Flint, Dearborn and Marquette have been chosen for the first phase of a three-year pilot project that supports sustainability in communities.
MiNextCities will address climate change, promote resiliency, improve infrastructure and accelerate the use of clean energy, smart city technology and efficient mobility solutions, according to the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE).
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Some municipalities are preparing to use the modeling platform to assess their approach to operations.
To assist with city management and planning, a growing number of local governments may eventually turn to digital twins — virtual models that replicate the performance of real-world systems, structures and processes.
Digital twins take the concept of a computer simulation to the next level by incorporating information about how an existing item is functioning, collected via Internet of Things (IoT) sensors, to provide a more in-depth, accurate projection.
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Using a fiber-connected infrastructure network solution creates a fully manageable low-latency, high-performance network for testing various mobility technologies on Peachtree Corners’ smart city streets.
One of the nation’s first 5G-enabled smart cities is implementing networking solutions crucial for smart cities.
Addressing privacy concerns of citizens is key to the success of smart-city programs.
Each city’s path toward leveraging smart technologies to improve efficiency and the quality of life is unique, but when it comes to initiatives involving surveillance cameras, public pushback over privacy concerns has certainly been a common thread in numerous cities. Citizens have both blocked such initiatives over privacy concerns, and also pushed the drive to implement surveillance themselves – within the same city itself.
The Virginia Smart Community Testbed, the state’s “living laboratory” to test new smart technology, recently launched an energy efficient, broadband connectivity smart pole as a new pilot project for smart community solutions. The first phase installation, which includes the BrightSites Smart Pole and Broadband Luminaires by Signify was completed on April 23 and is located on the Stafford County Government Center campus.
The broadband solution, BrightSites Smart Poles and Broadband Luminaires, lets communities deploy a next-generation smart city connectivity grid with smart lighting that comprises gigabit technology, streamlined broadband fiber and wireless technologies that show how cities can expand internet access quickly and improve public services and safety.
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