Smart City Transport Technologies: Infrastructure of the Future

Abstract

Communications make up the most important part of the city's infrastructure, and as "smart" technologies spread, transport becomes one of the areas of their most active application. With the development of the urbanization process, the load on the transport system is particularly increasing, new "challenges" arise for the management system of large municipalities related to ensuring the quality of life and safety expected by citizens. Modernization of the transport system in the context of population growth is the most effective within the framework of the "smart city" model. This means a course towards the integration of information and communication technologies for the management of urban infrastructure. The use of intelligent solutions in the development of the transport industry is aimed at reducing the importance of the "human" factor and related negative manifestations, reducing transaction costs for the economy, increasing manageability and optimizing traffic flow management, which gives a positive effect of creating a better infrastructure, environmentally friendly and socially favorable urban environment. The article discusses the concept of an intelligent transport system (ITS) as part of the concept of a "smart" city. The main advantages and risks of the introduction of intelligent transport systems, the prospects for their further development, as well as examples of digital forms of interaction between government and society on topical issues of urban governance are analyzed.