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Why the creation of smart cities requires real-time data processing

Open Access Government - Technology News

Public safety and security: The overriding aim of a smart city is to provide citizens with improved living conditions. This is over six times the amount processed in 2018. Of course, data also comes from social media channels, audio, video, and smart devices, coinciding with a growth in unstructured data.

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2021 Spotlight: The U.S. Cities with the Most Satisfied Residents

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Zencity automatically collects, anonymizes, and analyzes data from a variety of public or government-run sources, including 311 tickets, comments on local news sites, public-facing social media and community groups, and comments on local government social media pages. Colorado Springs, CO.

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Transit safety and security: Broken Windows theory and reality | and the state of transit safety today

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

At the time many transit advocates including myself were opposed, because of the sense that it would denigrate a sense of responsibility towards the public good of transit. After a series of violent crimes, leaders here took decisive action starting in 2018. They zeroed in on one element above all else: rider safety.