by Matt Willenbrink | Apr 16, 2015 | News
Having on-street parking sensors can be a huge benefit to the communities we live in. They save us time and money and make our lives easier – but only if they work correctly. If a sensor wrongly thinks a car has left its space and resets the parking meter, the driver...
by Matt Willenbrink | Mar 27, 2015 | News
There’s a lot of information out there about smart city technology, so let’s cut through the noise: It’s about to see some serious expansion. By 2023, the global smart city tech market is expected to be worth about $27.5 billion a year, up from the $8.8 billion it was...
by Matt Willenbrink | Mar 19, 2015 | News
Have you ever thought about how many miles you log while you’re looking for parking? In just one day near the UCLA campus in Los Angeles, drivers rack up more mileage looking for parking than the distance of a trip across the United States. An article in March’s Time...
by Matt Willenbrink | Mar 5, 2015 | News
When you think about a green city, what comes to mind? As “Carbon Zero” author and sustainable-city expert Alex Steffen says in this TED Talk from a few years ago, we mainly perceive a sustainable city as one covered in greenery – tree-lined streets and plants on...
by Matt Willenbrink | Feb 23, 2015 | News
Here’s something that’s not shocking: You spend a lot of time in traffic. What’s shocking is just how much. The Department of Transportation says people spend about 5.5 billion hours in traffic per year, racking up about $120 billion in lost time and cost, according...
by Matt Willenbrink | Jan 29, 2015 | News
Smart cities are what Fybr is all about. That means improving the communities we live in by making them more convenient, efficient and full of life. As Forbes reports, a New York think tank called the Intelligent Community Forum has released its list of seven...
