Smart Cities Solutions, Spectrum
The global COVID-19 pandemic drastically changed the daily life of cities and its citizens, including shifts in traffic patterns due to more employees (in both the public and private sectors) able to work from home. To rebuild the economy, city leaders must listen to citizens’ concerns and establish a platform for data collection and collaboration as the foundation for a new smart city mobility strategy.
Gartner Key Findings
- “The impact of COVID-19 triggered changes in mobility patterns, which puts even more emphasis on the need for data exchange and analytics across all mobility and transit providers.”
- “Advances in AI supporting conversational chatbot and robotic technologies have spurred the development of smart devices and information dissemination that support inclusion and opportunities for all society.
- “By 2023, 50% of cities under 250,000 inhabitants will promote growth by using smart city initiatives to attract remote workers migrating from large cities.”
- “By 2024, at least half of all cities with a smart city mobility strategy will have defined a mobility data platform.”
What This Means for City Leaders
An increase in disruptive forces from the global pandemic has highlighted the need for a network infrastructure to enable data collection and collaboration to address the change in commuting patterns. Per Gartner, “The continuous optimization of urban mobility hinges on sharing data efficiently among mobility providers, transit and road traffic authorities.”
Participating in a public-private partnership (PPP), city leaders can benefit from partners that bring expertise and experience in both network infrastructure and smart city projects, alleviating the need to acquire and retain specialized skill sets.
Spectrum’s Offer
With the reliability of the Spectrum network that powers Smart Ready Cities, Spectrum Smart Cities is the partner your city needs to understand your smart city goals and to begin your smart city journey.
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Gartner Report: Predicts: Smart City Resilience and Citizen Experience Will Drive Sustainability and Urban Attractiveness, Bettina Tratz-Ryan, Bill Finnerty, Pedro Pacheco, Milly Xiang, 8 January 2021.
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