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Smart City from the Data perspective
Charles Mok Legislative Councillor (Information Technology)
2016.7.4 Sharing @ APEEMSD
Technology spending for the global smart city market is expected to reach $27.5 billion by 2023 Source: Navigant Research
But wait…
1. What does Smart City mean for engineers?
2. How can availability of data help us make better decisions
and improve what we do?
3. What do we need to thinking about? Is it just technology?
A framework
Hong Kong: Catching Up and Moving Forward
Increase the Wi-Fi
hotspots to over
30,000 in Hong
Kong.
Long long road ahead
Hong Kong the government will commission a study to map out development plans up to 2030 in order to create a smart city.
How can data help solve problems?
Knowing the unknown?
Potential of
analysing and understanding problems
that we may not know have existed
An example
Uneven usage of parking
meters in some areas
Drivers circle around to find a
meter
Traffic congestion in peak hours
New thinking for parking meter??
More data can create the evidence base to run cities more efficiently, productively, sustainably, transparently and fairly
Smart City and Open Data
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Global Open Data Index by Open Knowledge International Foundation
No Open Data, No Smart City
What can developers use at present?
Available for free - items in transport:
● Journey time indicators
● Speed map panels
● Traffic snapshot images
● Traffic speed map
● Routes and fares of public transport
● MTR routes, fares and barrier-free facilities
● Electric vehicle charging station locations
Upgrade of TIS in the next few years to support real time data, analytics, and… Open data?
In Tokyo and London, we get real time info
What difference does it make? In HK we have an approximate
Overseas: government-led support to sharing real time data/API
More consultant studies on the way…
Is open data strategy in the government’s
“long-term development plans” for smart
city?
Privacy and Security Challenges
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Continued growth in
the generation and use
of personal data
___
We know more
about people
Info collected about individuals’ characteristics, their location and
movements, and their activities …
Increased risks of smart cities
data security breaches
system vulnerabilities
invasions of privacy
concerns about
software reliability.
Phone tracking recycling bins?
US retail store tracking customers in-store caused controversy
Use of personal-identifiable data - growing concern for citizens - focus for regulators - battleground for trust
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Govt need to proactively respect and
protect consumer data
一個沒有開放資料的「智慧城市」，就猶如一個沒有記憶的腦袋。
吳伯風、楊夏至 (本土研究社)
2016年4月9日《明報》觀點版
Mindset is key: Smart city requires smart governance
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execution and coordination
Before talking about “Blueprint” of Smart City…
Can we first address the current silo situation?
New Franchise for Bus Companies
• Push the transport companies to release more traffic data?
Static data: bus routes, bus stops and schedules, fares and discounts etc.
Dynamic data: real-time bus location, arrival time etc.
Electronic Road Pricing Pilot Scheme
• Use decade-old technology or latest available technology?
• Release real-time traffic data for developers, analyst and research?
• Enhance cross-departmental cooperation?
What do we need?
• coordination of cross-department policies • making available real-time traffic data from service providers • data released in interoperable formats • user’s and application developer’s active use of these data
• updated laws that allow room for new intelligent products and services • review the limitations of road and public transport system capacity
More sensors,
softwares and
algorithms =
better urban
management?
Anthony Townsend (Senior research scientist at New York University )
Increasing our dependence on software to run services and operate infrastructure
.
We need ethical, principle-led
approach designed to best
serve the interests of citizens
1. Developed policy around open data and access to information 2. strong relationship between the govt with citizens and developer community 3. well-thought through policy on privacy and security
Solution is not technology
Vision Facilitating trials Measurement Iteration
policy and regulatory focused
governance and management orientated
