A driver named Pat The surge of interest in the smart city has brought transportation professionals into closer contact with information technology companies that participate in something called “the Internet of things”. This is sometimes referred to as IoT. The whole concept of IOT is to widen and enhance our current Internet, which connects computers together, to a wider network that connects all sorts of devices together. Those devices could include roadside sensors, ve

Introduction From a transportation perspective, the decision to launch a smart city initiative raises several interesting questions. In what should you invest, and what order should you sequence investments and what would make a good starting point? You might also ask what the expected effects would be of the investments. It is very easy for a smart city initiative to involve into a series of high profile projects that deliver a significant media impact and standalone bene

What is a Smart City? The Smart City has become a hot topic in the world of transportation, with a lot of attention being placed on planning and implementation of Smart Cities. In the course of some work for ITS America we been trying to put some sort the definition of what is meant by the term “Smart City”, from a transportation perspective. An initial thought is that your city a smart if you poke it with a stick and it reacts appropriately. Joking aside, this does capture