OREANDA-NEWS. CROC has developed a Smart City program implementation strategy for the administration of Togliatti, a large city in the southeast of European Russia. The measures proposed by CROC will make Togliatti and its transport infrastructure safer and more convenient for residents.

CROC has proposed to Togliatti city administration a Smart City model which can deliver value even during the pilot phase of the project. The company's experts provided consulting services and gave an accurate estimate of the program budget and duration, along with realistic expectations regarding results. A key challenge was the lack of similar-sized project of this kind in Russia in the past in terms of the number of the IT systems to integrate. To create a viable Smart City model, CROC has carefully reviewed the intelligence systems market, analyzed global smart city best practices, and adapted the most successful ones to the Russian environment. CROC based its plan on successful projects in South Korea. In the Gangnam district of Seoul, the implementation of a Smart City system resulted in half the number of crimes inside intelligent video surveillance areas, a 2-3 times increase in the probability of criminal identification, and a 15% rise in road intersection capacity-all while reducing power consumption by 10%.

“Togliatti is continuously looking to develop IT services for its citizens: including via the Open City program, the creation of multifunctional e-government centers, and the Electronic City Hall project. Smart City is one of our new initiatives and aims to create a unified management center, including all monitoring and video recording systems. The program's technological heart is a Unified Center which will help reduce Togliatti IT infrastructure upgrade costs and, as a result, increase the city's investment appeal, security level and comfort. We plan to start out by creating a pilot zone to test all new technology and methods,” says Elena Balashova, Head of IT Department, Togliatti Mayor's Office.

As recommended by CROC, the project will involve the integration of Togliatti infrastructure systems with the Ubi-KHAN software platform from Korean IT conglomerate KT Corporation. The platform allows for the collection and processing of data from video surveillance and traffic management subsystems and informs citizens in real time about public transport arrival times, housing and public utilities and much more. In addition, the fact that collected information is displayed on a map means it is much easier and quicker to manage incidents that occur.

“We have invested significant effort in analyzing the situation and searching for required solutions and I would also like to note the active involvement of the Togliatti Mayor's Office and the technical proficiency of its representatives. They clearly understand that effective management of key city services requires a unified infrastructure instead of silo control stations with individual procedures. I look forward to our continued cooperation,” says Alexander Khludenev, Deputy Director General for Prospective Business Development, CROC.

“The pilot project will include solutions for smart video surveillance, adaptive traffic light management, and the evaluation of public transport arrival times. These are standard features which are automated by the Ubi-KHAN platform. In addition, our system allows for the monitoring of the engineering infrastructure of key city facilities, coordination of public transport routes, management of parking lots, lighting, and provision of e-government services,” says Anton Lambrianov, Deputy Director of KT Corporation in Europe and CIS.