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THE SMART STREET CANVAS: A VISUAL TOOL FOR SMART STREET IDEATION WORKSHOPS

Shopping streets are an essential part of rural towns however after centuries of resistance to change, the resilience of rural shopping streets is being threatened by aging infrastructure, urbanization, online shopping, and now, COVID-19. In addition to connectivity, streets perform a number of important economic, social, and environmental functions. A smart street as a basic unit of urban space that leverages cyber-physical infrastructure to provide enhanced services to stakeholders, and through stakeholder use of the street, generates data to optimize its services, capabilities, and value to stakeholders. While there are a plethora of frameworks and tools for smart cities, these may be perceived as unwieldy, impractical and financially unfeasible at a town-level. This paper presents a prototype practical visual tool that can be used to help communities and local authorities develop, communicate and converge to a shared understanding of a smart street initiative in ideation workshops. The Smart Street Canvas is based on desk research and engagement with an Irish local authority, and reflects the challenges encountered on that project.