Download - Birmingham, a smart city
Birmingham, a smart cityPresented by Raj Mack
OverviewRole of Digital Birmingham Lead on digital and smart city strategy and implementation Increasing digital capabilities Accelerating access and use of open data Devising digital inclusion activities Driving investment in digital infrastructure Leading smart cities development
Established Smart City CommissionEmbed smart city principles across all aspects of city life: Accelerate city outcomes
Established Smart City CommissionEmbed smart city principles across all aspects of city life: Accelerate city outcomes
Joining it togetherSmarterBirmingham
Technology & Places People EconomyCreating the infrastructure for growth
A: Connectivity
B: Planning for Digital Infrastructure
C: Information MarketPlaces
Creating an inclusive & skilled
society where citizens thrive
A: Digital Inclusion
B: Skills & Employment
C: Innovation
Creating a sustainable and
prosperous future
A: Health & Social Care
B: ICT & Energy Efficiency
C: Mobility
An opportunity!Smart City Demonstrator – East Birmingham
“a piece of the city to play with”
Working with smart city thematic leads
Spatial demonstrator
Focus on key outcomes Healthy Ageing
Economically active citizens
Greater connectedness along urban clusters
EAST BIRMINGHAMPopulation: 280,000
ErdingtonTyseleyStockland GreenNechellsSaltleyWashwood HeathHodge HillShard EndSouth Yardley
Capitalise on the skills and innovations that are expanding in high investment areas in the city centre and around UK central
Jobs and Skills
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Key Challenges – East Birmingham
Unemployment rates higher than city average (9.5% cf 6.5%)20% of claimants aged 18-24Low skills base – only 27% of jobs held by local people are in high skilled occupations cf. 38% for the cityAround 10,000 jobs remain vacant on monthly basis , which could be filled by local residents
Birmingham Connected – provision of Sprint Bus
Mobility
High level of congestion making it difficult to travel to work or do business both inside and outside of the area
Lack of high quality pedestrian and cycle routes
Limited alternative models of travel
Wider package of connectivity improvements – A45 corridor and proposed Metro route
Our shared agendaWork with the Future Cities CatapultIdentify core issues and baseline what is already happeningIdentify those key clusters of projects in the East Birmingham Corridor that have the potential to be integrated and enhanced by insights, data and technology and contribute to the opportunity and quality of life of people and businesses in the area.Work with those partners already delivering projects, existing / planned investments; those willing to make it happen.Develop 6-8 projects, outcome driven, delivered with focus, rigour and impactCreate vision and framework for Eastern Corridor but demonstrate how it will help crack the bigger nuts
Developing smart city demonstrator ideas – Stakeholder sessions
___________________________________________________________________Holistic and integrated approach
Layered strands of activity in areas of skills, mobility, health, and physical assetsEmbed smart city principles – data, integration, use of digital; citizen & business enabling
Birmingham Bikes; I-Centrum; HS2; Birmingham Connected; Sport England; Public Health; WM Police
_______________________________________________________TECHNOLOGY ENABLERSSensors & WearablesUrban IoT Behaviour economicsEconomic modellingData visualisationsIntegrated data hub
OUTPUTS & OUTCOMESEvidence based decisions validated / disprovedROI/ performance of solutionsNew collaborations (public/private/3rd sector)Influence the future council - urban innovation
KEY FILTERSBudget holder on-board / identifiedvisibility and impact in 12-18 monthsPriority / themesKey advocates / stakeholders
MAKING IT RELEVANTLiveWorkPlayLearnMove Organise
KEY DRIVERS / PROJECT IDEASHealthQuality of placeMobility
Active parks / Active Travel / CanalsTackling crime &perception of safetyHS2 Smart CampusUrban freight LEZ
Next StepsWork with Future Cities Catapult to further define projects from existing and emerging ideas
Identify those to lead and interested partners
Define governance and direction of travel
Work from project spending already there but liaise with them to raise level of ambition – initial starting point
Do user engagement to further develop project ideas – iterative design
Presenting the new roadmap – clearly articulated – ‘lived experience of citizens’
Use roadmap to unlock bigger projects that can help others test, develop and deploy for others
Using Open DataBirmingham Data Factory
What is Open Data?Open data is data that can be freely used, reused and redistributed by anyone - subject only, at most, to the requirement to attribute and sharealike. [OKF Open Data Handbook]
‘non-personal’ by default
Availability and Access: free of charge or at reasonable reproduction cost, download over the internet, in convenient and modifiable form
Reuse and Redistribution: licence permits reuse and redistribution including mashing with other datasets
Universal Participation: no limitation by purpose such as ‘non-commercial’ or ‘education only’
How can it add value?Growing resource at no cost Add local knowledge to your intelligenceStand-alone use to gain insightsDownload and mix with own sourcesUse real-data to test new apps Encourage others to shareMust check quality
• Made available an open data portal for SMEs and entrepreneurs to create new applications and services and working partners to make this available for and across the Combined Authority
• 40 datasets and growing,
• Hackathons with just transport data resulted in 10 applications
• Opportunities to replicate this around health, energy, waste etc…
Creating a platform for innovation and new applications
• Use of Data – Early deployments
Birmingham Heat Island
- Sensor array – 200 sites- Collecting real time heat variations and using predictive
analysis to model heat variations Smart Road Weather Forecasting Systems
- Collaboration b/n Amey and Aston University - Deployment of weather stations - Road sensors - De-icing strategy – through thermal mapping - Re-modelling gritting routes and risk assessment
OPTICITIES’ vision is to help European cities tackle complex mobility challenges
Aim is to optimise transport networks through the development of public/private partnerships and the experimentation of innovative IoT sensors an ITS services
Emerging opportunities for the deployment of sensors
Wheelie Bins (i) £30million investment (ii) Embedded Sensors in bins(iii) Deployment of Big Belly Bins
Cycling Revolution (i) £54million investment cycling infrastructure(ii) GPRS fitted bikes to capture real time data (iii) Linking wearable sensors data to deliver health outcomes
Future smart city aspirationsIncrease digital and smart city capabilities and businesses and cities Build demonstrators that are scalable and replicable Address social inequity, support healthy ageing and economic activity
To find out more please get in touch: [email protected]@digibrum