The initiative comes from Downtown Detroit Partnership, the City of Detroit, and IKE Smart City
Accessing important information in Detroit is becoming a little easier with a new initiative from Downtown Detroit Partnership. The nonprofit community organization, in collaboration with the City of Detroit and technology company IKE Smart City, unveiled the first of up to 30 new digital wayfinding kiosks in the city during a ribbon-cutting ceremony in Cadillac Square earlier this week.
To further the City of Menifee’s “Smart Cities” initiative, the City has partnered with Magellan Advisors to develop a Smart City and Broadband Master Plan identifying existing city and privately-owned broadband assets and determine opportunities for the expansion of the existing network and support of smart city development.
Magellan Advisors’ gap analysis and master plan will lay out the strategies for Menifee to develop its municipal and community smart city and broadband initiatives, including funding strategies, policies, and a comprehensive vision.
A review of the successes and failures of others demonstrates that to enhance the likelihood of success, leaders must first identify the need/goal (and only then select the supporting technology tool), must innovate the underlying business model, and must ensure effective, patient, and iterative organizational change management.
Dive Brief:
- A collection of nonprofit and private technology groups are teaming up to create a "blueprint" of best practices for securing the Internet of Things infrastructure at the edge.
- The nonprofit Virginia Innovation Partnership Corporation (VIPC); Crossroads Innovation Group, a Virginia-based consulting firm dedicated to emerging technologies; and Device Authority, a global provider of identity and access management for IoT, will test the security of a range of technologies across applications, including wildfire and flood sensors.
- The project, with funding from the Virginia Smart Community Testbed and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, will also develop architectural guidance and recommendations for the procurement and secure deployment of IoT technologies across federal, state, local and civilian agencies.
Transportation nodes serving as the meeting point for various transportation types are helping to accommodate the many mobility needs of city residents. They also serve as opportunities for stakeholders to collaborate.
Mobility hubs are more than spots to catch a bus and grab an e-scooter. They are tangible representations of nearly every new trend in mobility today, which generally follows the theme of coordination and collaboration with other mobility operations and stakeholders.
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