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Enabling Technologies for Urban Smart Mobility: Recent Trends, Opportunities and Challenges
Sara Paiva1, Mohd Abdul Ahad2, Gautami Tripathi2
1Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo, 4900-367 Viana do Castelo, Portugal.
Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
|April 3, 2021
Summary
Smart mobility integrates sustainable city planning with logistics to reduce congestion and environmental impact. Emerging technologies like AI and IoT are key to innovative, inclusive, and efficient urban transportation solutions.
Area of Science:
- Urban Planning
- Transportation Engineering
- Environmental Science
Background:
- Global population growth necessitates linking smart city planning with efficient logistics for future mobility.
- Smart mobility aligns with UN Sustainable Development Goals, focusing on reduced congestion and ecological footprints.
Purpose of the Study:
- To review current trends and solutions in smart mobility and its enabling technologies.
- To characterize smart mobility's attributes and benefits within a smart city ecosystem.
- To explore future opportunities, challenges, and emerging applications in smart mobility.
Main Methods:
- Literature review of smart mobility trends, solutions, and enabling technologies.
- Analysis of smart mobility's integration within smart city frameworks.
- Exploration of technological pillars such as the Internet of Things (IoT), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Blockchain, and Big Data.
Main Results:
- Smart mobility encompasses active and inclusive transport, eco-friendly fuels, and citizen engagement.
- Key technologies like IoT, AI, Blockchain, and Big Data are fundamental to innovative mobility solutions.
- Emerging applications include Mobility-as-a-Service, traffic flow optimization, logistics optimization, and autonomous vehicles.
Conclusions:
- Smart mobility is crucial for sustainable urban development, offering significant benefits to smart city ecosystems.
- Technological advancements are driving a paradigm shift in urban transportation.
- The future of smart mobility involves a wide range of innovative services and applications addressing urban challenges.
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