多伦多智慧滨水区项目的纯技术主义困境

The Sidewalk Toronto Project and Its Dilemma of Technologism

多伦多智慧滨水区项目是谷歌旗下公司人行道实验室(Sidewalk Labs)启动的第一个智慧城市项目,一期投资达5000万美元。该项目试图结合谷歌公司的先进科技,推动城市数字化转型。然而,项目在推进数年后遭遇困境,最终破产终止。本文系统梳理了多伦多智慧滨水区项目的具体规划和发展历程,从规划、执行、保障三个角度出发,深入分析项目失败背后的深层次原因,并进一步归纳出全球城市数字化转型必须要处理的“五大关系”,为全球城市的数字化转型提供借鉴参考。

The Sidewalk Toronto project was the first smart city project launched by Google’s Sidewalk Labs,with an investment of US$50 million in the first phase.Attempting to use Google’s advanced technology to promote the digital transformation of the city,the project encountered great difficulties in its implementation in the upcoming years,and finally ended up in bankruptcy.Our essay maps out the specific planning and development history of the Sidewalk Toronto project.From the perspectives of planning and implementation,the essay studies the deeper reasons behind the failure of this project.The essay specifies"five relationships"that must be dealt with in the digital transformation of global cities,and provides empirical examples and references for discussion.