Glasgow has won a £24 million Future Cities competition to
showcase how UK cities can grow their local economy and
improve the lives of their citizens by making the most of new
technologies and by integrating and connecting city
systems.
The Future Cities Demonstrator competition, managed and funded
by the UK government's innovation agency, the Technology Strategy
Board, saw Glasgow secure the funding in an open
competition against 30 other UK cities.
David Willetts, the Minister for Universities and Science, said:
"This £24 million investment will make Glasgow a city of tomorrow,
demonstrating how cities can work more efficiently with a reduced
environmental impact."
Led by Glasgow City Council in partnership with key public,
private and academic organisations, including the University of
Strathclyde, the demonstrator project will run over an 18 month
period.
At its simplest, the project will allow Glasgow to develop a
one-stop shop City Dashboard which will help monitor city systems
from traffic lights and CCTV to air quality monitoring and street
lighting faults and services like hospital waiting times and
journey planning.