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The city of Columbus, OH is about to get smart. What exactly is a smart city? Lacking a universally agreed upon definition, it's more concept than reality for the time being. The Smart Cities Council defines it as one that has digital technology embedded across all city functions including transportation systems, power plants, water supply, waste management, law enforcement, and other services. Cities of all sizes around the globe are experimenting with the concept as a means to improve the daily lives of its citizens, however, a clear, scalable model has not yet materialized.
The US DOT recently conducted its Smart City Challenge to help define a smart city. The purpose is to demonstrate a holistic, integrated approach to improving surface transportation performance using data, integration, and intelligent transportation systems. DOT has committed up to $40 million in ITS research funding to the winner to accelerate the process. Entrants submitted their visions as to how advanced data, intelligent transportation systems (ITS) technologies and applications can be used to reduce congestion, keep travelers safe, protect the environment, respond to climate change, connect underserved communities, and support economic vitality. Public-private partnerships were essential to the success of the Smart City Challenge. Innovative companies including Vulcan Inc., Amazon Web Services, NXP® Semiconductors, Mobileye, Autodesk, Alphabet’s Sidewalk Labs, AT&T, DC Solar and Continental Automotive are DOT partners to help build an inclusive transportation system of the future.
Columbus, Ohio, the fifteenth largest city in the US, emerged as the victor. Often considered a microcosm of the entire country, Columbus has earned the nickname “Test Market, USA” due to its diversity. The Columbus proposal includes deployment of three electric self-driving shuttles to link a new bus rapid transit center to a retail district, connecting more residents to jobs. Columbus also plans to use data analytics to improve access to education, and health care access in a neighborhood that currently has an infant mortality rate four times that of the national average, allowing them to provide improved transportation options to those most in need of prenatal care. To learn more the challenge, all the entries, and the winner see www.transportation.gov/smartcity.
The US DOT recently conducted its Smart City Challenge to help define a smart city. The purpose is to demonstrate a holistic, integrated approach to improving surface transportation performance using data, integration, and intelligent transportation systems. DOT has committed up to $40 million in ITS research funding to the winner to accelerate the process. Entrants submitted their visions as to how advanced data, intelligent transportation systems (ITS) technologies and applications can be used to reduce congestion, keep travelers safe, protect the environment, respond to climate change, connect underserved communities, and support economic vitality. Public-private partnerships were essential to the success of the Smart City Challenge. Innovative companies including Vulcan Inc., Amazon Web Services, NXP® Semiconductors, Mobileye, Autodesk, Alphabet’s Sidewalk Labs, AT&T, DC Solar and Continental Automotive are DOT partners to help build an inclusive transportation system of the future.
Columbus, Ohio, the fifteenth largest city in the US, emerged as the victor. Often considered a microcosm of the entire country, Columbus has earned the nickname “Test Market, USA” due to its diversity. The Columbus proposal includes deployment of three electric self-driving shuttles to link a new bus rapid transit center to a retail district, connecting more residents to jobs. Columbus also plans to use data analytics to improve access to education, and health care access in a neighborhood that currently has an infant mortality rate four times that of the national average, allowing them to provide improved transportation options to those most in need of prenatal care. To learn more the challenge, all the entries, and the winner see www.transportation.gov/smartcity.