// CITY_ASSESSMENT
How smart is Denver?
Denver scores 69% against the UN ISO-aligned smart city framework in 2026 — ranked #88 of 388 cities assessed, with every finding traceable to a public source.
Smart score
69%
Rank
#88 / 388
Criteria present
50 / 86
Evidence coverage
79.1%
Denver's smart city score by area
7 present · 3 partial · 1 absent · 4 not assessed
8 present · 1 partial · 1 absent · 2 not assessed
11 present · 2 partial · 0 absent
7 present · 1 partial · 3 absent
7 present · 4 partial · 1 absent · 1 not assessed
5 present · 3 partial · 0 absent
5 present · 4 partial · 0 absent · 5 not assessed
Where Denver is strong
- ▸Public Transport & Real-Time Information
- ▸Air Quality & Monitoring
- ▸Climate Action & Emissions
- ▸Green Space & Biodiversity
- ▸Housing & Urban Planning
Where the gaps are
- ▸Connectivity & ICT Infrastructure
- ▸Governance & Smart-City Operating Model
- ▸Smart Traffic & Electric Vehicles
- ▸Solid Waste & Circular Economy
- ▸Inclusion & Civic Participation
Evidence highlights
Open Data & Transparency · Official open data portal
The Denver Regional Council of Governments manages a 'Regional Data Catalog' which serves as a repository of open data for the Denver region.
https://data.drcog.org/Open Data & Transparency · High-value datasets published
The Regional Data Catalog includes datasets on mobility, land use, demographics, transportation planning, built environment, natural environment, imagery, and elevation. RTD-Denver offers GTFS schedule data, real-time arrival predictions, vehicle locations,…
https://data.drcog.org/Open Data & Transparency · Programmatic API access
RTD-Denver provides GTFS schedule data and real-time GTFS-RT data feeds for arrival predictions and vehicle locations, explicitly for use in developing applications for riders, indicating programmatic access.
https://vertexaisearch.cloud.google.com/grounding-api-redirect/AUZIYQF8nNuASbEeH1mI5icXLH6HJzVOGoH0i3TqavW3js8ZsixYaeDoffE2gjp5A485d9V7CpF1oMERuxCMZB5ZbF7EcVxP_TyQGbxosjw-VTLcDfdkqFJtmkmY_Sbh-cFc7UktpI4v8oG3It3bwd1FcBg6D9Z7X2jV1GShNq0=Urban Data Platform & Digital Twin · Live city data dashboard
Denver has multiple public dashboards providing regularly updated city indicators, including a school data dashboard under development, a performance dashboard for the Regional Transportation District (RTD) showing finances and operations, and performance a…
https://www.chalkbeat.org/colorado/2022/11/30/23487006/denver-school-dashboard-advisory-committee-applications-spf/About this assessment
Denver 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.