Smart Cities

Municipal Networking, Communications, Traffic/Transportation, and Energy

Research Report

Many municipalities are exploring the smart city concept. They may be installing municipal wireless networks; implementing e-government initiatives by providing access to city departments and initiatives through websites; integrating public transportation with Intelligent Transportation Systems; or developing ways to cut their carbon footprints and reduce the amount of recyclables that are consigned to the trash heap. This study clarifies the meaning of the term "smart city" through an examination of more than 50 actual smart city projects around the world. It also provides insights and data from a range of ABI Research studies that cover many of the technologies that can be used to make a municipality and its various agents more communicative and responsive to its citizenry, while allowing its transportation and other infrastructures to use energy more efficiently and cost-effectively.

Table of Contents

  • Top Line Forecast
  • Drivers
  • Inhibitors
  • Typical Size of Smart City Projects
  • Summary and Strategic Recommendations
  • 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
    • 1.1. What is a Smart City?
    • 1.2. Smart City Systems
    • 1.3. Smart City Drivers
    • 1.4. Smart City Inhibitors
    • 1.5. The Outlook for Smart Cities
    • 1.6. Smart City Technology Spending
  • 2. SMART CITY PROJECTS BY TYPE
    • 2.1. Smart Economy
    • 2.2. Smart Economy: Holyoke, Massachusetts
    • 2.3. Smart Economy: Kochi, India
    • 2.4. Smart Economy: Malta
    • 2.5. Smart Economy: Manado, Indonesia
    • 2.6. Smart Economy: Nanjing, China
    • 2.7. Smart Environment
    • 2.8. Smart Environment: Amsterdam, Netherlands
    • 2.9. Smart Environment: Burlington, Ontario
    • 2.10. Smart Environment: Dublin, Ireland
    • 2.11. Smart Environment: Dubuque, Iowa
    • 2.12. Smart Environment: Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
    • 2.13. Smart Environment: Lyon, France
    • 2.14. Smart Environment: Malaga, Spain
    • 2.15. Smart Environment: Peterborough, United Kingdom
    • 2.16. Smart Environment: San Diego, California
    • 2.17. Smart Environment: Shenyang, China
    • 2.18. Smart Environment: Santa Barbara, California
    • 2.19. Smart Environment: Stockholm, Sweden
    • 2.20. Smart Environment: Sydney, Australia
    • 2.21. Smart Environment: Yokohama, Japan
    • 2.22. Smart Governance
    • 2.23. Smart Governance: Chengdu, China
    • 2.24. Smart Governance: Edinburgh, United Kingdom
    • 2.25. Smart Governance: Matosinhos, Portugal
    • 2.26. Smart Governance: Syracuse, New York
    • 2.27. Smart Governance: Wilmington, North Carolina
    • 2.28. Smart Lifestyle
    • 2.29. Smart Lifestyle: Boise, Idaho
    • 2.30. Smart Lifestyle: Houston, Texas
    • 2.31. Smart Lifestyle: Johannesburg, South Africa
    • 2.32. Smart Transportation
    • 2.33. Smart Transportation: Alameda County, California
    • 2.34. Smart Transportation: Alcoa, Tennessee
    • 2.35. Smart Transportation: Portland, Oregon
    • 2.36. Smart Transportation: Southampton, United Kingdom
    • 2.37. Smart Community
    • 2.38. Smart Community: Chattanooga, Tennessee
    • 2.39. Smart Community: Dublin, Ohio
    • 2.40. Smart Community: Eindhoven, the Netherlands
    • 2.41. Smart Community: Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
    • 2.42. Smart Community: Luxembourg
    • 2.43. Smart Community: Queensland, Australia
    • 2.44. Smart Community: Stratford, Ontario, Canada
    • 2.45. Smart Community: Windsor-Essex, Ontario, Canada
  • 3. EVOLUTION OF THE SMART CITY CONCEPT
    • 3.1. Europe's Smart Cities Pilot Projects
    • 3.2. Intelligent City
    • 3.3. Smart Communities
