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Pavement prioritization, trail sensors, QR codes: Cities getting smarter

May 26, 2022

How are some cities actually using IoT, new technologies and ever more sources of data? The mayors of three Indiana cities discussed their journeys with tech at a panel yesterday at an event highlighting Perdue University’s efforts to support and development various smart city-related technologies.

When Fishers, Indiana’s smart city journey began, it started with data, according to Mayor Scott Fadness. Four to five years ago, he said, “The technology was actually outpacing what our organization was capable of consuming.” Vendors were urging the city to put mobile/computing devices on everything, he said, but the city “didn’t have the organizational structure or the capacity to take that information and turn it into something meaningful for us.”

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