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Riga Receives the European Mobility Week Award
Riga has received the prestigious European Mobility Week Award 2025, granted for outstanding achievements in promoting sustainable urban mobility. The award was presented in March 2026 at a ceremony organised by the European Commission in Brussels, recognising Riga’s innovative and citizen-engaging approach to mobility. European Mobility Week is an important initiative in which thousands of […]
Riga Shares Experience in Developing the City’s Digital Twin at an International Conference in Prague
Representatives of the Riga City Municipality participated in an international event on 2 March, where city experts, researchers, and technology companies shared their experience in the use of digital twins, 3D city models, and geospatial data for urban governance. The event was organized by Esri, one of the world’s leading developers of Geographic Information System […]
Riga Develops Guidelines for Integrating Urban Air Mobility into the City Mobility System
The Municipality of Riga has developed the “Riga Guidelines for Integrating Urban Air Mobility into the City Mobility System.” The document is available here in Latvian language: Vadlinijas_gaisa_telpa. Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), commonly referred to as drones, are becoming an increasingly relevant component of modern urban ecosystems. They are already used in public safety monitoring, […]
A New Nature-Based Stormwater Treatment Pilot Site to Be Developed in Šmerļupīte
A new stormwater treatment pilot site will be established in Riga along the Šmerļupīte stream, in the section between Sergeja Eizenšteina Street, Linezera Street and Šmerļa Street. The site will serve as a demonstration area where nature-based stormwater treatment solutions will be implemented together with a smart monitoring system. Why is this needed? The Baltic […]
Smarter traffic in Riga and the surrounding area: creation of a unified mobility data ecosystem begins
The Riga City Council has launched a project entitled “Creation of a Unified Mobility Data Ecosystem” to combine fragmented mobility data from the municipality and the Riga metropolitan area into a unified, transparent, and usable ecosystem. The goal is to promote data-driven decision-making, improve transport and urban planning, and create a modern, climate-friendly urban environment […]
New technologies in social care at the Gaiļezers nursing home
On December 11, an interactive sensory and cognitive stimulation room was opened at the Gaiļezers Social Care Center in Riga. The sensory room was created as part of the project “Health Through Sensory Experiences,” which is financed by the Riga City Council Innovation Fund to introduce a new approach to social rehabilitation for people with […]