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.