The document discusses public-private partnerships (P3s) for infrastructure projects and the potential for smart cities. It provides examples of past P3 projects like rebuilding the Bay Bridge and municipal wireless networks. The document advocates for P3s to deploy internet of things technologies in cities to monitor infrastructure and provide real-time data through sensors. This could help improve services, reduce costs, and make cities more responsive through applications of the data.

1. The
Infrastructure
of Everything
By Eric Dentler 1

2. The White House has designated
June 5th “Infrastructure week”
Internally.
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3. The President is calling for states,
cities and corporations to form
Public-Private partnerships (P3s)
to fund and rebuild infrastructure.
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4. What is an example of a
P3 project deployment?
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5. The eastern span of the
San Francisco - Oakland Bay Bridge
was rebuilt in 2013 by a P3
and is the largest infrastructure
project in California history.
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6. Ten years ago, demand
for broadband wireless
swept the nation.
Another example
of P3s – Muniwifi.
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7. When the iPhone launched
in 2007, (300) cities were
hard at work planning
citywide wifi hotzones.
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8. Cities wanted to be ready at the
dawn of the smartphone revolution
and cultural shift to mobile lifestyles.
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9. By 2009, nearly all muniwifi
projects had ceased operating.
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10. Most muniwifi efforts operated as hybrid P3s.
Initial enthusiasm gave way to the economic
realities of ubiquitous coverage, shifting priorities
and a rocky path to profitability. Many of us
experienced those “awkward handshake” moments,
that appear in groups under pressure and
members from divergent organizational cultures:
Private sector vs. public sector.
What Happened?
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11. Today, the Internet of Everything
is on the Launchpad and leaving the
hype phase, with real great potential.
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12. P3s can be effective with careful
planning. Any new infrastructure should
absolutely include IOT-ready designs.
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13. The regions that benefit the most,
require leaders who are not satisfied
with the status quo.
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14. Leading agencies who aspire to
work across county borders for
regional economic advantage.
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15. Agencies with vision will IoT connect
bridges, roads, buildings, fleets, places,
devices and equipment. Regional leaders
with a common vision, sharing common
datasets. Collaborating not competing.
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16. Smart cities can leverage the latest
software development methods.
Test out use cases in days not months.
Benefits include faster delivery of
new citizen self-help and problem
reporting tools, and a real-time
situational awareness dashboard for IT.
U.S. Digital Services findings
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17. Open APIs encourage healthy
mobile ecosystems for high utility
apps and better network utilization.
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Agile
mobile
development

18. Planners should seek to simplify permitting
for attaching sensors. This forms the basis
for better coverage and improved algorithms
and data driven decision making in the back-end.
Benefits: Higher community satisfaction, lower
cost service delivery, dramatically lower
system maintenance and on-going costs.
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Generic sensor samples.

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There are over (100) different sensors available.

20. Multi-mode devices can receive updates
over-the-air, vastly improving useful life
and reducing truck roll refreshes.
Micro-containers make it easy to add new
microservices and apps, close to where
they are used. Benefits: Higher performance,
flexible change management, better security,
and dashboard control.
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21. + You could continuously monitor the health of fleet vehicles and
transit equipment, while simultaneously geotagging potholes?
+ Enable code enforcement personnel and street inspectors to
enter and receive data in real-time, rather than being confined
to a physical location, idle and waiting for access?
+ Track trolley, bus and train lines in real time, so dispatchers
with machine learning and analytics programs can better
prioritize line service. Benefit: Reduced overtime costs?
+ Correlate hotel occupancy with people flows and conventions?
Fact: 20m tourists and conventioneers visit San Francisco
yearly and the city cannot even collect passive geodata.
Imagining Smart Infrastructure.
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What If…

22. continued…
+ What if you could retain staff by offering training in
the basics of data reporting?
+ Reduce personal injury payouts from sensor data collected and
recorded during the reported incident?
+ Better measure resources-to-utilization effectiveness?
+ Automatically switch sensors to Mass Notification mode in
emergencies?
+ What if Human Services gave out sensors as walk-by proximity
notifiers, buzzing & nudging those in need, with pinpoint
accuracy, to available wellness centers, shelters, soup kitchens,
detox and recovery centers?
Benefits: Connect the disconnected. Self help tool.
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“The SF Human Services Agency is a lifeline for 23% of San Franciscans,
serving over 200,000 unique persons. HSA services also help veterans,
the homeless, and those experiencing abuse or who are homebound.”

23. Bottom Line
Smart Cities of attached Sensors,
Machine Learning, Analytics,
Security and Dashboard Control…
Make the invisible, visible.
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24. Thank you, Eric Dentler
edentler@gmail.com
LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/in/todayshunter/
Website www.ericd777.wixsite.com/hunter
Background:
Eric and his family live in the San Francisco Bay Area.
He has worked at Sun Microsystems, held leadership positions
with startups and worked at Cisco for nearly ten years.
Eric was a member of the wireless task force of
Joint Venture Silicon Valley and traveled around the U.S. meeting
with leaders of (100+) cities during the muniwifi era.
Eric’s wife works for the California State Senate.
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