b'THE CHATTANOOGA FLAVOR OF SMART CITIESBy Kevin ComstockFigure 1 Rendering of the MLK Smart City Corridor Test-bed Source: www.utccuip.com/testbed-2Chattanooga,Tennesseewasmorethan200oftheregions300+departmentssupportedtheeffort,organizations that actively interact withcrown jewel of the CSCC effort, theZero) goals. The corridor is 1.2 miles proclaimedonthenationaleveningsignalizedintersections.Forthefirstsuch as the mayors office, Office ofthe CSCC are CARTA and Oak RidgeMartin Luther King (MLK) Smart Cityofanarterialintheurbancoreof news as the dirtiest city in AmericatimeinChattanooga,transportationthe City Attorney, and the DepartmentNational Laboratory (ORNL), located inCorridor Test-bed. Chattanoogathatrunsbetween by Walter Cronkite in 1969. Since then,professionals were able to collect data,of Transportation. They were joined byOak Ridge, Tennessee.Market Street on the west to Central the city has forged a path of renovationmonitor the operations, and implementthe Chattanooga Area Regional TransitTheMLKSmartCityCorridorisAvenueontheeast,includeseight and re-creation and is now celebratednewtimingandcontrolplanstotheAuthority(CARTA),TheEnterpriseWhile the CSCC was being formalized,currently being deployed with a widesignalized intersections, and one mid-as one of the nations great successfielddevicesfromtheTransportationCenter,EPB,andtheUniversityofUTCprogrammedandfundedthearray of sensors, compute resources,block pedestrian crossing.stories.MuchofthatisaresultofManagement Center.Tennessee at Chattanoogas ComputerCenterofUrbanInformaticsandandexperimentalwirelessnetworks revisioning Chattanooga as a whole. In2015,thenU.S.DepartmentofScience and Data Analytics College. Progress (CUIP). The CUIP is a newthat will allow cutting edge researchChattanoogascommitmenttothe PartofthatrevisioningcameintheTransportation(DOT)SecretarySoon after the Smart City Challenge,opportunity for research and innovationacross the Smart City ecosystem. Thecollection, aggregation, and analysis formofthecitysElectricPowerAnthony Foxx issued the Smart CitiesthesegroupscontinuedtolookatattheUniversityofTennesseeatinitial research challenge posed by theofquantitativedataonavarietyof Board(EPB).InFebruary2011,Challenge,offering$40millioninvariousopportunitiesinwhichtoChattanooga. The Center will engagecityofChattanoogaDepartmentofprocesseswillprovidebetterlevels EPBcompletedconstructionofthecapitalfundstoimplementasmartcollaboratefurther,suchasNationalexpertsfromacrossthestatewideTransportation that the University hasofserviceandinformeddecisions SmartGrid,thecitysfiberopticcity program in a medium-sized city.Science Foundation research projects,UniversityofTennesseesystemininitially focused on entails processingbasedonthedata.Thisincludes communicationsnetwork.TheSmartChattanooga,alongwith77otheractivitiesundertakenbythevariouscross-disciplinaryresearchfocusedinformation from a variety of sensors.critical infrastructures such as energy, Gridisthefirstfiberopticnetworkagencies across the country includingpartnerswithotherresearchentities,on solutions to urban challenges andThesesensorsincludecameras,waste, mobility, water, city planning, providing up to a one gigabyte fiberNashvilleandMemphis,appliedforand the National Laboratory system. researchrelatedtoEnergy,Mobility,video detection technologies, LIDAR,andsustainability,alongwithother connectivityto80,000householdsthegrantopportunity.ChattanoogaHealthcare, Public Safety, Water, andRADAR, and audio, allowing the citycityservices.Theoverarching and businesses in its 600 square milewas not selected as a finalist in thatIn October of 2018, the ChattanoogaWaste, providing local benefits whileto better understand how pedestriansgoalistoimprovethequalityof service area, earning Chattanooga theprocess, but a seed of innovation hadSmartCommunityCollaborativedevelopingmethodsandmodelsforareusingChattanoogasexistinglifeforallcitizensandfacilitate nickname Gig-City. That service hasagain been planted in the communitys(CSCC) officially became a partnershipuse around the world.transportationinfrastructureandsustainableeconomicdevelopment nowmaturedtoa10gigabytefibercollective consciousness. betweenthegovernmentsoftheCurrently,thecityofChattanooganetworktoprioritizedeploymentswhilemanaginglikelyincreasesin connection,indicatingthecontinuedCityofChattanoogaandHamiltonand its partners from the CSCC areand additional research opportunitiespopulation density in urban areas for development of that network. DuringtheSmartCityChallengeCounty;EPB;academicinstitutionsactively working on several researchthat will address our citys Vulnerabledecadestocome,underchanging process,auniquedynamicofoftheUniversityofTennesseeatprograms. One such program is theRoadway User Safety Initiative (Visionenvironmental conditions. nIn 2011, the City of Chattanooga begancollaborationbetweenseveralChattanooga (UTC) and Chattanooga an FHWA funded Congestion MitigationdifferentorganizationsacrosstheStateCommunityCollege;Erlanger andAirQuality(CMAQ)fundedcommunityformed.DisparateHospitalSystem,thenationsKevin Comstock has more than 35 years of experience in the transportation industry and currently serves projectofupgradingitsIntelligentorganizations came together to workseventhlargesthealthcaresystem;as the Smart City Director for the City of Chattanooga, Tennessee. He has held various positions in the Transportation Systems infrastructure.onthe30-pagesubmittalrequiredbusiness and economic developmentprivate sector and in local and state government, performing the design and construction of numerous That project leveraged the EPB fiberfor the application. Within the city ofaccelerators;TheEnterpriseCenter;transportationandtelecommunicationsprojectsacrossthecountry.Hisspecialtiesincludeproject networktoprovideconnectivitytoChattanoogagovernment,severaland The Company Lab (CO.LAB). Othermanagement, strategic planning, and collaborative team-building.13 14'