Charter’s Spectrum Smart Cities team has long been committed to working with government and industry leaders across our footprint to help implement smart solutions that will increase efficiency and improve quality of life for residents. That’s why we were excited to announce a new project to bring smart transportation solutions to the city of Lima, Ohio, alongside our Smart Cities partner U.S. Ignite, a non-profit organization seeking to accelerate the smart city movement.

Municipal leaders from across the country are recognizing the promise of smart city projects to improve the quality of life for their residents. Smart cities will use technology to respond, in real time, to ever-changing environments and have a profound impact in areas such as economic development, transportation, utilities, infrastructure, public safety and civic engagement.

Today, we hosted our latest Think Forward event to discuss building the smart cities of tomorrow. It featured FCC Commissioner Mike O’Rielly and Columbia, South Carolina Mayor and president of the US Conference of Mayors Steve Benjamin, along with an expert panel including: Brent Skorup, Senior Research Fellow, Mercatus Center Jordan Crenshaw, Assistant Policy Counsel, C_TEC, U.S. Chamber of Commerce Maurita Coley, President and CEO, MMTC Jean Rice, Senior Broadband Program Specialist, NTIA BroadbandUSA program