Smart City Zürich Strategy

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Zurich's Smart City strategy (adopted by the city council in December 2018) rests on three pillars — integrated public mobility, digital city, and 'smart participation' — including the 2021 Stadtidee participatory-budget pilot, part of why it consistently tops the IMD Smart City Index.

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Sources

↗ Stadt Zürich – Stadtidee (authority)Official city announcement on the Stadtidee participatory-budget pilot (61 of 135 ideas selected, 2021).
↗ IMD Smart City Index (ranking)Global smart city ranking scorecard where Zurich frequently ranks first.
↗ Stadt Zuerich (authority)Official strategy page: the three focus areas (integrated public mobility, digital city, smart participation).
📎 Cite this project

1001 Smart Cities (2026). “Smart City Zürich Strategy” — Zürich, Switzerland. The Smart City Atlas. https://1001smartcities.org/projects/zurich-smart-governance/ (last verified 2026-07-16). Data: CC BY 4.0.

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