List of Smart City projects

10th October 2018


A global snapshot of great uses of IoT in urban contexts

Nominet looked at nearly 150 projects which self-identify as smart city projects. We compiled our list based on the ‘findable’ in terms of digital, urban projects, excluding those in the home.

This is not an exhaustive list and it focuses on the projects, not the cities themselves. If you would like to add your project, please send details to: [email protected].

Project Name Country City
City2Mobil2 Europe  
Connecting Cities Global  
Wend Europe  
ALMANAC Italy Torino
PlanIT Valley Portugal Porto
iCity Spain Barcelona
Smart Santander Spain Santander
EPIC European Platform for Intelligent Cities Europe  
EkoBus Serbia Belgrade, Pancevo
RESCATAME Spain Salamanca
Triangulum UK Manchester
Eeneind Street Lighting Netherlands Eeneind
Nijmegen Roadway Lighting Netherlands Nijmegen
Trash Track USA  
NAPA Germany  
Cities Unlocked UK  
DIMIS Germany  
XALOC Spain Barcelona
SMILE Austria Vienna
Smart Cities Demo Aspern (SCDA) Austria Aspern
Kalasatama Model District of Smart Urban Development Finland Helsinki
LinkNYC USA New York
Smart City Berlin Germany Berlin
Monaco 3.0 Monaco Monaco
Whereabouts London UK London
Streetmix USA  
Helsinki Region Infoshare (HRI) Finland Helsinki
Hamburg Smart City Germany Hamburg
Open Data Hamburg Germany Hamburg
Smart City Sweden  
Bristol is Open UK Bristol
Glasgow Future City UK Glasgow
Smart Airport Experience UK London
Smart London Initiative / Datastore UK London
London Data Store UK London
Greater Manchester Data Synchronisation Programme UK Manchester
Milton Keynes’ Internet of Things UK Milton Keynes
WindyGrid USA Chicago
City of Chicago Data Portal USA Chicago
Civic Hall NYC USA New York
Forum Virium Helsinki Finland Helsinki
Smart City Commission UK Birmingham
La Garrotxa Spain La Garrotxa
Smart Blocks Australia Melbourne
IssyGrid France Issy-Les-Moulineaux
Yokohama Smart City Project Japan Yokohama
Berliner Badewasserqualität Germany Berlin
Bristol Air Quality Data UK Bristol
Sensing London UK London
UK Air Pollution UK  
Chicago Array of Things USA Chicago
Hamburg smartPORT Germany Hamburg
Stockholm Royal Seaport Project Sweden Stockholm
Building Smarter and Safer Communities USA Charleston
Amsterdam Smart Light Netherlands Amsterdam
Copenhagen LED network Denmark Copenhagen
Automatic Urban and Rural Network (AURN) UK  
Madrid smart parking meters Spain Madrid
Express Park Program USA Los Angeles
Los Angeles Synchronised Traffic Lights USA Los Angeles
Songdo International Business District South Korea Songdo
Masdar City UAE Masdar / Abu Dhabi
iCities Brazil  
HubCab USA New York
Air purifying billboard Peru Lima
Forage Tracking Brazil  
CO2GO USA  
SkyCall USA Boston
A tale of many cities Global London, Hong Kong, New York, Los Angeles
Parcupine USA  
SmartCitizen Spain Barcelona
Real-Time Air Quality Inference Global  
CityNoise USA New York
Discovering Region of Different Functions in a City Using Human Mobility and POIs Global  
Sensing Urban Refueling Behavior Global  
Smart Driving Directions Based on Taxi Trajectories Global  
City24/7 USA New York
SmartCity Malaga Spain Malaga
Smart Cities USA USA San Jose
Bloomberg What Works Cities Global  
Toshiba Smart Community Verification Project France Lyon
Self-driving cars / Google USA San Francisco
London Simultaneous Green UK London
London E-Permits UK London
London FlexiLane UK London
SENEKA Germany  
Volvo Connected Cycle Helmet Global  
GeMo Germany  
Road Frustration Index USA Boston
Intelligent Operations Centre Brazil Rio
Telekom City Friedrichshafen Germany Friedrichshafen
Smart Retro Finland Lahti
Smart City / smartPORT Germany Hamburg
TTP & Mayflower Smart Street Lighting UK Hampshire
Chromaroma UK London
Google Maps Global  
HERE Global  
SmartEye UK London
Cyclehoop UK  
Parker USA San Mateo / San Carlos
Moovel Germany  
2getthere Group Rapid Transit (GRT) Global  
Urbanflow Finland Helsinki
Hello Lamp Post UK Bristol
Brickstarter Finland Helsinki
Standing Global  
FixMyStreet Global  
Cycle Hack Scotland Glasgow
Citizinvestor USA Florida
Urban Observatory USA Long Beach
Explore 9/11 USA New York
Thingful Global  
CrisisNET Global  
Linguine UK Bradford
Pachube UK London
Rural Spark India  
Porthole Global  
Cold Sun UK  
Oxford Flood Network UK Oxford
Noisetube USA San Francisco / Torino
Netport Global  
Netrider Global  
Shroom Norway  
Intellistreets USA Michigan
BigBelly Global  
PRETESIC Spain Valencia
Lumen USA San Francisco
Öffi Europe  
Moovit Global  
TransitApp USA, Canada, UK, France, Germany, Kenya, Mexico  
Bürger baut Stadt Germany Berlin
CCTV Watch Germany Berlin
Crowdmap Global  
Ushahidi Global  
Freie Parkplätze Dresden Germany Dresden
Open Data Atlas Germany  
BLUME API Germany Berlin
Was steckt in meinem Trinkwasser? Germany Heilbronn
Luftdaten selber messen Germany Stuttgart
Air Quality Egg USA  
Aircasting Global  
Wheelmap Global  
Copenhagen Wheel Global  
Parkleitsystem API Münster Germany Münster
Access Map Berlin Germany Berlin