Tag: Brookings’ Adie Tomer and Lara Fishbane examine the specific strategies needed to bring a smart city vision to reality

Almost five years ago, amidst the initial hype of the technology-driven “smart city,” we published a report urging cities to take a step back. While talking to the early digital pioneers within city government, these leaders expressed to us that technological development was happening faster than their agencies could keep up. In response, we proposed judging “smartness” by whether places…