Smart transportation systems and technologies

Abstract

Transportation has become a significant factor in the rapidly growing urbanisation and traffic congestion of every city in the world. Smart Transportation System (STS) is the critical enabling technology in which various transport mechanisms and technologies are cooperated to enhance the quality of life by reducing fuel and electricity usage, decreasing congestion, and decreasing travel time. STS establishes a broader range, fully efficient, real-time and accurate information management system and it has been proposed as an innovative solution for the next-generation transport networks in developed cities to provide effective, low cost and energy-efficient transport services. The objective of this study is to present modern transportation technologies are being developed and implemented in STS such as Sensing technologies, Wireless communication, Computational technologies with examples of systems which are implemented using above technologies in many industries of developed cities in order to provide an efficient transportation system for people of the city.