  • 4. SMART GOVERNANCE/SMART COMMUNITY TECHNOLOGIES
    • 4.1. Tracking Assets
    • 4.2. Tracking Assets: High-Value Asset and Equipment Tracking
    • 4.3. Tracking Assets: IT/Data Center Asset Tracking and Management
    • 4.4. Tracking Assets: File/Document Tracking
    • 4.5. Tracking Assets: Election Ballot Processing and Voting Equipment Tracking
    • 4.6. Tracking People
    • 4.7. Tracking People: Smart Credentials/Citizen Identification
    • 4.8. Tracking People: Driver Licenses
    • 4.9. Tracking People: Healthcare
    • 4.10. Tracking People: National ID
    • 4.11. Tracking People: Passports
    • 4.12. Tracking People: Voter Cards
    • 4.13. Tracking People: Online Card-based e-Government Services
    • 4.14. Tracking People: Smart Credentials Technologies
    • 4.15. Smart Credentials Forecasts
    • 4.16. Public Safety Communications
    • 4.17. Digital Technologies
    • 4.18. Technology and Market Adoption Drivers
    • 4.19. Spectrum Allocations
    • 4.20. Public Safety Communications Outlook
  • 5. SMART TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLOGIES
    • 5.1. Public Transit Management
    • 5.2. Smart Parking Meters
    • 5.3. Traffic Congestion Management
    • 5.4. NFC (Near Field Communication) and Mobile Payments
    • 5.5. NFC Trials
    • 5.6. NFC Add-ons
    • 5.7. Transit Operators
    • 5.8. NFC Deployment by Region
    • 5.9. NFC and Automobiles
    • 5.10. NFC Market Forecasts
    • 5.11. Intelligent Transportation Systems
    • 5.12. Business Issues
    • 5.13. How It Works
    • 5.14. ITS Technologies
    • 5.15. ITS Pilot Programs, Trials, Implementations
    • 5.16. Asia-Pacific
    • 5.17. Vehicle Information and Communication System (VICS)
    • 5.18. Advanced Cruise-Assist Highway System
    • 5.19. Advanced Safety Vehicle
    • 5.20. Smartway 2007
    • 5.21. Korea Expressway's FTMS
    • 5.22. Nationwide South Korean ITS Projects
    • 5.23. Jeju Telematics Project
    • 5.24. U-City Projects in South Korea
    • 5.25. South Korea's National ITS 21 Plan
    • 5.26. North America
    • 5.27. United States
    • 5.28. Connected Vehicle Research
    • 5.29. Integrated Vehicle-Based Safety System
    • 5.30. Cooperative Intersection Collision Avoidance Systems
    • 5.31. Alcoa Traffic Management System
    • 5.32. Europe
    • 5.33. Ricardo
    • 5.34. CAR 2 CAR Communication Consortium
    • 5.35. European Commission Regulation on Pedestrian Protection
    • 5.36. Automatic Vehicle Identification (AVI) Forecasts
    • 5.37. Public Transit
    • 5.38. Contactless Smart Transit Passes/Tickets
    • 5.39. Ticketing Systems Forecasts
    • 5.40. Traffic Information Systems
    • 5.41. Government Markets
    • 5.42. Traffic Sensors and Capture Methods
    • 5.43. Fixed Road Sensors
    • 5.44. Mobile Data Probes
    • 5.45. Manually Collected and Journalistic Data
    • 5.46. One-Way Broadcast Traffic Connectivity Technologies
    • 5.47. Two-way Traffic Connectivity Technologies
    • 5.48. Traffic Information Systems Forecasts
  • 6. SMART ENERGY/ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES
    • 6.1. What Is a Smart Grid?
    • 6.2. Smart Grid Requirements
    • 6.3. Smart Grid Technologies
    • 6.4. Smart Grid/Smart Meter Market Challenges
    • 6.5. Smart Meter Market Forecast
    • 6.6. Smart Grid Forecasts
    • 6.7. Electric Vehicle Infrastructure: Integrating Cars Into the Grid
    • 6.8. Technology Considerations
    • 6.9. Grid Management Technology
    • 6.10. Electric Vehicle and Charging Market Forecasts
  • 7. COMPANY DIRECTORY
    • 7.1. Industry and Governmental Organizations and Standards Bodies
  • 8. ACRONYMS
  • 9. LINKS TO RELATED RESEARCH
    • 9.1. Sources and Methodology
    • 9.2. Notes

