Bitkom: Smart Cities are more attractive

The digitization of cities and communes increases the attractiveness of shopping locally and also makes them more attractive overall, as a survey by the industry association Bitkom shows.

Until well into the 1990s, people still had to stand in line to get a monthly public transit pass, but then sales shifted more and more to cigarette and magazine stores. Today, you don’t even have to leave your house to buy a ticket, because you can get your monthly ticket or a ticket for a single trip conveniently on your smartphone via an app. There are now a large number of apps that make it easier to find your way around smart cities and get from point A to point B.

Meanwhile, 6 out of 10 Internet users would like to see as many offers and services in their smart city as possible bundled in a single app. Three quarters (76) percent of younger people aged 16 and 29 said they would use such a central city center app for retail, restaurants, public transport and the like. Among older people aged 65 and up, the proportion is naturally lower, but at 53 percent it is higher than many would expect.