Achieving Energy Savings by Intelligent Transportation Systems Investments in the Context of Smart Cities

doi:10.1016/j.trd.2017.06.008

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Achieving Energy Savings by Intelligent Transportation Systems Investments in the Context of Smart Cities

dc.contributor.author	Chen, Yang
dc.contributor.author	Ardila-Gomez, Arturo
dc.contributor.author	Frame, Gladys
dc.date.accessioned	2017-08-08T20:30:31Z
dc.date.available	2017-08-08T20:30:31Z
dc.date.issued	2017-07
dc.description.abstract	Investments in intelligent transportation systems (ITS) are beginning to take place in the context of smart city initiatives in many cities. Energy efficiency and emissions reduction are becoming essential rationales for such investments. It is important, therefore, to understand under what conditions investments in ITS in the context of smart cities produce energy savings. We reviewed existing literature, conducted case studies and interviews, and found that the smart cities context has transformed traditional ITS into “smart mobility” with three major characteristics: people-centric, data-driven, and powered by bottom-up innovations. We argue that there are four main steps for smart mobility solutions to achieve energy savings and that several institutional, technical, and physical conditions are required at each step. Energy savings are achieved when users change their behavior and result in less travel, modal shift, and reduction of per-km energy consumption in the short term. Smart mobility solutions also enable other energy saving policies or initiatives, which would otherwise not be feasible. In the long term, users’ lifestyles could change and lead to further energy savings. For cities in developing countries with lower motorization, less-developed infrastructure, less financial resources, and less institutional and technical capacity, our recommendations to achieve benefits from smart mobility investments are: (1) involve all public and private players in a collaborative and transparent setting; (2) develop the technical capacity to procure and monitor information services; and (3) focus on basic infrastructure, including a coherent road network and basic traffic management measures.	en
dc.identifier.citation	Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment
dc.identifier.doi	10.1596/27679
dc.identifier.issn	1361-9209
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10986/27679
dc.language.iso	en_US
dc.publisher	Elsevier
dc.rights	CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder	World Bank
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo
dc.subject	SMART CITIES
dc.subject	SMART MOBILITY
dc.subject	INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS
dc.subject	ENERGY SAVINGS
dc.title	Achieving Energy Savings by Intelligent Transportation Systems Investments in the Context of Smart Cities	en
dc.type	Journal Article	en
dc.type	Article de journal	fr
dc.type	Artículo de revista	es
dspace.entity.type	Publication
okr.associatedcontent	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1361920916306228 Journal website (version of record)
okr.crossref.title	Achieving Energy Savings by Intelligent Transportation Systems Investments in the Context of Smart Cities
okr.date.disclosure	2017-07-01
okr.doctype	Publications & Research::Journal Article
okr.doctype	Publications & Research
okr.externalcontent	External Content
okr.guid	446131502354320817
okr.identifier.doi	10.1016/j.trd.2017.06.008
okr.identifier.doi	10.1596/27679
okr.identifier.report	118137
okr.journal.nbpages	381-96
okr.language.supported	en
okr.peerreview	Academic Peer Review
okr.topic	Energy::Energy Consumption
okr.topic	Energy::Energy and Economic Development
okr.topic	Information and Communication Technologies::Information Technology
okr.topic	Urban Development::City Development Strategies
okr.topic	Urban Development::Transport in Urban Areas
okr.topic	Transport::Transport Economics Policy & Planning
okr.topic	Transport::Transport and Environment
okr.unit	Transport and ICT Global Practice
okr.volume	54