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Riga Launching a Cargo Bike-Sharing Pilot Project
Riga is joining the international project TRACER-X (Strengthening Multimodal Transport Through First- and Last-Mile Solutions), which aims to promote sustainable mobility in cities across the Baltic Sea region by developing environmentally friendly transport solutions and reducing CO₂ emissions. As part of the project, Riga plans to establish at least one cargo bike-sharing station, providing at […]
The project “Digital 3D Virtual Tour of the ‘Mežciems’ Social Care Centre in Riga” has been successfully completed
The 2026 project “Digital 3D Virtual Tour of the Riga Social Care Centre ‘Mežciems’”, implemented with the support and funding of the Riga City Municipality Innovation Fund, has been completed at the Riga Social Care Centre “Mežciems”. During the project, an interactive 3D virtual tour was created, offering clients, their relatives, students and other interested […]
Baltic Capital City Leaders Discuss in Riga How to Turn Innovation into Everyday Urban Solutions
At this year’s Smart Cities Conference, city leaders from Riga, Tallinn and Vilnius, together with the former Executive Director of the City of Tampere, discussed one of the most challenging questions in urban innovation: how can successful pilots become permanent solutions that can be scaled across the city? Who will take ownership of a solution […]
Riga City Municipality represented at Hamburg Sustainability Conference
On June 29–30, 2026, the third Hamburg Sustainability Conference took place under the theme “The Power of Cooperation: Driving Progress Together.” The conference brought together around 1,600 high-level representatives from politics, business, academia, and civil society from 115 countries. Across more than 80 sessions and side events, participants collaborated on innovative solutions and forged new […]
On 17 September, Riga will host the Smart Cities Conference for the fifth year, bringing together Baltic and Nordic experts
On 17 September 2026, Riga will host the Smart Cities Conference 2026, bringing together municipalities, public authorities, businesses, universities, startups and innovation ecosystem representatives for the fifth year to discuss practical approaches towards smarter, more resilient and sustainable urban development. This year, the conference is organized on a Baltic–Nordic scale, bringing together participants from Latvia, […]
Secondary school students in Riga use sensors to study air quality
As part of the “Breathe, Riga!” initiative, young people used sensor technologies to collect air quality data in different parts of the city, while also participating in a study on mobility habits. From September 2025 to March 2026, the project applied a citizen science approach, involving 117 secondary school students in data collection and urban […]