Another thrilling story from Mesa Now was posted yesterday on April Fool's Day to publicize one more momentous milestone along the path of "The Salvation Train" east of The Gilbert Road Valley Metro Lightrail Transit Center:
Mesa installing downtown kiosks as key part of dynamic citizen engagement platform
April 1, 2021 at 3:09 pm
As part of the City of Mesa’s Smart City strategic plan, the City has partnered with Smart City Media to install ten dual screen smart digital kiosks throughout downtown Mesa and along the light rail corridor east to Gilbert Road. The digital kiosks will each offer two 55-inch touch screen displays with "way finding" functionality for people to locate specific businesses or receive Mesa focused content such as event promotions and safety alerts.
"The new kiosks amplify our efforts to engage residents and visitors in innovative ways, while supporting our business community and highlighting the great amenities in Mesa's downtown," Mayor John Giles said. "The resources provided through the kiosks will connect our residents, businesses, visitors and stakeholders in one common thread."
Each kiosk offers multi-language support.
The kiosks are connected to the City of Mesa's Wi-Fi network and there is a companion mobile application for both IOS and Android.
"I am very excited to have these kiosks come to Downtown Mesa. We have so many businesses, restaurants, breweries, entertainment venues and museums throughout downtown; this will be a fantastic and fun way for everyone who visits the area to find and experience them," Vice Mayor and District 4 Councilmember Jenn Duff, who represents downtown Mesa, said.
Examples of Mesa focused content offered by the kiosks include
> events at the Mesa Convention Center, Mesa Arts Center and downtown museums;
> mapping to City offices and local resources
> public service announcements
> and real-time bus and light rail information.
In addition, local Mesa businesses will have access to promote and advertise themselves, and the Downtown Mesa Association will have direct access to promote activities and events.
One fun part of the kiosks is that they are "selfie" stations giving you the ability to take selfies and send them via email or text.
Smart City Media is providing the kiosks at no cost to the City. 
> The City is installing the kiosks
> The City and Downtown Mesa Association are managing the content.
Public Information and Communications
Contact: Kevin Christopher
Tel. 480-644-4699
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Smart City Kiosk Market Sales Projections Forecast Positive Growth Through 2027
Market Dynamics:
The smart city kiosk systems increase the public safety by delivering info to users about immediate incident or accident; also it helps the citizens to associate with emergency services. Also, merchants in the smart city kiosk market are focusing on improving the security of kiosk by keeping the information on the server as it rather than on the device and deploying each device with a unique password so that hackers could not access others kiosks.
These factors are motivating the development of the smart city kiosks market.
High development cost and cyber threats such hacking of the data and malware attacks are the major restraining factors to the adoption of smart city kiosks.
Market Players:
Smart city kiosk market is very competitive, the leading players in the market are Intel Smart City Media, Corporation, Soofa, Inc., Verizon Communications Inc., Ferrograph Ltd., Smart City Holdings, LLC, Smartlink Holdings Limited, CIVIQ Smartscapes LLC and OLEA kiosks Inc.
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March 31, 2021
SINGAPORE, March 31, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Singapore, Seoul, and London earn top positions in the second edition of the Top 50 Smart City Government rankings published by Eden Strategy Institute today.
The study focuses specifically on the role of city governments as a key driver for smart city development. Beyond the efficacy and outcomes of technological solutions, the study hopes to shed light on the importance of strategy, leadership, people-centricity, policies, ecosystem, incentives, and talent in determining the success and effectiveness of technologies deployed in smart cities.
"Top smart city governments in the 2020/2021 rankings were able to collaborate and partner with public and private sector stakeholders; use digital solutions and data to deliver services and make decisions; all while considering implications on inclusion and citizen trust", says Mr. Calvin Chu Yee Ming, Managing Partner at Eden Strategy Institute.
More than 230 cities were evaluated and examined by Eden Strategy Institute, and city governments were invited to a Call for Proposals to submit supporting details, reports, and outcomes
The full report, including detailed feature articles covering topics such as COVID-19, sustainability, data privacy, financing, and social inclusion; city as well as regional highlights; and detailed scores, is available for download on www.smartcitygovt.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Smart City Media and DART work together to address public COVID-19 concerns through touchless kiosk engagement; SCM expanding offerings in other U.S. feature cities. (PRWeb August 20, 2020) Read the full story at https://www.prweb.com/releases/smart_city_firm_dallas_area_rapid_transit_dart_deploy_innovative_contactless_kiosk_feature_for_public_health/prweb17339467.htm 
WASHINGTON, April 8, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Capitol Outdoor (Capitol) and Smart City Media (SCM) today announced a purpose driven partnership to immediately and proactively broadcast timely, relevant messages about the COVID-19 crisis through their shared out of home networks, at no cost to...
