The city council of Sénart en Essonne, France, is saving 35 percent in energy use with its new networked street lighting system based on Echelon’s LonWorks technology.

Some smart street light systems can also collect data to provide city planners insight into peak usage, traffic, parking and environmental conditions near the sensor.

The City of San Diego has already installed thousands of “Smart Street Lamps” that include an array of sensors including video and audio that is used by law enforcement and other city entities ...

Police praise ‘Smart Street Light’ program as a crime-solving tool; wary critics want more oversight San Diego police chief calls the cameras in street lights ‘a game changer’ ...

A government advocacy group is suing the city of San Diego for refusing to turn over surveillance footage and data from nearly 4,000 cameras installed on city street lights.

Duquesne Light is getting ready to start an extensive project where they'll be replacing all of their street lights with smart technology.