Building Smarter Infrastructure: IoT and AI-Powered Urban Planning

By Mwikisa Kanguya

As urban populations grow, cities face increasing challenges in managing resources, transportation, and sustainability. Cities are becoming adaptive, responsive, and efficient due to the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Things (IoT) in urban planning. AI evaluates the massive volumes of real-time data that IoT devices gather from energy grids, public services, infrastructure, and traffic to make the best decisions possible, identify patterns, and automate procedures. Residents’ quality of life is improved, prices are decreased, and sustainability is increased using this smart infrastructure method.

Urban planning driven by IoT and AI allows cities to proactively anticipate and address challenges. Real-time IoT sensors and AI-driven analytics are used by smart traffic management systems to ease traffic and boost the effectiveness of public transportation. Predictive maintenance driven by AI lowers downtime and repair costs by spotting infrastructure problems before they become serious.

Startups Building Smarter Infrastructure Using IoT and AI-Powered Urban Planning

Optibus
Established by Amos Haggiag in 2014, Optibus is a software-as-a-service provider that uses its cloud-native AI platform to power intricate transit operations in more than 500 cities worldwide. In smart cities, Optibus innovates public transportation. Optibus aims to enhance the planning and operation of public transportation by utilizing a strong blend of distributed cloud computing, sophisticated optimization algorithms, and artificial intelligence.

Xylem
The U.S.-based company Xylem, led by Naji Skaf, offers remotely controlled products and solutions that give municipalities, cooperatives, and investor-owned utilities the appropriate data at the right time. Sensus’ smart devices and cutting-edge apps, which are a component of Xylem’s digital portfolio, integrate with a range of communication technologies to optimize water, gas, and electric systems and assist customers in making fast decisions.

Scanalytics Inc.
The U.S. startup Scanalytics was started by Joe Scanlin and uses low-energy Daisy-chained smart mats to create intelligent indoor and outdoor spaces. Smart flooring of this type highlights important spots and records preferred pathways over selected locations. In addition, waiting time, traffic flow, occupancy, abandonment, and conversion data are gathered by the system. Additionally, these intelligent mats offer pertinent heatmaps and analytics, mostly in the consumer services sector.

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