Dailycsr.com – 06 September 2017 – Whether it is the “academic researchers”, the policy makers or the corporate minds, all are turning to data for solving “urban policy problems”. The “smart city movement” has been signed by most mayors as they “accepted the value of data driven policy”.
 
However, not every city leaders really know the meaning of a “smart city”, reported Bloomberg. For some it is a “futuristic city” wherein services get efficiently and effectively delivered at the click of a button, while others, “more realistic” ones, give importance to the power technology and data which could be used to “improve city services”.
 
As a result, the latter look towards making automatic street lights that would “turn on at night and go off in the morning”. In fact, all the mayors agree that “no one wants to live in a ‘stupid city’”. Therefore, in the 21^st Century, the definition of a cities success equates to a “smart city”.
 
Moreover, the term ‘smart city’ has come to be an “aspirational term” for there is a “deeply embedded” idea attach to it, whereby it is thought that in a smart city “we can develop and implement public policy without making mistakes”. While, Ethical Performance added:
“Since that is completely unrealistic, we need a more practical and empirically-based definition to work with”.
 
Therefore, one can agree upon that in a smart city technology and data can be made “usable and accessible” for addressing “urban with the promise of efficiency and effectiveness in delivering public services”. Data could be used for “good” by concentrating on the “utility of data in improving public services” instead of using the same for “private interest”.
 
Furthermore, Ethical Performance informs:
“Data can be used in every aspect of urban governance: to enhance citizen engagement; design policy; analyze the budget implications of policy alternatives; implement programs; monitor program operations for effectiveness and equity; and improve the efficiency of service delivery”.
 
For further information, kindly visit:
https://www.techatbloomberg.com/blog/smart-cities-stupid-cities-and-how-data-can-be-used-to-solve-urban-policy-problems/
 
 
 
 
References:
http://3blmedia.com

Dailycsr.com – 20 June 2017 – The cellphone market is under a period of “rapid change”, while more and more people seek for “‘on demand’-mobility”, especially the ones living in the cities opt for various “mobility services” that range from “traditional services such as local public transportation to car sharing, ride sharing, and ride hailing services”.
 
As far as the customers are concerned, these services should come to them as “seamlessly interconnected”, while the network should have a “central” access point wherein the entire service range could be paid “by smartphone”. This is exactly what the moovel Group’s next mission is about as it strives to develop a system suitable for “urban mobility” enabling users to tap into a wide applications’ range.
 
Thus, the present trend takes the innovators from “autonomous driving” to “urban planning”. “Move Forward”, is an online English platform of moovel, which is being used to design this futuristic dream through dialogue between the experts of an “international group”. Moreover, the Group’s head of communications, Michael Kuhn, also added:
“Our moovel apps are helping cities to make mobility smarter and more sustainable. Move Forward provides external and internal experts with an international platform where they can come up with new thoughts for urban mobility and smart cities.”
 
Interested people can also become this community’s part, for which one needs to apply through hello@move-forward.com . In order to “become authors” one needs to just send “contributions” in the mentioned site.
 
There is a rich amalgam of “internal and external viewpoints” in the Move Forward’s blog, whereby:
“Thoughts by international experts and insights into the work of the moovel Group set the agenda and provide food for thought concerning all of the facets of future mobility”.
 
 
References:
ethicalperformance.com 

Dailycsr.com – 27 July 2016 – The Smart Cities Innovation Summit organised by AT&T in Austin features booths that provided a glimpse and virtual ride into “a city of the future” which has a “beautiful Tron-like cityscape”, wherein after “checking out a sensor report from smart light post” one can catch a “self-driving car” and zip into “cybersecurity headquarters”.
 
The Global City Teams Challenge along with the “US Ignite Application Summit” was co-located with the Smart Cities Innovation Summit, wherein “an exciting roster” of panellists, attendees and rosters were present to focus on “making smart cities a reality”. The event was also attended by various representatives of over two hundred cities from all over the world, while there were also “technologists large and small, NGOs, VCs, academics and futurists”.
 
The event sought to define “what exactly a smart city is”, “what technologies are available”, how can stakeholders get together to realise it, while everything pointed towards one single motive of “How can we build a better tomorrow?”
 
Among other questions that were explored at the summit are:
“How we can improve the quality of life for the citizens of our cities? How can we make the air we breathe or the water we drink cleaner? How can we make the streets and roadways safer, or the infrastructure stronger and more resilient?”
 
AT&T has taken the initiative to address the above mentioned issues through its “Smart Cities framework”, whereby the company is bringing “spotlight cities” which puts together “secure connectivity, strategic alliances, platforms and integrated vertical solutions”.
 
 
 
 
 
 
References:
ethicalperformance.com