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Improve Transportation Services for a Wide Range of Citizens and Visitors

Due to the broad nature of smart city services, there is an opportunity to im-
prove transportation services for a wide range of citizens and visitors. Taking a
comprehensive approach to the definition of objectives and proposed invest-
ments, it is possible to address a wide spectrum of transportation needs, in-
cluding private vehicles, freight vehicles, transit vehicles, and transit for the
transportation-disadvantaged. The smart city can also improve access to jobs,
increase mobility in general, and take account of the need for social equity.
Urban analytics approaches within a smart city can provide insight and under-
standing with respect to the factors that cause resistance to travel including trip
time, trip time reliability, and model interchange times and can help assess the
value proposition provided to all citizens and visitors.

Optimize Land Use
Land use tends to be a longer cycle time activity as investments in buildings
and infrastructure typically have a design life of more than 50 years. However,
a comprehensive approach to smart cities will include short-, medium-, and
long-term initiatives and incorporate land-use changes and optimization into
the overall smart city plan. Here again, urban analytics can provide new insight
into the relationship between land use and transportation demand and support
new insights and understanding based on observation.
Mitigate the Effects of Transportation on the Environment
Smart city transportation can affect the quality of life of citizens and visitors,
through enhanced economic prosperity and the management of undesirable
side effects. Transportation impacts on the environment include emissions, fuel
consumption, noise intrusion, visual intrusion, and other factors that accompa-
ny the desirable effects of transportation. Through the application of advanced
technologies and management solutions in a smart city, it is possible to deliver
the desirable benefits while managing the undesirable side effects of transporta-
tion. This can include electric vehicles, optimized routing, and overall optimi-
zation of the multimodal smart city transportation system.

Gain Insight and Understanding into Transportation Supply and Demand and
Prevailing Operating Conditions
Through the incorporation of smart sensors connected to a communication
network, the use of probe vehicle data from connected and autonomous ve-
hicles and the use of crowdsourcing techniques from smart phones, the smart
city manager can have an unparalleled picture of prevailing operating condi-
tions within the transportation network. This leads to an exceedingly rich data