The United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) pledged $40 million to Columbus as the winner of the Smart City Challenge. By challenging American cities to use emerging transportation technologies to address their most pressing problems, USDOT aimed to spread innovation through a mixture of competition, collaboration and experimentattion.

Smart Columbus Operating System serves as the data “backbone” for our smart city projects, serving to collect and transmit data about the projects, and to capture performance data reported to the USDOT and the public. Search for key performance indicator data (or KPI) to compare and contrast the project data with data determined to help measure the impact of projects over time

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Connected Electric Autonomous Vehicle - Drive Ohio Deployment 

This project uses self-driving shuttles to close transportation gaps to reaching public transportation, affordable housing, healthy food, childcare, recreation and education.

• Go Live Date: January 2019
• Data Provider: May Mobility

Mobility Assistance for People with Cognitive Disabilities 

The Mobility Assistance for People with Cognitive Disabilities pilot will empower people with cognitive disabilities to travel more independently on fixed-route bus service.

• Go Live Date: April 2019
• Data Provider: AbleLink

Multi-modal Trip Planning Application 

The Multimodal Trip Planning Application will allow Columbus residents to more easily access different travel options based on personal preference, price or convenience.

• Go Live Date: August 2019
• Data Provider: Pivot

Linden Leap Autonomous Shuttle 

This project uses self-driving shuttles to close transportation gaps to reaching public transportation, affordable housing, healthy food, childcare, recreation and education.

• Go Live Date: February 2020
• Data Provider: Easymile

Smart Mobility Hubs 

Smart Mobility Hubs make it easier to connect with transit and other modes of transportation to get to jobs, education and services in the Linden and Easton areas.

• Go Live Date: July 28, 2020
• Data Provider: IKE

Event Parking Management 

The Event Parking Management app will make Downtown Columbus and the Short North Arts District a better place to visit by reducing traveler frustration, congestion and automotive exhaust emissions.

• Go Live Date: March 2020
• Data Provider: ParkMobile
  
• Data Provider: FYBR

Connected Vehicle Environment

A connected vehicle environment will allow vehicles and traffic signals to “talk” to each other, alerting drivers to potential hazards, allowing emergency vehicles to move through intersections quicker, and enabling traffic managers to adjust operations.

• Go Live Date: January 2021
• Data Provider: City of Columbus

In Progress

Prenatal Trip Assistance Application 

The prenatal trip assistance study will address Columbus’s high infant mortality rates by connecting pregnant women without reliable transportation to dependable, timely and safe rides to doctors’ appointments and pharmacies. 

To learn more about the projects, visit www.smart.columbus.gov