These are the 10 “smartest” cities in Germany

With the help of digitalization, cities are supposed to become more efficient, sustainable and progressive. Places that are already well connected are also called smart cities. Germany is also trying to become “smarter”. In the following ranking, we show you the German cities that are the most progressive.

“Smart City”: This term describes a series of development strategies for a city. In the future, networked technologies are intended to help improve people's quality of life and use scarce resources such as electricity, city administration staff and public transport capacity more efficiently. The concept is also intended to increase security in cities. Various major cities in Germany are already showing good approaches.

Digitalization: The “smartest” cities in Germany

Bitkom has created a digital ranking of 82 German cities with at least 100,000 inhabitants. To do this, the IT industry association collected, checked and qualified over 13,000 data points in five subject areas – from online citizen services to sharing products for mobility and intelligent traffic lights to broadband availability.

The total of 37 indicators are calculated from 162 parameters per city. They lead to an overall index on a scale of zero to 100 points. In each topic area, innovative projects outside of the indicators considered were also recorded and rated with a maximum of five percent of the total score achievable. In the following ranking, we show you the ten German cities that are ahead in terms of digitalization.

10th place: Ulm

Ulm ranks tenth in the ranking with a Index of 79.8The city in Baden-Württemberg is particularly characterized by its smart traffic control. The system is intended to reduce traffic jams and optimize traffic flow. Ulm also offers its citizens an interactive platform through which they can communicate directly with the city administration.

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