Cloud Computing in Sustainable Mobility

Abstract

Sustainable mobility takes into account a broader approach than sustainable transport as it is a concept integrating realization of the needs of stakeholders by using remote access to the properties of desired goods and services. It realizes the need to minimize the negative impact on the environment. Sustainable mobility remains one of the most important subject and challenge influencing European competitiveness. Transport activities apply to micro and macroeconomic issues, moving between and across various sectors, is still the highest of global logistics costs. By using cloud computing model in mobility and transportation management systems managers can gain reduction of the total cost of provided services for residents; more agility, flexibility, and elasticity; quick and cost-efficient reaction to less-predictable events and changing customer (or other stakeholders) requirements; risk reduction, globally accessible services, easy and fast implementation and strong support for sustainable development. The use of cloud computing in sustainable mobility is than mobility of people and cargos with respect to energy, environment, safety and security as well as socio-economic issues by giving access to real-time data, elasticized, fast reaction to the events and their negative consequences in available, efficient and affordable manner to all interested stakeholders. Cloud computing has already been noticed by European Union and exists in different acts and regulations’ recommendations, but it is definitely insufficiently analyzed and, most important, implemented in the mobility and transportation aspects.