SUMMER 2018 • SPOTLIGHT•11


Bristol has recently overtaken London as the UK’s Smartest City, according to the Second


Smart Cities Index. Te index assessed 20 cities, outlining their key projects, strategies and general willingness to use digital


technology in order to improve local services, from transport to healthcare.


Bristol City Council and the University of Bristol. It is funded by the Local, National and European Governments, Academic research funding and the private sector. It is delivering research and development initiatives that help towards developing Bristol into a ‘smart city’. Bristol’s Smart Operations Centre opened


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at the end of 2017 and is effectively the amalgamation of Bristol’s various support services. It acts as a control centre both on a day-to-day basis and also in the event of a major emergency. Te Smart Operations Centre integrates the council’s Emergency Control Centre, Traffic Control Centre and Community Safety (CCTV) Control Rooms. Te centre


wo of the main reasons that Bristol has excelled in ranking is due to its innovative ideas such as the Bristol is Open project and Bristol’s Smart Operations Centre. Bristol is Open is a


joint venture between


provides essential public safety services that operate over 700 cctv cameras around the city. Another way that Bristol has been at the


forefront of innovation is through projects such as Driverless cars. Tere are currently two main driverless car


trials, known as Venturer and Flourish, which are underway in the Bristol area. It is clear that this future thinking is a major success within Bristol as there are a large number of local organisations contributing towards the trials such as the University of Bristol, UWE, South Gloucestershire Council, Bristol City Council and Airbus to name just a few. Te above outlines just a couple of initiatives to


show how Bristol has worked towards achieving its ‘Smarty City’ status. Let’s hope that Bristol’s advanced and thought provoking ideas keeps it at the forefront of pioneering innovations.


Gemma Daly, Valuation and Advisory Services, +44 117 917 2039, gemma.daly@colliers.com


Colliers International


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