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Implementing ITU-T International Standards to Shape Smart Sustainable Cities –
The Case of Singapore

Further actions needed for Singapore and other aspiring smart sustainable cities

Parking Systems
Given the ever-increasing traffic, aspiring smart sustainable cities should ensure that
adequate public parking exists, especially in city centres. Insufficient parking leads to
incidents of trespassing and illegal parking, which may obstruct traffic flow.

Sustainable Development Goals and the New Urban Agenda

Aspiring smart sustainable cities should utilize frameworks and KPIs to assist urban
stakeholders in their smart city transformations and to achieve the targets of the
Sustainable Development Goals and the New Urban Agenda.
Note: Health records relating to criminal cases, severe mental illnesses, cancer
treatments, birth and deaths should be maintained indefinitely.

4.2. Methodological improvements for the Smart City KPI pilot project process

A number of KPI improvement areas surfaced during the smart city pilot project in Singapore.

As previously mentioned, Singapore’s pilot project helped the KPI revision process. It is only
through the dedicated efforts of the stakeholders in Singapore and their honest feedback on the
challenges, strengths and weaknesses of each KPI that the existing data collection and
verification processes have been improved.

Unambiguous definitions and methodologies for each KPI will improve data collection and
ensure that data collected are easily verifiable and comparable against global peers. Data
collected through a more defined process will help improve data quality, which will in turn
facilitate credible inputs to the Global Smart Sustainable Cities Index.

Taking into consideration that the KPI definitions and data collection methodologies have been
improved, Singapore and other cities are now able to collect consistent data in a structured way,
develop goals and targets for each KPI and subsequently collect data regularly to track progress
towards these goals.

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