// CITY_ASSESSMENT
How smart is Denver?
Denver scores 64.7% against the UN ISO-aligned smart city framework in 2026 — ranked #70 of 386 cities assessed, with every finding traceable to a public source.
Smart score
64.7%
Rank
#70 / 386
Criteria present
46 / 86
Evidence coverage
75.6%
Denver's smart city score by area
7 present · 2 partial · 2 absent · 4 not assessed
7 present · 1 partial · 1 absent · 3 not assessed
10 present · 3 partial · 0 absent
7 present · 1 partial · 2 absent · 1 not assessed
6 present · 5 partial · 1 absent · 1 not assessed
5 present · 3 partial · 0 absent
4 present · 4 partial · 0 absent · 6 not assessed
Where Denver is strong
- ▸Air Quality & Monitoring
- ▸Climate Action & Emissions
- ▸Housing & Urban Planning
- ▸Health & Digital Health
- ▸Culture, Tourism & Recreation
Where the gaps are
- ▸Connectivity & ICT Infrastructure
- ▸Governance & Smart-City Operating Model
- ▸Smart Traffic & Electric Vehicles
- ▸Solid Waste & Circular Economy
- ▸Public Safety & Emergency
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=Digital Government Services · Unified online services portal
The City and County of Denver website highlights "Online Services" as a popular topic and lists various "Top Services" like building permits and motor vehicle information, suggesting a central portal for municipal transactions. A dedicated "Online-Services-…
https://www.denvergov.org/HomeAbout this assessment
Denver 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.