Smart City Mobility Simulation and Monitoring Platform

Abstract

Traffic congestions represent current realities of urban environments, partly because the road infrastructure capacity can't cope anymore with the increase rate of the cars number. This characteristic, coupled with weather conditions, work zones and traffic incidents makes traffic congestions a major concern for municipalities. The advanced technologies for traffic control have the potential to lead to an efficient use of the present road network systems, which will reduce energy consumption, local pollutant emissions, delays, traffic congestion and improve safety. Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) such as travel advisories, advanced traveler information systems etc. tries to decrease travel time and relieve congestion by assisting the drivers in the process of decision making while driving, by selecting better modes of travel, departure times and routes. The current ITS platforms have as main drawback the inadequacy to support collaborative features and their limited or focused set of solutions. Because of this, it's often difficult to introduce a new service, since the needed quantity of data hinders the quality of the service. This paper presents a platform for ecosystems which allows the engaging communities to exploit the shared value of collaborative cultures and mobility that can be leveraged beyond the traditional views of social networks. Data procured from highly heterogeneous, distributed, virtual and real devices (actuators, smart devices, sensors), in the range of millions, will be automatically analyzed, managed and controlled by distributed services.