Atos Case Studies Developing a MyCity Vision for a Digital Birmingham

	Developing a MyCity Vision for a Digital Birmingham Atos

Developing a MyCity Vision for a Digital Birmingham

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Applicable Industries	Cities & Municipalities
Use Cases	Smart City Operations
Challenge	Birmingham wanted to attract more investment, generate more employment, promote sustainability and offer a better quality of life to their citizens. Birmingham needed a solution that can solve the following problems: lack of statutory authority to enforce specific technology requirements, absence of universal standards to disparate networks, fragmented and incomplete GIS information about city utilities, bureaucratic nature of civic planning processes, rising demand for high-speed connectivity and need for more bandwidth and power for data-intensive services. Read More
About Customer	Birmingham City Council is the local government body responsible for the governance of the City of Birmingham which is the most populated local council in the UK. Read More
Customer Name	Birmingham City Council Read More
Solution	Atos was selected by the Digital Birmingham team to advise on the development of a comprehensive plan incorporating MyCity methodologies and approaches to digital city challenges. Atos marshaled resources and formed a working party with representatives from academia, business, the construction sector, planning departments and economic development community. Through planning policy workshops, research and deep analysis, Atos compiled a detailed picture and applied strategic insight to shape their recommendations. Software Components - Atos Smart City platform Read More Log in to view content
Data Collected	Energy Consumption Rate, Operation Performance, Parking Availability, Traffic Congestion Levels, Traffic Flow Read More Log in to view content
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Applicable Industries

Cities & Municipalities

Use Cases

Smart City Operations

Challenge

Birmingham wanted to attract more investment, generate more employment, promote sustainability and offer a better quality of life to their citizens. Birmingham needed a solution that can solve the following problems: lack of statutory authority to enforce specific technology requirements, absence of universal standards to disparate networks, fragmented and incomplete GIS information about city utilities, bureaucratic nature of civic planning processes, rising demand for high-speed connectivity and need for more bandwidth and power for data-intensive services.

About Customer

Birmingham City Council is the local government body responsible for the governance of the City of Birmingham which is the most populated local council in the UK.

Customer Name

Birmingham City Council

Solution

Atos was selected by the Digital Birmingham team to advise on the development of a comprehensive plan incorporating MyCity methodologies and approaches to digital city challenges. Atos marshaled resources and formed a working party with representatives from academia, business, the construction sector, planning departments and economic development community. Through planning policy workshops, research and deep analysis, Atos compiled a detailed picture and applied strategic insight to shape their recommendations. Software Components - Atos Smart City platform

Data Collected

Energy Consumption Rate, Operation Performance, Parking Availability, Traffic Congestion Levels, Traffic Flow

Impact #1	[Efficiency Improvement - Operation] Free wifi and internet access were enabled around the city to increase city operation efficiency and economic activity.
Impact #2	[Efficiency Improvement - Operation] Congestion was reduced with smart mobility solutions, including intelligent parking, electric vehicles and pay-as-you-go car hire.
Impact #3	[Efficiency Improvement - Operation] Remote and home-based work were enabled to enable improvements in energy usage, traffic flow, and parking patterns.

Impact #1

[Efficiency Improvement - Operation]

Free wifi and internet access were enabled around the city to increase city operation efficiency and economic activity.

Impact #2

[Efficiency Improvement - Operation]

Congestion was reduced with smart mobility solutions, including intelligent parking, electric vehicles and pay-as-you-go car hire.

Impact #3

[Efficiency Improvement - Operation]

Remote and home-based work were enabled to enable improvements in energy usage, traffic flow, and parking patterns.

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Developing a MyCity Vision for a Digital Birmingham

Operational Impact