Smart Cities Initiatives

Smart Cities Initiatives

The City of Orlando has been awarded two Smart Cities awards and is currently pursuing a variety of additional funding opportunities for Smart Cities initiatives that would assist us in enhancing transportation citywide and beyond. In these pursuits, we are continuing to move forward with building a data-driven infrastructure that will support safer, cleaner and more efficient travel and an improved quality of life for our community.

Recent awards include:

Smart Cities Council:
- Smart Cities Council Readiness Challenge
  - 2017 Smart Cities Council Readiness Challenge
U.S. Department of Transportation:
- Designation of Automated Vehicle Proving Grounds Pilot:
  - Central Florida Automated Vehicle (AV) Partnership

Current applications include:

Accessible Transportation Technologies Research Initiative (ATTRI):
- Smart Wayfinding & Navigation:
  - City of Orlando SafeWayz Proposal Volume I
  - City of Orlando SafeWayz Proposal Volume II
- Safe Intersection Crossing:
  - City of Orlando SafeX Proposal Volume I
  - City of Orlando SafeX Proposal Volume II

U.S. Department of Transportation:
- Designation of Beyond Traffic Innovation Center:
  - University of Central Florida and FAMU-FSU Proposal
  - Letters of Commitment for University of Central Florida and FAMU-FSU Proposal
- Smart City Challenge:
  - City of Orlando Smart Cities Challenge Proposal

MetroLab Network:
- City of Orlando and University of Central Florida Collaborative Projects:

For more information about citywide data, visit the City’s Open Data Website.

Compassionate Cities

A Smart City must also be a Compassionate Community in order to ensure that the needs of all the inhabitants of that community are recognized and met, the well-being of the entire community is a priority and all people and living things are treated with respect. This type of focus within the realm of Smart Cities can entail increased mobility options for residents who do not own personal vehicles, enhanced opportunities for clean, affordable energy, and easy access to real-time crime, to name just a few examples.

In August 2016, the Orlando City Council signed the Charter for Compassion and unanimously adopted a resolution designating Orlando as a Compassionate City. By signing the charter, Orlando joins the more than 50 countries, 70 cities and two million individuals across the globe who have committed to working together to embrace and apply compassionate solutions.

Read more about the Charter for Compassion and the City of Orlando’s services and programs that are built on the foundation of compassion.