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Smart City & Partnerships

City of Wichita’s streetsmart view of implementation

Smart City

• What is a “Smart City”?
• Sample projects from other Cities
• Why are partnerships important?
• Current and future Wichita projects
• Next steps

What is a “Smart City”

Smart and connected cities implement technology to improve the safety, economics and livability of

• cities. This includes the

collection and use of data for decision-making, projections, analysis and business intelligence.

Sample Projects from other Cities

Kansas City – 52 blocks of “smart technology”

• Smart LED streetlights
• Informational Public Kiosks
• Free Public Wi-Fi
• Dynamic Traffic Signal timing

Sample Projects from other Cities

Dallas – Dallas Innovation Alliance

• A public-private partnership
• Smart irrigation offering smart

controllers that utilize weather data to improve water conservation and leak detection

• Smart parking efforts with utilization,

traffic flow and spot availability

• Public Wi-Fi in the Living Lab led by

the City of Dallas and powered by AT&T, Cisco, Nokia and Scientel

Why do we need partners?

• There is a large breadth of opportunities in the Smart City space
• There are new technologies in which the City has no expertise
• Leverage skill-sets and knowledge bases (academia)

Data & analytics VR and AR IoT

• Opportunities to…

Monetize Fund Share assets (right of way, light poles, etc) Share data

Current and future Wichita projects

• Trash sensor implementation
• Traffic signalization
• Old Town camera systems
• Gun shot detection
• KDOT – fiber sharing
• Parking systems
• Copper and other metals theft
• AVL/GPS
• Review of 5G implementation (definition)

Next Steps

• Develop MOUs for Partnerships
• Educate on Smart City and potential benefits
• Manage associated change
• Formalize our Smart City approach
• Run proof of concepts

Quick application of technologies and ideas Fail or succeed quickly Dismiss or design to scale Address business or citizen concerns

• Take a “do” approach
• Be experimental (in the public sector this can be a challenge)
• Leaders need to rethink the way cities are run

Questions / Comments?

City of Wichita’s streetsmart view of implementation