Where could cities go tomorrow? Deloitte’s City Mobility Index helps sign-post a direction for city leaders.
What does smart urban mobility look like, city-by-city? How are global cities faring so far? Learn the steps that cities can take to realize the future of mobility in the coming decades.
A smart city is a data-driven city, one in which municipal leaders have an increasingly sophisticated understanding of conditions in the areas they oversee, including the urban transportation system. In the past, regulators used questionnaires and surveys to map user needs. Today, platform operators can rely on databases to provide a more accurate picture in a much shorter time frame at a lower cost. Now, leaders can leverage a vast array of data from the Internet of Things, artificial intelligence, and other digital technologies to develop and inform intelligent decisions about people, places, and products.
Given the essential enabling role transportation plays in a city’s sustained economic prosperity, Deloitte set out to create a new and better way for city officials to gauge the health of their mobility network and their readiness to embrace the future. The result is the Deloitte City Mobility Index (DCMI), a collection of conscious choices based on our vision of what smart urban mobility should look like. The DCMI is an in-depth exploration into the rapid changes occurring in the way people and goods move about, with intermodal journeys, active transportation options, such as sidewalks and bicycle lanes, and public transit playing prominent roles. The DCMI places economic prosperity at its core, takes a holistic view of the city’s entire mobility landscape, and it is informed by our clear image of how the future of mobility could unfold in urban areas.
To develop a picture of mobility across the globe, we went beyond what transportation looks like today to explore what mobility could be in a truly smart, liveable, economically vibrant city. We invite you to read the overview of how we constructed the DCMI and a discussion of some of our key findings. You can also explore the accompanying in-depth city profiles for 18 global cities, including Sydney and Melbourne, and the interactive feature. We will be expanding the DCMI over time to include other cities. Read the full document here
Our Global Transport Leader, Simon Dixon, will be visiting Australia and New Zealand in early March to meet with our government clients to discuss DCMI and key findings. If you would like more information please contact either Kellie Nuttall or Ben Woodlock.
