Giving Compass' Take:

• Local city and state governments in the U.S. are leveraging data-driven insights to make transportation and infrastructure more efficient, cleaner, and safer. 

• How can donors help fund this effort or expand it to various cities? How can safer transportation help mitigate other infrastructure challenges in urban areas? 

• Learn more about building equitable, smart cities. 

Making predictions is always a risky proposition, but three developments happening right now indicate that the transportation in the cities of the future will be cleaner, safer, smarter and more connected than ever before.

  1.  The shift to electric vehicles
  2. Taking Aim at Vision Zero + telematics
  3. Implementing Smart Infrastructure gets smarter

State and city governments across North America are taking the initiative by using telematics to make their cities smarter and safer. The result: increased efficiency and significant cost savings. By combining connected vehicle data with third-party sources and applying machine learning and analytics, data can be transformed into actionable insights.

Read the full article about data-driven action for safer communities at Smart Cities Dive.