An innovative system called 'Spatio-Temporal Traffic Data Reporting for Smart City Services' developed by an associate professor at IIT (BHU) Varanasi and a PhD student in South Korea has been granted a patent. This system gathers, analyzes, and disseminates real-time traffic data to provide accurate traffic information. It utilizes traffic sensors and crowdsourced data to generate insights and offers services like traffic diversion and optimal traffic light timing deployment.
A-Living Smart City Services Co. Ltd (OTCMKTS:ALVSF – Get Free Report) was the target of a significant growth in short interest during the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totalling 13,982,900 shares, a growth of 22.1% from the April 30th total of 11,448,400 shares. Based on an average trading volume […]
A-Living Smart City Services Co. Ltd (OTCMKTS:ALVSF – Get Rating) was the target of a significant decline in short interest in April. As of April 15th, there was short interest totalling 2,243,900 shares, a decline of 8.9% from the March 31st total of 2,462,100 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 0 shares, the […]
The principal goals of smart cities are to improve citizens' quality of life and foster economic growth while ensuring efficient service delivery and sustainable development. Accordingly, understanding and adequately meeting citizens' needs and desires is a fundamental step toward improving citizens' happiness. While prior studies have investigated the direct relationship between technology readiness and continuous intention to use the services, extant results are still fragmented. Hence, this study examines the relationship between citizens' readiness and intention to continue usage by introducing satisfaction and discomfort as mediators in a smart city services (SCS) context. We rely on a mixed-method approach to propose and validate a new readiness model for assessing smart city citizens' readiness for continuous usage and long-term adoption of SCS. In the first phase, qualitative research was used by conducting in-depth interviews with SCS experts to invest