Auckland’s smart traffic signs cut congestion, promote public transport use

Ben Ransley says the term smart city can mean many things. But it comes down to using digital technologies and data to improve day-to-day operations and give citizens a better quality of life. Ransley is the founder and managing director of Smart City, an Auckland-based business focused on transport, waste and urban furniture.

His company works on a project to monitor traffic flows, collecting data to make more informed decisions that increase network efficiency, reduce congestion and improve air quality. “Being a smart city comes back to monitoring and sensing everything in real time. “That means we can see how the city moves and how it reacts to things.



Then we can roll with the punches in an informed way..