Smart Cities Council Policy Brief Details Infrastructure Investment

As the U.S. election season heats up and further attention is focused on key national priorities, the Smart Cities Council has released a policy brief detailing how smart infrastructure investments in cities and towns across America will create jobs and promote greater prosperity for all. The brief was a point of focus last week during a policy event at Smart Cities Week – North America’s premier smart cities conference, convening more than 1,500 participants from all levels of government and the private sector in Washington, D.C.

The policy brief – Smart Infrastructure Unlocks Equity and Prosperity for Our Cities and Towns – outlines how smart infrastructure will create better paying jobs and usher in a new era of prosperity for all Americans. It defines smart infrastructure as infrastructure optimized with proven information and communications technologies (ICT) – sensors, software and all manner of Internet of Things devices that give infrastructure digital eyes and ears.