Seattle Smart City – IKE

First four go in and ultimately 50 units planned.

Here’s a look at what each kiosk provides:

• Multimodal navigation: The kiosks are integrated with the Seamless Seattle program, providing users with real-time bus routes, light rail arrivals, and pedestrian walking paths from each location.

• Complimentary Wi-Fi: Each kiosk will have a free Wi-Fi hotspot for anyone to use, including those without data plans.

• Public safety: All kiosks are equipped with a 911 emergency call button.

• Local support: Nearby businesses and organizations are automatically listed on kiosks at no cost, and 25% of annual screen time will feature non-commerical, public interest content promoting local events, nonprofits and civic initiatives.

• Digital art showcase: The screens also function as digital public art galleries, showcasing local and national artists.

• Equitable access: Provides nearby shelter options, job boards and civic tools (AlertSeattle, Find It, Fix It) for those without personal devices.

• Downtown revenue: The kiosks are expected to bring in an estimated $1.1 million per year in advertising revenue, which will be reinvested into downtown programming.

What’s next

The first IKE Smart City kiosk is now up and running at 1st and Pike. Three others will be at 4th and Pine Street, 2nd and Stewart Street, and 3rd and Virginia Street.

TIG Estimate (2026): IKE Smart City likely has approximately 600 interactive smart city kiosks in operation across the U.S., with another 300 or more approved, contracted, or in planning. If current adoption trends continue, the network could exceed 1,000 deployed units within the next several years.

For comparison:

• Intersection LinkNYC: ~2,200+ kiosks in New York alone.
• IKE Smart City: Smaller footprint, but currently one of the fastest-growing U.S. smart city kiosk networks outside New York.

For TIG editorial purposes, we cite “~600 deployed, ~300 planned” as a reasonable market estimate.

Basis for estimate

• IKE lists 23 live markets on its website, including Atlanta, Denver, Houston, Miami, Tampa, Phoenix, San Diego, and others.
• Atlanta alone has announced its 100th IKE kiosk installation.
• Raleigh deployed 16 kiosks in a single project.
• West Palm Beach recently launched its first deployment, while Seattle and Dallas are moving forward with new projects, indicating an expanding pipeline.
• Industry reports note that IKE kiosks are already operating in more than 20 cities nationwide.

Based on publicly available information, I would estimate the following for IKE Smart City: