Saitama City to Implement Advanced Smart City Project Through Public-Private-Academic Collaboration
On Friday, April 10, 2026, the "Project for Enhancing Mobility and Mitigating Heat in the Omiya Hikawa Sando Area" by the Saitama City Smart City Promotion Consortium was selected for the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tour
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On Friday, April 10, 2026, the "Project for Enhancing Mobility and Mitigating Heat in the Omiya Hikawa Sando Area" by the Saitama City Smart City Promotion Consortium was selected for the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism's "FY2026 Subsidy for Technical Research and Development (Smart City Implementation Support Project)" in the urban service implementation category. Through a public-private-academic collaboration, a smart city project utilizing digital technology will be implemented in the Omiya Hikawa Sando area to create an urban environment where people can live safely and comfortably even during intense heat.
**1. Saitama City Smart City Promotion Consortium**
The Saitama City Smart City Promotion Consortium aims to improve citizen services and realize sustainable urban development by undertaking projects that utilize advanced technologies such as big data, AI, and IoT through public-private-academic collaboration. (Established January 28, 2020)
**2. Content**
Three initiatives will be implemented as part of the "Project for Enhancing Mobility and Mitigating Heat in the Omiya Hikawa Sando Area (Green Cool Mobility Station Development x Citizen App Integration x Pedestrian Flow Data Verification)":
- (Initiative 1) Enhancing mobility and visitor stay time through Shared Mobility x Green Transformation (GX).
- (Initiative 2) Regional revitalization DX utilizing the citizen app's data platform.
- (Initiative 3) Visualization of congestion (pedestrian flow) using 3D spatial data.
For more details, please check the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism website.
**3. Period**
To be implemented sequentially from May 2026 to January 2027. *The demonstration for greening and creating cool spots at mobility stations for Initiative 1 is scheduled for August to September 2026.
**4. Location**
- (Initiative 1) Bibli Parking Lot
- (Initiative 2) Saitama City Minna no App (Everyone's App)
- (Initiative 3) Around Saitama-Shintoshin Station
**5. Implementing Body**
Saitama City Smart City Promotion Consortium (Secretariat: Urban General Affairs Division, Urban Planning Department, Urban Bureau, Saitama City)
**Contact:**
Saitama City Urban General Affairs Division
Phone: 048-829-1394
**1. Saitama City Smart City Promotion Consortium**
The Saitama City Smart City Promotion Consortium aims to improve citizen services and realize sustainable urban development by undertaking projects that utilize advanced technologies such as big data, AI, and IoT through public-private-academic collaboration. (Established January 28, 2020)
**2. Content**
Three initiatives will be implemented as part of the "Project for Enhancing Mobility and Mitigating Heat in the Omiya Hikawa Sando Area (Green Cool Mobility Station Development x Citizen App Integration x Pedestrian Flow Data Verification)":
- (Initiative 1) Enhancing mobility and visitor stay time through Shared Mobility x Green Transformation (GX).
- (Initiative 2) Regional revitalization DX utilizing the citizen app's data platform.
- (Initiative 3) Visualization of congestion (pedestrian flow) using 3D spatial data.
For more details, please check the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism website.
**3. Period**
To be implemented sequentially from May 2026 to January 2027. *The demonstration for greening and creating cool spots at mobility stations for Initiative 1 is scheduled for August to September 2026.
**4. Location**
- (Initiative 1) Bibli Parking Lot
- (Initiative 2) Saitama City Minna no App (Everyone's App)
- (Initiative 3) Around Saitama-Shintoshin Station
**5. Implementing Body**
Saitama City Smart City Promotion Consortium (Secretariat: Urban General Affairs Division, Urban Planning Department, Urban Bureau, Saitama City)
**Contact:**
Saitama City Urban General Affairs Division
Phone: 048-829-1394