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Table 11.7
Smart City Transportation Services Categorized as Direct Benefit or Indirect Benefit Enabler
Direct In direct Benefit or Enabler
1 Asset and maintenance management
2 Connected vehicle
3 Connected, involved citizens and visitors
4 Integrated electronic payment
5 Intelligent sensor–based infrastructure
6 Low-cost efficient, secure, and resilient ICT
7 Smart grid, roadway electrification, and
electric vehicle
8 Smart land use
9 Strategic business models and partnering
10 Transportation governance
11 Transportation management
12 Traveler information
13 Urban analytics
14 Urban automation
15 Urban delivery and logistics
16 User-focused mobility

• Intelligent sensor–based infrastructure: These represent the sensors that
are installed at the roadside and at waypoints along the transportation
system. They provide the data that describes prevailing traffic and trans-
portation conditions that acts as inputs to planning and operational
decision-making. As such they deliver no direct value, but play a critical
role in service delivery and performance management.
• Low-cost efficient, secure, and resilient ICT: These represent the commu-
nication network that is used to provide connectivity within a smart city.
Data is communicated from sensors, crowdsourcing, and other systems
and from connected vehicles to a central back office or a smart city trans-
portation management center for conversion to information, insights,
understanding, and action. Such technologies deliver significant value
but not in their own right. Their value lies in enabling data to be trans-
mitted and supporting the conversion of data to information.
• Strategic business models and partnering: These services focus on the defi-
nition of and agreement on business models and partnering arrange-
ments that underpin the efficient delivery of smart city transportation
services. A business model defines the following:
• Revenue sources;
• Intended customers;