SMARTEST CITY

TOKYO

Tokyo hit the headlines last year when the Tsukuba Express departed 20 seconds early, prompting abject apologies from its management for the ‘severe inconvenience’. Such a reaction could only come from a city that has created one of the slickest transport systems in the world. Add to this Tokyo’s experiments to create suburban smart towns that produce zero carbon emissions and run completely on renewable energy, integrating a large proportion of homes with solar panels, offering smart parking solutions and Wi- Fi hotspots all over the place, and it’s clear to see why Tokyo is leading the line.