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posted by martyb on Monday May 13 2019, @05:24PM   Printer-friendly
from the Get-Smart! dept.

As technology becomes the foundation of everything society does, governments around the world are in the throes of ambitious development projects seeking to extract as much value as possible from new technologies. In 2016, Taipei, the capital city of Taiwan, established a smart city project management office (PMO) to help it realise its smart city vision. A year after it launched, the initiative has been the recipient of an array of awards.

[...] While technology is at the centre of smart city projects, Dr Chen-Yu Lee, director of the PMO that smart city projects should not be distracted by technology, but instead primarily focus on how services can be improved.

Taipei has been recognised for improving many of its public services, including education and sustainability. As part of a project to modernise services in the New Taipei City Library, a 24-hour self-checkout system and e-book display was installed, which displays various publications and provides advisory services.

Despite international recognition, Dr Lee said Taipei is not comparing itself to other cities, although he recognised the city has its own way of doing things. Dr Lee credits its 'Change Culture' concept for enabling the project to churn out such a high volume of initiatives.

Source: https://techerati.com/features-hub/interviews/what-other-smart-city-projects-can-learn-from-taipei/


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 13 2019, @06:38PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 13 2019, @06:38PM (#843102)

    Other cities can learn repudiation.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 13 2019, @08:04PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 13 2019, @08:04PM (#843136)

    Can't have too much expensive, complicated, soon-to-be obsolete l33t technology in your infrastructure.

    • (Score: 2) by PartTimeZombie on Monday May 13 2019, @08:14PM

      by PartTimeZombie (4827) on Monday May 13 2019, @08:14PM (#843142)

      I hope no-one from my city council reads that or we will get another CCO (Council Controlled Organisation).

      Despite the name these are not controlled by the council at all, and wind up with a huge herd of managers, all earning 6 figures but producing nothing of benefit for the people who provide the money.

      When our elected leaders enquire where the money goes, they are told they cannot be told that due to "commercial sensitivities".

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