Smart mobility
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Smart mobility refers to many modes of transport.[https://www.geotab.com/blog/what-is-smart-mobility/ What is smart mobility ?][https://www.arcadis.com/en/united-states/our-perspectives/smart-mobility/ Smart mobility][https://www.globalfleet.com/en/smart-mobility/global/article/what-smart-mobility? What is smart mobility ?][https://geographica.com/en/blog/what-is-smart-mobility/ What is smart mobility ?]
Some smart mobility services include:[https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regexpert/index.cfm?do=groupDetail.groupDetailDoc&id=34596 Smart mobility and services]
- public transport (with real-time timetabling and route optimization, seamless travel and digital ticketing)
- Carsharing
- Mobility as a service (MaaS)
- Mobility on Demand (MOD)[https://www.transit.dot.gov/research-innovation/mobility-demand-mod-sandbox-program Mobility on Demand term]
- autonomous transport systems
- smart mobility services in freight and logistics
- drones and low-altitude aerial mobility
Overview
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Mobility-as-a-Service enables multimodal mobility by providing user-centric information and travel services (navigation, location, booking, payment, ...) hence allowing mobility as a seamless service across all transport modes.
Mobility on Demand also don't require ownership of private automobiles and gives convenient access to a range of travel modes while socialising the high initial costs of switching to electric-vehicle based mobility. Integrated mobility on demand services can contribute to modal shift to public transport and also addresses spatial inefficiencies of private transport.[http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regexpert/index.cfm?do=groupDetail.groupDetailDoc&id=34596&no=1 Smart mobility and services]
The car also has a small role to play within smart mobility (it is particularly useful in a context which does not require personal ownership of the car, see above). Cars can be made to use intelligent transportation systems.
See also
- Smart city
- Shared mobility
- European Green Deal: Smart mobility is a component thereof
- Remote work