Next City Website features Urbanova

A new smart cities lab in Spokane, Washington’s University District will take on connected streetlights and the shared energy economy, but first and foremost, the public-private-university partnership will try to answer some of the thornier questions around smart cities collaborations. When a privately owned utility installs air quality sensors on their streetlights on city sidewalks, who owns the data? Who governs the partnership? Read more.