Three cities in Michigan were selected for the MINextCities program, and Dearborn was one of them.
The others were Marquette and Flint.
MINextCities is a new statewide program that supports the use of technology to improve energy efficiency, reliability, sustainability, safety, and overall quality of life. The goal of the pilot program is to model a roadmap for small and mid-sized cities to become the “smart cities” of the future.
Read more: US: Michigan: Dearborn included in MINextCities pilot program
Christian Hammack stands outside city hall and surveys his kingdom – cars at rest. The Redwood City parking manager has spent years helping transform this California city of 84,000 people near San Francisco into a model of smart city technology.
Parking, however smart, may seem dull. But Redwood City’s hi-tech system is helping revitalise the downtown area, increase business and tax revenue and reduce congestion, pollution and accidents, even as powerful smart city tools raise concerns.
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It aims to deliver more accessible citizen services as well as enable greater transparency through broader access to data and empower citizens with new tools.
The City of Chicago announced it is planning to revamp its digital strategy to help deliver more accessible city services.
Led by the City’s Department of Assets, Information, and Services (AIS) the measures will provide more efficient IT systems, enable transparency through broader access to data, and maintain protections for residents’ privacy and security.
Read more: US: Illinois: City of Chicago announces IT modernisation programme
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Cities face a number of challenges that affect residents' quality of life including traffic congestion, poor air quality, safety issues, and limited internet access. To solve these pressing problems, many city leaders are embracing technology that makes cities safer and improves residents' quality of life, like pollution sensors, smart streetlights, gunshot detectors, and traffic-control monitoring.
Mayor Lori Lightfoot also put two leaders in charge of the effort, including a city data specialist reporting to her office. The new effort builds upon a push to give more students Internet access at their homes.
A new effort from Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot aims to make the city’s IT systems more efficient, broaden data access, update legacy systems and boost residents’ privacy and security — and the city has put two of its tech experts in charge of that push.
Read more: US: Illinois: Chicago Debuts New IT, Digital Services Strategy for City