Five Ways that IoT Technology is Changing Our Cities

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Five Ways that IoT Technology is changing our
cities
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• A smart city is one that leverages IoT technology
  to increase efficiency and improve the quality of
  services and life for its residents.

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• 1. Keeping traffic flowing
• Traffic is the bane of many a city-dwellers
  life, but technology offers some promising
  solutions. For example, public transport routes
  can be adjusted in real-time according to demand,
  and intelligent traffic light systems can be used
  to improve congestion. In the Chinese city of
  Hangzhou, an AI-based smart City Brain has
  helped to reduce traffic jams by 15 percent.

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• 2. Using city resources more efficiently
• Mobile and broadband company Telefonica has been
  investing heavily in smart city technology in its
  home country, Spain. In one example, sensors are
  attached to refuse containers to report, in
  real-time, how full they are which means refuse
  collectors dont have to waste time traveling to
  bins that are only half-full. It also means KPIs
  can be more closely tied to bottom-line impact,
  such as how many bins are close to overflowing
  and wont be emptied within the next few hours.

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• 3. Improving energy efficiency
• As well as investing in clean energy sources,
  smart cities also use technology to help closely
  monitor real-time energy use and reduce energy
  consumption. For example, in Amsterdam, homes are
  being provided with smart energy meters that are
  designed to incentivize reduced energy
  consumption, and the city of Schenectady, New
  York is upgrading its street lights to LED
  technology, which allows the lights to be
  adjusted or dimmed based on real-time data.

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• 4. Making cities safer
• Thanks to the vast spread of Wi-Fi connectivity,
  IoT technologies, and CCTV cameras, cities are
  able to harness technology to improve resident
  safety and boost incident response times. In New
  Orleans, for example, real-time video data from
  Bourbon Street is analyzed in order to better
  track and allocate resources on the ground, and
  improve public safety.

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• 5. Encouraging greater collaboration with
  citizens
• One of the really exciting things about smart
  city technology is that it encourages residents
  to get more involved. Common examples include
  apps that allow citizens to report local issues
  more easily, or community networking platforms
  that allow neighbors to connect and share
  resources.

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