// CITY_ASSESSMENT
How smart is Columbus?
Columbus scores 33% against the UN ISO-aligned smart city framework in 2026 — ranked #201 of 297 cities assessed, with every finding traceable to a public source.
Smart score
33%
Rank
#201 / 297
Criteria present
15 / 86
Evidence coverage
47.7%
Columbus's smart city score by area
2 present · 5 partial · 0 absent · 8 not assessed
2 present · 4 partial · 1 absent · 5 not assessed
3 present · 5 partial · 0 absent · 5 not assessed
3 present · 3 partial · 0 absent · 5 not assessed
1 present · 4 partial · 0 absent · 8 not assessed
2 present · 2 partial · 0 absent · 4 not assessed
2 present · 3 partial · 0 absent · 9 not assessed
Where Columbus is strong
- ▸Air Quality & Monitoring
- ▸Open Data & Transparency
- ▸Culture, Tourism & Recreation
- ▸Public Transport & Real-Time Information
- ▸Green Space & Biodiversity
Where the gaps are
- ▸Active & Shared Mobility
- ▸Public Safety & Emergency
- ▸Urban Data Platform & Digital Twin
- ▸Climate Action & Emissions
- ▸Education & Digital Skills
Evidence highlights
Open Data & Transparency · Official open data portal
The City of Columbus operates an official open data portal, as evidenced by the 'opendata.columbus.gov' domain, a dcat:Catalog published by 'City of Columbus Maps & Apps', and 'GIS Open Data Columbus, OH' owned by 'ColumbusOhioGIS'.
https://opendata.columbus.gov/api/feed/dcat-us/1.1.jsonOpen Data & Transparency · Programmatic API access
The Columbus open data platform provides programmatic API access, with URLs containing '/api/' and an explicit mention of an OpenAPI definition for its search API.
https://opendata.columbus.gov/api/feed/dcat-us/1.1.jsonPublic Transport & Real-Time Information · Public transport network
COTA (Central Ohio Transit Authority) operates a public transportation network in the Columbus area, consisting of 39 bus lines and serving 2,947 stops or stations.
https://transitapp.com/en/region/columbus/cotaAir Quality & Monitoring · Air-quality monitoring network
MORPC and Franklin County Public Health have partnered to establish the Community Led Enhanced Air Quality Network (CLEAN) in Franklin County, which includes Columbus, to measure air pollution neighborhood-by-neighborhood using air quality sensors. An inter…
https://www.morpc.org/program-service/air-quality/About this assessment
Columbus 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.