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Maricopa Association of Governments | Smart Region Technologies: A Taxonomy and Overview Report ii Table of Contents 1 Planning for Transformational Changes: A Regional Perspective ....................................... 1 1.1 Introduction and Goals of the Report ...................................................................................................................... 1 1.2 Developing a Smart Region Framework for MAG .............................................................................................. 5 1.3 Application Domains ...................................................................................................................................................... 7 1.4 Organization of the Report ....................................................................................................................................... 10 2 Smart City Initiatives and Efforts in Arizona .............................................................................. 11 2.1 Examples ........................................................................................................................................................................... 11 2.2 Statewide Technology Deployment ...................................................................................................................... 32 2.3 Micromobility in Cities ................................................................................................................................................ 35 2.4 Demonstrations of Automated Micromobility in the Valley ........................................................................ 36 2.5 Smart Street Lighting................................................................................................................................................... 37 3 Smart Mobility ..................................................................................................................................... 39 3.1 Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) .............................................................................................................. 39 3.2 Ride Sharing and Ride Hailing Systems ............................................................................................................... 43 3.3 Connected and Autonomous Vehicles ................................................................................................................. 45 3.4 Smart Parking ................................................................................................................................................................. 46 3.5 Wireless Signal Tracking ............................................................................................................................................. 47 3.6 Smart Bus Operations ................................................................................................................................................. 48 3.7 Electronic Toll Collection ............................................................................................................................................ 48 3.8 Unmanned Aerial Systems or Vehicles (UAS or UAV) .................................................................................... 49 3.9 Hyperloop ........................................................................................................................................................................ 50 3.10 Advanced Data Analytics ........................................................................................................................................... 51 4 Examples of Smart Transportation Applications ..................................................................... 51 4.1 Holistic Smart Transportation Deployment Initiatives ................................................................................... 51 4.2 Examples of Emerging Mobility Technologies – Shared, Automated, and Electric ............................ 55 4.3 Data and Information Systems ................................................................................................................................ 58 4.4 Streets and Lighting ..................................................................................................................................................... 60 5 Smart Technologies in Non-Transportation Domains .......................................................... 62 5.1 Smart Health ................................................................................................................................................................... 62 5.2 Smart Buildings .............................................................................................................................................................. 63 Maricopa Association of Governments | Smart Region Technologies: A Taxonomy and Overview Report iii 5.3 Smart Governance ........................................................................................................................................................ 64 5.4 Smart Energy ................................................................................................................................................................... 65 5.5 Smart Water Management ........................................................................................................................................ 66 5.6 Smart Waste Management ....................................................................................................................................... 66 5.7 Smart Communication ................................................................................................................................................ 68 5.8 Smart Education Systems .......................................................................................................................................... 72 6 Developing a Vision and Action Plan .......................................................................................... 73 6.1 Summary........................................................................................................................................................................... 73 6.2 SWOT Analysis ............................................................................................................................................................... 73 6.3 Next Steps ........................................................................................................................................................................ 75 7 References ............................................................................................................................................. 76 Maricopa Association of Governments | Smart Region Technologies: A Taxonomy and Overview Report iv List of Figures Figure 1.1 Five core areas in the MAG FY 2020-2021 Unified Planning Work Program & Annual Budget...... 2 Figure 1.2 Vision elements of the Austin Texas smart city plan (City of Austin, 2016) ............................................. 4 Figure 1.3 Greater Washington smart city goals (Greater Washington Board of Trade, 2018) ............................. 5 Figure 1.4 MAG’s smart region direction .................................................................................................................................... 6 Figure 2.1 Greater Phoenix smart region framework (Arizona Institute for Digital Progress, 2019) ................ 12 Figure 2.2 50th Street Station (Valley Metro, 2019b) .......................................................................................................... 13 Figure 2.3 PAG smart region goals (PAG, 2018b) ................................................................................................................. 15 Figure 2.4 Freight plan (PAG, 2018a) ......................................................................................................................................... 16 Figure 2.5 Mesa smart city foundation (City of Mesa, 2018a) ......................................................................................... 18 Figure 2.6 Mesa smart city plan (City of Mesa, 2018b) .....................................................................................................