Announcing The 2021 Smart 50 Award Recipients
Smartness – like growth – is not static; it is a constant practice. With the 2021 Smart 50 Awards we recognize the 50 best examples of smart cities at work this year by highlighting specific projects with real municipal-scale results. These 50 are living, breathing examples and inspiration for us all in our daily work. Please join us in recognizing and celebrating their achievements.
Smart Columbus Smart Mobility Hubs, Columbus, Ohio
Pivot App by Smart Columbus, Columbus, Ohio
Carlsbad Economic Recovery and Revitalization Initiative, Carlsbad, California
The Small World AI Project, Tokyo, Japan
Smart Wastewater Monitoring In Support of Environmental and Human Health, Saskatoon, Canada
Hopewell’s Broadband Project, Hopewell, Virginia
Gainesville Smart Water Network, Gainesville, Georgia
ICA UTC Pedestrian Analysis Along The East M.L.King Boulevard Smart Corridor, Chattanooga, Tennessee
MicroNetwork For Citizen Surveillance of Air Quality In The Commune of Concón, Concón, Chile
City of Miramar Smart Building Energy Management Systems, Miramar, Florida
City of Miramar AMI Project, Miramar, Florida
Tenderloin Smart Waste and Community Identity Initiative, San Francisco, California
Arlington, Texas: On-Demand Public Transit With AV Integration, Arlington, Texas
Water Treatment State of Modernization Project, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Pullman Police Department – Washington State University Research Fellowship Program, Pullman, Washington
Velodyne Intelligent Infrastructure, Montreal, Kelowna, New Brunswick, Reno, Austin, and Boca Raton
First-Ever Smart Tree Monitoring Project Using Low-Power Wireless Network For Urban Forestry and Tree Management, Hong Kong
The Tai O Village Pedestrian Traffic Monitoring Project, Tai O, Hong Kong
A Comprehensive Spatial Analysis and Onset Risk Prediction Platform For The COVID-19 Pandemic In Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Smart Curbside Management Corridor, Las Vegas, Nevada
Plan, Pay, and Ride Across Israel: Moovit’s First National MaaS Launch, In Partnership With Israel’s Ministry of Transportation, Israel
Digitalization of The Education Process In The Municipal Schools In Plovdiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
City of Jacksonville Smart Water Meter Infrastructure Project, Jacksonville, Texas
Quantum1Net, Puerto De La Cruz, Spain
Austin Energy Drives Electric Dealer Program, Austin, Texas
Innovation In Advancing Community Health and Fighting COVID-19, Tempe, Arizona
Early Detection Wildfire Imagining Network (EDWIN), Layton, South Salt Lake, Murray City, Woodland Hills, and Orem, Utah
Chattanooga Regional Crash Prediction Model, Chattanooga, Tennessee
Resilient Bay Area Virtual Power Plants, Alameda County, San Mateo County, and Santa Clara County, California
Station of Being, Umeä, Sweden
Smart Green Infrastructure Monitoring Systems Pilot, Kitchener, Canada
CityDash: Unified City-Wide Geospatial AI, San Leandro, California
City of Vaughn AI LED Streetlight Retrofit Project, Vaughan, Canada
Salt Optimization with AI, Vaughan, Canada
WSSC Water Main Replacement Program Planning, Laurel, Maryland
Building America’s Smartest City In Kansas City With RUBICONSmartCity, Kansas City, Missouri
City of Indianapolis: Dine Out Indy, Indianapolis, Indiana
How The Village of Bolingbrook Used Zencity’s Resident Feedback Data To Track and Increase Mask-Wearing Compliance, Bolingbrook, Illinois
Connected Beyond the Classroom, San Antonio, Texas
Virtual Desktop Environment Hosted In The Cloud, Corona, California
payit St.Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
ENDEAVRide: Taxi + Telemedicine For Vulnerable Populations In Small and Rural Communities, Nolansville, Texas
SALI, An Advanced Criticala Aid System Establishing “Safe Zones” For Medical Response For The Benefit of Marburg, Germany, Marburg, Germany
AI Road Quality Assessment, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
City of Virginia Beach Traffic Data-Sharing Partnership, Virginia Beach, Virginia
Road Paving Phase 2 With Roadbotics, Inc., Montgomery, Alabama
Starship Technologies – Fairfax City Partnership, Fairfax, Virginia
Project Aeolus, Tucson, Arizona
TikTak By Moovit On-Demand, Haifa, Israel
Snow and Ice Command Program, Schaumburg, Illinois
Join us at the Smart 50 Awards Gala in Washington, D.C. this October, co-located with Smart Cities Connect Conference. The official date, location, time and registration will all become available in mid-June.