically to bring in millennials, and to provide the highest quality of life for those living, working, and visiting the area.

Renewable Energy EV Charger: The Sanya Skypump gives its users the assurance that the energy being used in their car is provided 100% by clean, renewable energy produced directly on-site. Powered by Urban Green Energy's elegant 4 kW turbine and taking advantage of GE's advanced WattStation, the Sanya Skypump offers an excellent addition to the ever-evolving infrastructure necessary to support the electric vehicles entering the market.

Streetline’s patented Smart Parking platform detects the presence of a car through a network of ultra-low power wireless sensors that provide real-time status of every parking space — at curbside, in lots and in garages With access to real-time information and historical analytics, cities are provided with key insight into their parking ecosystem. Cities are enabled to make more informed parking policy decisions, and also can implement demand-shifting mechanisms such as demand-based pricing.

The Lakatlan (Vacant City) program was launched in 2012, aiming at finding innovative solutions for the community-based regeneration of vacant urban properties. The program brings together initiatives that contribute to the city’s social cohesion, life quality and local economic development with property owners who are willing to make alliance with community energies to revitalize their spaces and neighborhoods.

The automated fare collection (AFC) system will be an integral part of the Budapest cityscape and also of customers’ everyday lives; therefore prior to naming the scheme, BKK conducted a questionnaire-based customer expectation survey in 2013 along with international benchmarking of best practice for branding similar systems throughout the world. The results show that mostly names of animals are preferred, such as oyster, octopus or hummingbird, but also precious stones, fruits and playful names are used.

The renewed BKK FUTÁR application, called BudapestGO, uses the latest technological achievements to ensure that users of the capital's public transport network have access to the most information possible, thus reaching their destination as quickly as possible. The system, which is based on satellite vehicle tracking, enables BKK to monitor Budapest traffic in real time, continuously and 24 hours a day, to maintain scheduled traffic and to intervene quickly and efficiently in emergency situations.