// CITY_ASSESSMENT
How smart is Sacramento?
Sacramento scores 40.1% against the UN ISO-aligned smart city framework in 2026 — ranked #166 of 297 cities assessed, with every finding traceable to a public source.
Smart score
40.1%
Rank
#166 / 297
Criteria present
24 / 86
Evidence coverage
51.2%
Sacramento's smart city score by area
5 present · 4 partial · 2 absent · 4 not assessed
3 present · 2 partial · 1 absent · 6 not assessed
4 present · 3 partial · 1 absent · 5 not assessed
2 present · 5 partial · 1 absent · 3 not assessed
6 present · 2 partial · 3 absent · 2 not assessed
2 present · 2 partial · 0 absent · 4 not assessed
2 present · 2 partial · 3 absent · 7 not assessed
Where Sacramento is strong
- ▸Food Security & Urban Agriculture
- ▸Open Data & Transparency
- ▸Public Transport & Real-Time Information
- ▸Air Quality & Monitoring
- ▸Housing & Urban Planning
Where the gaps are
- ▸Smart Traffic & Electric Vehicles
- ▸Governance & Smart-City Operating Model
- ▸Energy & Smart Grid
- ▸Solid Waste & Circular Economy
- ▸Innovation & Economic Development
Evidence highlights
Open Data & Transparency · Official open data portal
The Sacramento Regional Transit District (SacRT) operates a Transit Data Portal that publishes GTFS data, which includes information on stops, routes, and trips.
https://www.sacrt.com/apps/gtfs-data-portal/Open Data & Transparency · High-value datasets published
The SacRT Transit Data Portal publishes high-value transport datasets, including GTFS feeds for stops, routes, trips, and other schedule data.
https://www.sacrt.com/apps/gtfs-data-portal/Open Data & Transparency · Programmatic API access
The SacRT Transit Data Portal provides programmatic API access through GTFS-real-time (GTFSRT) data feeds for trip updates, service alerts, and vehicle positions.
https://www.sacrt.com/apps/gtfs-data-portal/Connectivity & ICT Infrastructure · Public Wi-Fi network
The City of Sacramento provides public Wi-Fi in parks, as indicated by a page on the city's official website under 'Youth, Parks, & Community Enrichment' with a specific section for 'public-wifi'.
https://www.cityofsacramento.org/parksandrecreation/parks/public-wifiAbout this assessment
Sacramento 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.