Evaluating U.S. Smart Cities' Proposal
With Chihuangji (Herbert) Wang , Yixuan Zhao, and Li Yin , we have evaluated 78 Smart City proposals that have been submitted to U.S. Department of Transportation 2015 Smart City Challenge. Abstract: Smart City (SC) strategies developed by local governments reflect how governments and planners envision SC and apply smart technologies, and what challenges they face and try to address. Little attention, however, has been given to investigating SC strategies or applications, especially in the U.S. context. Moreover, there is insufficient attention paid to whether SC strategies address social issues such as equity and public participatory opportunities. Based on the documentation from the U.S. Department of Transportation 2015 Smart City Challenge, we developed a framework to evaluate SC strategies on urban transportation systems using six standards: Safety, Mobility, Sustainability, Opportunity, Efficiency, and Equity. In addition, we synthesized the challenges U.S. smart cities enco...