Glasgow wins 'smart city' government cash

[darmstadt]

A bit behind the times, or? Most cities and towns already have such techie tulip in place, whether it works or not, whether it is used or not, are another question.

[Paddy]

"Glasgow has won a £24m UK government grant intended to make it one of the UK's first smart cities.

It will use the money on projects to demonstrate how a city of the future might work.

They will include better services for Glaswegians, with real-time information about traffic and apps to check that buses and trains are on time.

The council will also create an app for reporting issues such as potholes and missing bin collections."

BBC News - Glasgow wins 'smart city' government cash

Ya cannae make that up ...

Ya cannae make that up ... Try harder, I can still detect your Russian accent

[minestrone]

Good for Glasgow - but I don't think they needed it - there is a lot of civic pride there and in my opinion a well kept city. Its a successful project already - maybe thats why they done it.

Glasgow is a feckin shit: hole, the luck they had when the nazis bombed Clydebank night after night and never went 15 miles up the river was lost when the wrecking ball came in during the 60s and knocked the buggery out of it. Social utopia, first motorway city, high rised living and all that.

[Fishface]

Good for Glasgow - but I don't think they needed it - there is a lot of civic pride there and in my opinion a well kept city. Its a successful project already - maybe thats why they done it.

if anywhere needed it, it would be Bradford - place has gone to ruin and nobody gives a tulipetulip

[Robinho]

whats £24 million out of £100 billion - not even worth thinking about?

It is when you add up all these other bollocks things.

[original PM]

whats £24 million out of £100 billion - not even worth thinking about?

[Robinho]

You really wouldn't think we're running a 100 billion deficit.

[original PM]

wouldn't it be better if they had an app which showed the 'weegies which booze shop has the best deal on tennants super strength and tied that into the app to show which is the best bus/train to get there?

[oscarose]

Cash well allocated IMHO; hope they don't blow it all at once and it's a sucessful project.

Looking forward to national deployment...

[minestrone]

Well that is waste of money.

[AtW]

"Glasgow has won a £24m UK government grant intended to make it one of the UK's first smart cities.

It will use the money on projects to demonstrate how a city of the future might work.

They will include better services for Glaswegians, with real-time information about traffic and apps to check that buses and trains are on time.

The council will also create an app for reporting issues such as potholes and missing bin collections."

BBC News - Glasgow wins 'smart city' government cash

Ya cannae make that up ...