Anna Sunter
My Sessions at Traffex
Wednesday 21 May 2025
14:45
Challenges and Opportunities for Digital Twin Development and Use in Local Government
14:45 - 15:20
Digitisation
- Context & Need: Hertfordshire Living Lab’s history highlights local governments' need to improve network resilience and decarbonise transport.
- Local Government Challenges: Issues include poor resilience planning, slow decarbonisation progress, reactive incident management, and gridlocked roads—challenges digital twins could help address with the right support.
- Digital Twin Barriers: Key hurdles include unclear definitions, limited understanding in government, and siloed data, teams, and work cultures.
- Financial Constraints: Local governments face a financial crisis, worsened by rising costs, making digital twin adoption challenging.