Tables

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  1. Smart City Technology Revenue, World Market, Forecast: 2010 to 2016
  2. Identity Credentials in Circulation by Application, World Market, Forecast: 2010 to 2016
  3. Shipments of Credentials by Application, World Market, Forecast: 2010 to 2016
  4. Shipments of Smart Credentials by Interface, World Market, Forecast: 2010 to 2016
  5. e-ID/ID Documents Systems Revenue, World Market, Forecast: 2010 to 2016
  6. Ticketing Systems Revenue by Product Type, World Market, Forecast: 2010 to 2016
  7. Asset Tracking Systems Revenue by Product Type, World Market, Forecast: 2010 to 2016
  8. Asset Tracking Systems Revenue by Vertical Market, World Market, Forecast: 2010 to 2016
  9. Asset Tracking Systems Revenue by Region, World Market, Forecast: 2010 to 2016
  10. Total NFC-Enabled Device Shipments by Form Factor, World Market, Forecast: 2010 to 2016
  11. Total NFC-Enabled Device Revenue by Form Factor, World Market, Forecast: 2010 to 2016
  12. NFC Wireless Handset Shipments by Region, World Market, Forecast: 2010 to 2016
  13. NFC Handset Shipments by Enabled Application, World Market, Forecast: 2010 to 2016
  14. Contactless NFC Reader Shipments, World Market, Forecast: 2010 to 2016
  15. Contactless NFC Reader Revenue, World Market, Forecast: 2010 to 2016
  16. Public Safety Radio Shipments by Type, World Market, Forecast: 2010 to 2016
  17. Public Safety Radio Revenue by Type, World Market, Forecast: 2010 to 2016
  18. Public Safety Radio Shipments by Region, World Market, Forecast: 2010 to 2016
  19. Public Safety Radio Revenue by Region, World Market, Forecast: 2010 to 2016
  20. Base Station Shipments by Region, World Market, Forecast: 2010 to 2016
  21. Base Station Revenue by Region, World Market, Forecast: 2010 to 2016
  22. Automatic Vehicle ID (AVI), including ETC and EVR Systems Revenue by Product Type, World Market, Forecast: 2010 to 2016
  23. Automatic Vehicle ID (AVI), including ETC and EVR Systems Revenue by Vertical Market, World Market, Forecast: 2010 to 2016
  24. Automatic Vehicle ID (AVI), including ETC and EVR Systems Revenue by Region, World Market, Forecast: 2010 to 2016
  25. Traffic Users by Form Factor, World Market, Forecast: 2010 to 2016
  26. Traffic End User Revenues by Form Factor, World Market, Forecast: 2010 to 2016
  27. Traffic Users by Region, World Market, Forecast: 2010 to 2016
  28. Traffic User Revenue by Region, World Market, Forecast: 2010 to 2016
  29. Smart Grid Investment by Type, World Market, Forecast: 2010 to 2016
  30. Total Utility Meter Market by Meter Type, with Smart Meter Penetration, World Market, Forecast: 2010 to 2016
  31. Plug-in Electric and Hybrid-Electric Vehicle Unit Sales, World Market, Forecast: 2010 to 2016
  32. Charging Station Installations, World Market, Forecast: 2010 to 2016

Charts

  1. Smart City Projects by Region, World Market: 2011
  2. Average Population per Smart City Project by Region, World Market: 2011
  3. Number of Smart City Projects by Region
  4. Smart City Population by Region
  5. Average Population per Smart City Project, By Region