Smart Cities Challenge
How would you use $10 million to improve technology in Greater Sudbury?
The City of Greater Sudbury is taking part in the Smart Cities Challenge, issued by the Government of Canada. The challenge encourages cities to adopt approaches to improving the lives of residents through innovation, data and connected technology.
The Smart Cities Challenge is calling on communities of our size to submit their big ideas, for a chance to win up to $10 million. The Challenge will be awarded to cities that can demonstrate innovative ways to use data and connected technology to address local issues.
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What do you feel our Smart Cities Challenge submission should include? Do you have a big idea? How can we use data and connected technology to make our community better? Share your ideas here!
View All Ideasover 3 years ago
Update and increase Homelessness services
Start by having an accessible shelter and possibly more than one due to the geographical area our city covers. Then increase access to homelessness services to increase chances of changing the lives of those who are homeless or close to being homeless.
over 3 years ago
Community wide free internet using the Morden Manitoba model
Internet provided free to citizens, delivered to households. Residents are responsible for connecting, but internet service is free. Provides community wide connectivity. https://morenet.ca/
over 3 years ago
I have a presentation of a New Age Vision of Sudbury.
The presentation envisions a totally new concept in development of a plan to address many of the existing concerns and maps out a route forward to bring Sudbury into the twenty first century ready for the twenty second by creating a number of hubs within the City as a major hub.
over 3 years ago
Air and Water Quality Sensors
Building upon weather and rainfall sensors, why not monitor local air quality while we are at it? It would be impressive to have measurable open data regarding the changes in pollutants in industrial areas and contrast that against rural communities. Temperature probes at beaches coupled with local weather reports could act as a driver to get people outdoors. Chemical probes in lakes showing data regarding common pollutants will act as a way to educate developers and residents regarding the health of our water bodies. ----- Certainly agencies are currently collecting a lot of this data already, but it isn't presented in a way that is granular, digestible or accessible to the community at large.
over 3 years ago
Predictive Road Maitenance
Use existing fibre infrastructure installed at traffic light locations around the city to deploy various sensor technologies to monitor our roads, and use the data collected to develop tools that will allow staff to build predictive maintenance schedules. potential sensors: seismic monitoring # trips per day temperature and corresponding weather pattern (looking for freeze thaw cycles) visual inspections by drones using li-dar and 3D mapping etc. Benefits: Immediately begin to develop expertise in predictive road maintenance. Expertise companies can then sell to other rural, northern, municipalities. Has the possibility of employing several made in Canada solutions - attracting different people and technologies to our city Demonstrates real efforts, and energy, being put towards solving the age-old questions of road maintenance/construction, and what needs to be done to keep infrastructure costs low, and sustainable. Leverages already installed infrastructure, keeping costs low, and allowing for deployment over a much larger area = more data. Long-term, the city has an invaluable bank of data to develop predictive tools from - making the identification, and proper evaluation of ‘what matters’ for collected metrics crucial
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