// CITY_ASSESSMENT
How smart is Dallas?
Dallas scores 51.6% against the UN ISO-aligned smart city framework in 2026 — ranked #218 of 388 cities assessed, with every finding traceable to a public source.
Smart score
51.6%
Rank
#218 / 388
Criteria present
34 / 86
Evidence coverage
62.8%
Dallas's smart city score by area
3 present · 7 partial · 2 absent · 3 not assessed
4 present · 3 partial · 0 absent · 5 not assessed
6 present · 4 partial · 1 absent · 2 not assessed
3 present · 0 partial · 0 absent · 8 not assessed
7 present · 2 partial · 0 absent · 4 not assessed
6 present · 0 partial · 0 absent · 2 not assessed
5 present · 4 partial · 0 absent · 5 not assessed
Where Dallas is strong
- ▸Education & Digital Skills
- ▸Culture, Tourism & Recreation
- ▸Open Data & Transparency
- ▸Health & Digital Health
- ▸Public Transport & Real-Time Information
Where the gaps are
- ▸Smart Traffic & Electric Vehicles
- ▸Critical Infrastructure Resilience
- ▸Climate Adaptation & Heat
- ▸Digital Government Services
- ▸Connectivity & ICT Infrastructure
Evidence highlights
Open Data & Transparency · Official open data portal
The City of Dallas operates an official open data portal at dallasopendata.com, which includes features for browsing datasets.
https://www.dallasopendata.com/Open Data & Transparency · High-value datasets published
The Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) website provides information related to transport, including schedules, maps, and trip planning, indicating the availability of transport-related data.
https://www.dart.org/Open Data & Transparency · Programmatic API access
The Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) provides programmatic API access through api.dart.org, as evidenced by the server information and URL structure.
https://api.dart.org/Public Transport & Real-Time Information · Public transport network
DART operates a multimodal transit network in North Texas, including bus, rail, streetcar, GoLink, and Paratransit services, connecting 13 cities.
https://www.dart.org/About this assessment
Dallas was assessed against the 86 criteria of the UN ISO-aligned smart city framework on 2026-09-03 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.