You Can Change the Way You Get There

But rather a priority objective for all institutions, whether state, regional or local. We are at the beginning of making our environment intelligent, of assigning it capabilities to make decisions, always modulated and predefined by ourselves since free will is innate to humanity and will continue to be so. The undeniable thing is that cities, buildings, traffic, transportation and public services, our own agendas, are elements that should make our lives easier or at least not negatively impact it, that allow us to gain time for ourselves, our families or our friends, and allocate economic resources and vital capacities to what really interests us and motivates us.



Electric cars in California A city will be more efficient if it recycles water; promotes the use of electric vehicles and at the same time monitors the status of charging stations; If it has intelligent sensors that provide data such as the level of CO2, humidity, noise or traffic, they report free parking spaces , occupancy of health emergencies, waiting time for the subway or bus; or establish a safe space on school paths or in the daily Business And Consumer Email List lives of our elders; if it offers Wi-Fi sidewalks or Internet connection integrated under the pavement. We have to continue implementing, under open standards that allow the collaboration of any partner, platforms for connection, management and control of all these communications.





Always hand in hand with the citizens because we are the ones who are going to perceive the improvements that having efficient municipal services provides us and giving entry, not only to large companies, but also to startups and SMEs, it is a mistake not to have them in this process of transformation. And always under parameters of reliability and safety. Technology has to be synonymous with autonomy and freedom, but also with privacy . It depends on us, citizens, how, in what and with whom we want to be Smart. Header image: Shuttlestock Enrique Santiago Enrique Santiago Enrique Santiago is the Business and AAPP Director of Telefónica in Catalonia.