ICT concepts for optimization of mobility in smart cities

The deployment of ICT mobility related services can help to address the challenge raised by urban transport. In this regard ITS will be of major importance in securing future sustainable mobility against a background of mounting economic, environmental, and societal pressure. The provision of information can encourage more sustainable urban mobility behavior and at the same time a more efficient use of existing resources (energy, infrastructure, and vehicles). ICT can enable the full integration of the urban mobility system, which means integrating collective and private modes of transport (including public and private vehicles). The integration of services of different kinds and sectors is enabled by ICT and allows for the emergence of Smart Cities. A Smart City uses data, information and communication technologies strategically to: provide more efficient, new or enhanced services to citizens; monitor and track government's progress toward policy outcomes, including meeting climate change mitigation and adaptation goals; manage and optimize the existing infrastructure, and plan for new more effectively; reduce organizational silos and employ new levels of cross-sector collaboration; and enable innovative business models for public and private sector service provision. The main objective of the study was to perform an analysis on how ICT applications can contribute to the optimization of mobility within the recently emerging European Smart Cities. The study intended to define strategic research and innovation agendas, identify gaps between current ICT infrastructure and identified needs and describing the roles and responsibilities of partners for supporting fast ICT take-up.