// CITY_ASSESSMENT

How smart is Dallas?

Dallas scores 47.9% against the UN ISO-aligned smart city framework in 2026 — ranked #187 of 386 cities assessed, with every finding traceable to a public source.

Smart score

47.9%

Rank

#187 / 386

Criteria present

30 / 86

Evidence coverage

60.5%

Dallas's smart city score by area

Data, Digital & Smart Foundation54%

3 present · 7 partial · 2 absent · 3 not assessed

Mobility & Transport83%

4 present · 2 partial · 0 absent · 6 not assessed

Environment, Energy & Climate68%

5 present · 5 partial · 1 absent · 2 not assessed

Infrastructure, Water & Waste100%

3 present · 0 partial · 0 absent · 8 not assessed

Health, Education, Safety & Inclusion78%

5 present · 4 partial · 0 absent · 4 not assessed

Economy, Innovation & Employment100%

6 present · 0 partial · 0 absent · 2 not assessed

Governance, Resilience & Operating Model75%

4 present · 4 partial · 0 absent · 6 not assessed

Where Dallas is strong

  • Education & Digital Skills
  • Culture, Tourism & Recreation
  • Open Data & Transparency
  • Public Transport & Real-Time Information
  • Energy & Smart Grid

Where the gaps are

  • Critical Infrastructure Resilience
  • Climate Adaptation & Heat
  • Digital Government Services
  • Connectivity & ICT Infrastructure
  • Public Safety & Emergency

Evidence highlights

Open Data & Transparency · Official open data portal

The city of Dallas operates an official open data portal at dallasopendata.com, which is part of the Socrata platform, offering tools for finding and analyzing open data.

https://www.dallasopendata.com/

Open Data & Transparency · High-value datasets published

The dallasopendata.com site mentions terms like 'city', 'state', 'street', 'zip_code', 'latitude', 'longitude', and 'geocoded point column', indicating the availability of geospatial and address data. Additionally, api.dart.org suggests an API for Dallas Ar…

https://www.dallasopendata.com/

Open Data & Transparency · Programmatic API access

The Dallas open data portal, hosted on Socrata, provides programmatic API access for developers, including SDKs and tools for data analysis and visualization, as detailed on the Socrata Developer Portal.

https://dev.socrata.com/foundry/www.dallasopendata.com/9fxf-t2tr

Public Transport & Real-Time Information · Public transport network

Dallas is served by DART, which operates a multimodal transit network including bus, rail, streetcar, and paratransit services across 13 cities in North Texas, connecting various destinations.

https://www.dart.org/

About this assessment

Dallas was assessed against the 86 criteria of the UN ISO-aligned smart city framework on 2026-07-10 by AI agents gathering evidence from official public sources. Each criterion is marked present, partial or absent, and every finding links to where it was found. Scores refresh continuously as cities publish new evidence.