Smart city Jelgava

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How can we reduce the air pollution by reducing mobility in the city centre of Jelgava?

Every day residents of Jelgava and areas around are using infrastructure of Jelgava, most of the times they choose fastest and easiest root Street Lielā to reach their destination. This choice brings a lot of stress to environment and infrastructure.

Challenge vision

Jelgava is Latvia’s fourth-largest city, but with a population of around 61,000, it’s still considered a micro city. However, Jelgava ranks six among micro cities (those with a population less than 100,000) in the “Connectivity” category.

The city is becoming known as an economically developed centre of knowledge, technologies and innovation. Jelgava has set a goal to become a modern and sustainable environment by increasing the use of renewable energy sources, improving the transportation sector and promoting energy efficiency. It’s been less than a decade and the city has achieved a number of its goals thanks to the connection of IT and city management services, working with tools like a cloud system and Internet of Things.

At the moment municipality is looking for solutions how to get, analyse and give data about intensity of transport and meteorological data to the citizens. How to use benefits of modern technologies and concept of the smart city to create a dialogue between drivers and city authorities?

Participants will be provided with metherological and data about mobility.

Other challenges from this city

How to reduce the effects of coastal erosion?

Riga

According to a study and guidelines on seabed erosion available on the MEPRD site, there is a moderate coastal erosion of the Salacgriva region's lagoon coastal zone.

How can data about citizens’ mobility to and from Valmiera city be used and analysed?

Riga

Mobility has massively increased over the past 100 years. And with it the environmental burden. What kind of data and how to use them to develop services provided by the city?

How to maintain the sustainability of urban environment infrastructure and materials?

Riga

Some extreme weather and climate events have increased in recent decades and urban infrastructure (streets, communication systems, buildings) is affected. The terrain and geological conditions of the city of Cēsis, as well as the historical context, present challenges to sustain the infrastructure.

How can the port reduce air pollution and the amount of dust in the area?

Riga

There are several companies working with bulk cargoes (coal, grains etc) transshipment. During the transshipment process and with the help of wind a lot of dust is in the residential area.

How can we reduce the air pollution by reducing mobility in the city centre of Jelgava?

Riga