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 Ideasabout 4 years ago
Synchronization of Traffic Signals along Lasalle Boulevard
Synchronizing of the traffic signals along Lasalle Boulevard in Sudbury would optimize the flow of traffic, reduce aggressive driving and effectively reduce the likelihood of red-light running which is a very common occurrence in the city. Optimizing traffic signal timing is a low-cost, high-benefit approach to reducing congestion and maximizes traffic progression, avoids frequent stops with minimal use of braking, reduces idle time at stop lights, reduces fuel consumption and air pollution emission levels, reduces trip time and easy on the nerves. It would also minimize the diversion of traffic to local and residential streets and improves safety and traffic conditions.
about 4 years ago
Sustainable Communities
Become a world leader in sustainable communities, utilizing a Smart City approach and ISO standards and indicators (like ISO37120) to become a smarter, more connected city. United Nations Sustainable Development Goals could be used as a lens to ensure that initiatives remain accessible and promote sustainability.
about 4 years ago
SmartWorks: Using data for smarter city operations
Develop a software foundation for predictive analytics and combining data across departments which the city could build on and export expertise. Continually evaluated for accuracy, the system would automatically identify efficiencies across city project, serve as a foundation to connect future smart infrastructure
about 4 years ago
Rejuvenating Downtown Parking systems
To convert the on-street Parking Meters to smart meters to bring in ease of parking and better control the parking operations. Currently the meters employed use coins to display the time left on the parking on the machine. The machines are difficult and pose danger to access due to winter conditions of snow and ice. What do the smart meters do? How do the Citizens benefit out of it? • The introduction of Pay by Plate would restrict the parking to two hours in the downtown area • The inputs to the smart meter can be with cash coin or Credit/debit cards. • This also eliminates the need for display of ticket on the dash board as the plate information is on database and will be streamed to the Parking commissionaires’ hand held device • They can be operated through a Mobile phone App or website to pay for the ticket thus ease of operation • The App could lead the Citizen to next available parking spot • Interactive parking lot signage for the ease of finding spots effectively
about 4 years ago
Municipal Solutions Lab
Use the funds to develop a program that incentivizes Canadian technology firms to develop/deploy/augment their technologies so they can be applied to problems identified in by citizens here in Greater Sudbury. Funds would be used to assist with the development, deployment, and commercializing of the new/augmented technologies. This would bring in meaningful investment from the private sector, possibly spur the creation of new tech startups, and de-risk the venturing into new markets for established companies. Competitions for solutions could be held on a cohort basis, allowing the city to stretch the dollars, and potentially support the deployment/adoption of several solutions.
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