The Study of the Roles that Intelligent Transportation System Playing in the Development of a Smart City

Abstract

With the acceleration of urbanization, cities in the future will encounter various kinds of problems such as providing adequate living space, water and transportation. To address these issues which cities may face in the future, the concepts of Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) and Smart City come into being. Since both two areas aim to address possible urban issues in the future, it’s essential to study the relationship between ITS and Smart city. In this article, researchers will initially introduce serval reasons to conduct the study. Later, in the main body part, 3 possible roles are presented to illustrate the possible relationship between ITS and Smart City through reviewing other researchers’ articles. Finally, this article will give serval evaluations and suggestions about those 3 roles above. The whole article aims to state that ITS is an essential part in the future development of smart city, though it is not mature now and may encounter many problems in the process of development.