Smart Columbus

LAUNCHING SMART COLUMBUS 2.0

In mid-June, Smart Columbus announced the closing of the first chapter in Columbus’ smart city journey with the conclusion of the Smart City Challenge. Through this opportunity, Columbus deployed the most comprehensive portfolio of emerging mobility technologies of any city in five years, showing how safer, cleaner and more equitable transportation options can create opportunity for residents and prepare the region for the future.

With the support of the City of Columbus and Partnership members, Smart Columbus will be sustained as an agile, collaborative innovation lab that benefits our community by anticipating and advancing what is new and next at the intersection of technology and community good. In doing so, Smart Columbus will:

Help solve complex societal problems and respond to disruption, while simultaneously enabling job creation and economic opportunity.

Advance perspectives on the future of cities, and inspire future change by telling the story of equitydriven innovation that’s happening in our region.

Foster an ecosystem of partnerships motivated by, invested in, and taking action on the belief that we can use technology to make Columbus the most prosperous region in the country. Collaboration and commitments by the public and private sectors will amplify impact.

Deliver impact by deploying human-centered, technology-enabled solutions co-created with the community. Technology deployments will seek to help Columbus embrace and seamlessly integrate technology into the fabric of our city, enabling greater responsiveness to the needs of our city and our residents while prioritizing climate, prosperity and equity.

Projects currently are focused in the areas of mobility to ensure Columbus continues to lead in this area, sustainability to accelerate adoption of climate technologies to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, and digitalization to inclusively modernize the resident experience.