Case Studies

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Supporting SMEs to scale and succeed

Innovating is complex and difficult. Bridging the gap between a promising idea and the marketplace is not easy – it needs to be tested in the real world.

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Can innovation support passenger safety at the platform edge?

The Platform Edge Technologies project was undertaken by Connected Places Catapult (the Catapult), funded by the Department for Transport, and supported by Transport for London.

Person in high-visibility orange jacket with a handheld communication device attached to the chest, utilizing geofencing trackside technology. Construction equipment and fencing are visible in the background.

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Geofencing: innovative technology to improve trackside worker safety

Network Rail and Connected Places Catapult won the Safety Award at the Railway Industry Association’s Railway Industry Supplier Excellence awards on 29 June for their work to take forward a new piece of technology known as ‘geofencing’.

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Best fit climate innovation – solutions for India, Mexico and Peru

The co-creation of climate action plans with citizens generates a multitude of actions where solutions in innovation districts can be tested, proven, and scaled.

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Collaboration Scales Positive Energy Districts Across Europe

When cities create innovation districts, early engagement with a diversity of stakeholders is critical to their successful implementation.

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Community led clean heat – from Bristol to Turkey

An example of how Bristol and Nilüfer learned from each other about the delivery of an energy community.

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ASEAN Smart Cities Spark an Electric Bus Revolution

Electrifying public bus fleets is a net zero action that many cities have in their power to take now – but the instability of the grid in these districts can cause delays in implementing chargers.

Two people ride electric scooters on a sidewalk near a bicycle lane. One person is wearing blue jeans, the other grey pants. The pavement is patterned with red and beige tiles and a marked bike symbol.

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Intelligent local partnerships in smart infrastructure & urban mobility

Pop-up electric vehicle chargers, green walls and electric scooters were among the systems tested as part of a project exploring how the transport hub of the future could look and function.

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Large scale agent-based modelling to support shared mobility – the DeMAND project

Multimodality and attitudes towards sharing will transform how people travel in the future. Demand modelling must move away from the traditional division of transport modes.

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G20 Global Smart Cities Alliance Cyber Accountability

As more and more cities embrace connectivity and technology like connected devices and IOT, the threat of serious cyber-attacks on digital infrastructure is increased.

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UK firm SpaceTimeAI tackling traffic congestion in Brazil

Traffic congestion has been identified as one of Brazil’s most pressing urban challenges. In the last 15 years public transport ridership dropped 15%, while the country’s car fleet tripled.

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UK firm UtterBerry tackling construction safety in the Philippines

Construction is the deadliest sector in the world. In the Philippines, the fatal injury rate in construction has been steadily increasing since 2011.