Las Vegas announces smart city plans with Cisco

The City of Las Vegas will use Cisco's solutions to collect and analyse data across environment, traffic, water, crowd control, transit, lighting, waste management, security, and parking in its bid to become a smart city.

Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman and Cisco SVP of IoT and Applications Rowan Trollope announced during Cisco Live Las Vegas, the partnership will involve using Cisco's connected cameras, sensors, and platforms to collect and analyse data across environment, traffic, water, crowd control, transit, lighting, waste management, security, and parking.

According to Michael Sherwood, CIO for the City of Las Vegas, creating a smart city is all about improving the experience and lifestyle of the 42 million yearly visitors, 650,000 city residents, and 2.2 million Las Vegas valley citizens.

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