CITY OF MESA
His aim is to launch smart city initiatives that holistically transformed the City of Mesa .
The city now has free public Wi-Fi downtown , intelligent traffic systems and irrigation systems along with a new program which gives first responders priority access to communication channels .
Cutright ’ s role at the City of Mesa sees him responsible ( Chief Innovation \ Information Officer ) to transform digital government and enhance the city ' s position as one of the nation ' s most digitally connected cities .
“ These initiatives , that touch almost every department , have helped launch Mesa forward as a smart city . But that term can be vague . It requires the person or the organisation calling themselves a smart city to apply something to the phrase . Otherwise it ' s just a buzzword . We looked at that term smart city and we said , how do we want to define that for the city ? And those are some of the initiatives that we ' ve applied to it moving forward ,” said Cutright .
Some examples of the smart city in action include intelligent irrigation systems - vital to a city located in a valley near the Sonoran Desert - which have been deployed across city parks . Smart traffic systems are also helping to analyse traffic .
186 July 2021