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Figure 11.4 Assumed configuration for connected vehicle subsystem.

Connected, Involved Citizens and Visitors
The assumed configuration for the connected, involved citizens and visitors
system is illustrated in Figure 11.5. It is comprised of two subsystem elements:
the connected citizen and visitor application for a smart phone and the con-
nected citizen and visitor data and analytics subsystem. The connected citizen
and visitor application is assumed to be available to both smart city citizens
and visitors and consists of a smart phone application that can be installed
and operated on a wide range of currently available smart phones. The smart
phone application will manage the interface between the citizens and visitors
and the connected citizen and visitor data and analytics subsystem. The com-
munication link will support two-way communications with information being
delivered to citizens and visitors via the smart phone application and data being
collected on a crowdsourcing basis from the smart phone application, on an
opt-in basis. The connected citizen and visitor data and analytics subsystem will
be comprised of a hardware and software environment capable of supporting
all functions required for data management and data analytics associated with
connected, involved citizens and visitors.