SMART VEGAS: A FORWARD-FOCUSED PLAN

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SECTION 2 MEET SMART VEGAS

Smart Vegas unites technological innovation, data analysis, real-time and predictive modeling, and information sharing. Combined, these elements will establish a truly integrated and connected City of Las Vegas by 2025. The program relies on academic, public-public, and public-private partnerships to install sensors and data-gathering equipment. Collected information will be integrated, evaluated, and applied across public resources for proactive, real-time analysis. While smart city technologies have been around for several years, the United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) Smart City Challenge, launched in December of 2015, kick-started many of the nation’s cities’ interest in tech innovations. The USDOT program promised to commit up to $40 million — plus an additional $10 million from Paul G. Allen’s Vulcan Inc. — to engage mid-sized U.S. cities in the development and implementation of an integrated, first-of-its-kind smart transportation system. Across the nation, 78 cities — including the City of Las Vegas — submitted applications to the Smart City Challenge program. In March 2016, only seven finalist cities were announced: Austin, Columbus, Denver, Kansas City, Pittsburgh, Portland, and San Francisco. While not selected, the City recognizes the importance of smart tech integration and identified 11 projects to help achieve a smart city — or Smart Vegas — status on our own. The following pages outline key processes, current projects, and future considerations. Welcome to the City of Las Vegas of tomorrow — welcome to Smart Vegas.