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The system is a unified digital platform that integrates all of the city’s smart applications and
generated data. The platform collects and integrates data related to “physical infrastructure (roads,
traffic signal systems), various modes of transport (such as mass transit) and transportation service
providers (aggregators and others)” .
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The platform stores over 3,000 datasets at present, including:

• Traffic characteristics. • Emergency response times.

• City infrastructure inventory. • Food services.
• Crash records. • Parking locations.

• Weather readings. • Health behaviour.

All data is secure, anonymized and open to the public, all Columbus city agencies, academic
researchers, industry start-ups and application developers. By visualizing the data and making
it accessible to all, the platform enables insights for city officials, data scientists, private-sector
research and innovation stakeholders, etc. and allows for the development of tools and pilot
projects based on the data.

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Kingston is a historic medium-sized Canadian city situated on Lake Ontario. It boasts of a diversified
economy and access to higher education and research institutions, advanced health care facilities,
affordable living and tourism opportunities.

To realize its smart city vision, the Kingston City Council has formed a public-private partnership with
a leading Canadian telecommunications provider to avail of its new Smart City Platform and IoT
application offerings. The aim is to leverage the data-driven opportunities that digital transformation
provides in order to create a more mobile, liveable, efficient, prosperous, collaborative and
environmentally sustainable smart city.

Complemented by advanced fibre and wireless broadband networks, the platform will provide
city staff “a comprehensive and consolidated view of connected city services supporting better-
operating efficiencies, cost savings and improved services for Kingston residents, businesses and
visitors” . The platform will achieve this by combining data from several IoT monitoring solutions
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coupled with the city's open data.

The solutions that have been rolled out as part of the pilot programme include:

• “Energy management: Energy analytics help reduce carbon emissions and meet municipal
environmental targets while providing financial savings and enhanced productivity of staff
through better-coordinated maintenance.

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