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Published in Vahap Tecim, Sezer Bozkus Kahyaoglu, Artificial Intelligence Perspective for Smart Cities, 2023
One of the most important issues in cities is transportation. People living in the city should be able to reach from one point to another in the fastest and most efficient way. Smart mobility aims to make transportation systems more “smart” with hardware, software, and ideas. Key principles of smart mobility are flexibility, efficiency, integration, clean technology, and safety (Geotab, 2018). Smart mobility is the ability of vehicles to communicate with road networks, mobile devices, traffic control stations, fuel stations, hospitals, and hotels to meet the challenges of transportation systems (Alam et al., 2016). It also aims to develop greener transportation methods. Other common applications in smart mobility are driver passports, driver’s licence recognition systems, parking lot search, and demand forecasting (Vlahogianni et al., 2016). Smart mobility also has an important place in preventing accidents. It is expected that the number of possible deaths from traffic accidents by 2030 will be 3.54 million. Smart mobility systems also help reduce deaths with their services (Alam et al., 2016).
Stocktaking Frameworks for the Planning and Development of Smart Cities
Published in Charles Chavunduka, Walter Timo de Vries, Pamela Durán-Díaz, Sustainable and Smart Spatial Planning in Africa, 2022
Tafadzwa Mutambisi, Charles Chavunduka
Smart economy relates mainly to the industry in a given city, public expenditure on GDP per head of city population and also the unemployment rate (Ferrer 2017). Smart people are the percentage of population with secondary-level education, foreign language skills, participation in life-long learning, individual level of computer skills and patent applications per inhabitant (Lim et al. 2018). Smart governance relates to the number of universities and research centres in the city, e-Government online availability, percentage of households with internet access at home and e-Government use by individuals. Smart mobility is sustainable, innovative and safe public transportation, pedestrian areas, cycle lanes, green areas, production of solid municipal waste, fuels, political strategies and perspectives, availability of ICT infrastructure and flexibility of labour market (Joshi et al. 2016; Sujataa et al. 2016). Smart environment is mainly concerned with ambitiousness of CO2 emission reduction strategy, efficient use of electricity, efficient use of water, area in green space, greenhouse gas emission intensity of energy consumption, policies to contain urban sprawl and proportion of recycled waste. Lastly, smart living is the proportion of the area for recreational sports and leisure use, number of public libraries, total book loans and other media, museum visits, theatre and cinema attendance, innovation, transparent governance, sustainable resource management, education facilities and health conditions.
Economic and Environmental Assessment of the Transport Sector in Smart Cities
Published in Evanthia A. Nanaki, George Xydis, Exergetic Aspects of Renewable Energy Systems, 2019
The idea of transition to smart energy systems of low carbon/zero emissions is of crucial importance, in order to mitigate the adverse effects of climate change in urban areas. The transportation sector is considered to be a key area of intervention in improving fuel quality and reducing greenhouse emissions (GHG) considering that the EU target is to reduce these emissions by 80% by 2050. Since the last decade many reports and guidelines in transport decarbonization policy have been published [OECD/ITF, 2015a, UN, 2016]. The integration of renewable energy sources to complex energy systems, such as this of transportation constitutes a great challenge towards sustainability. Facing this challenge, the need for alternative vehicle technologies as well as efficient fuel options are a necessity that cannot be disregarded. In this direction, smart mobility facilitates the achievement of the goals of a sustainable smart city by optimizing transport services, taking into account technological, societal, economic and environmental challenges.
Building resilience into smart mobility for urban cities: an emerging economy perspective
Published in International Journal of Production Research, 2022
Joash Mageto, Hossana Twinomurinzi, Rose Luke, Siyabonga Mhlongo, Kelvin Bwalya, Stella Bvuma
Smart mobility can be defined as a citizen-centred transport system that is digital technology permeated to offer shared multimodal transport services based on cooperative and connected traffic systems that are data driven (Šemanjski, Mandžuka, and Gautama 2018). Smart mobility offers an integrated and intelligent transport system that is based on the following dimensions: (1) transport modes; (2) users; and (3) digitisation, including Mobility as a Service (MaaS) and other digital platforms found within a city (Enjalbert, Kahn Ribeiro, and Vanderhaegen 2020). Some of the benefits of smart mobility include reduction in pollution, reducing traffic congestion, increasing people safety, improving transfer speed and reducing transfer costs (Cledou, Estevez, and Soares Barbosa 2018). Cities often adopt a smart mobility model, as shown in Figure 1, to improve the quality of life of their citizens. Smart mobility aims to facilitate the seamless movement of people across multiple modes of transport such as cars, buses, motorcycles, and aerial vehicles, while leveraging on information within the city.
Smart Cities Concept: Smart Mobility Indicator
Published in Cybernetics and Systems, 2019
Aleksander Orlowski, Patrycja Romanowska
Smart Mobility – means the area of a Smart City representing mobility, broadly defined, the components which comprise not only the traditionally understood transport of people and goods, but also the dissemination of information by digital means. The main role of the Smart Mobility area is to connect all the city’s resources – people, goods, and information. The easiest and quickest way to observe the level of development of a Smart City is from the perspective of this aspect, because every resident, and also visitor, will constantly come into contact with it. This area is enormously important when it comes to the competitiveness and degree of development of a city, where the necessity to move between increasingly distant districts of the urban area becomes a real problem.
Knowledge for policy-making in times of uncertainty: the case of autonomous vehicle model results
Published in Transport Reviews, 2021
Carey Curtis, Sam McLeod, John Hultén, Fredrik Pettersson-Lofstedt, Alexander Paulsson, Claus Hedegaard Sørensen
New transport technologies could either facilitate or obstruct this policy approach. Emerging from the convergence of new transport, IT and communications technologies, new transport technologies are characterised by companies using GPS-enabled internet technology to provide for door-to-door mobility, and autonomous vehicles (AVs). “Smart mobility” is an umbrella term for these developments (Docherty, Marsden, & Anable, 2018) which include a trend towards self-driving and connected vehicles, and a trend towards new forms of shared mobility.