It seems like every city wants to be “smart.” Not all of them are succeeding
A gigantic examine of more than 100 municipalities looking back on how efforts to connect urban centers are going–and how citizens themselves am thinking about them.
Cities are fast becoming “smart,” and the impact on people’s lives can be immense. Singapore’s smart commerce cameras restrict traffic depending on volume and ease the travel of thousands of passengers every day. In Kaunas, Lithuania, the cost of parking is automatically subtracted from the bank accounts of motorists when they park their vehicles. In many municipalities, the timing of public buses is announced at each stop with almost perfect accuracy. And free Wi-Fi is now accessible across part metropolis, including Buenos Aires, Argentina and Ramallah, Palestine.
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