Smart mobility

Smart mobility refers to many modes of transport.

Some smart mobility services include:

• Public transport (with real-time timetabling and route optimization, seamless travel and digital ticketing)
• Carsharing
• Mobility as a service (MaaS)
• Mobility on demand (MOD)
• Autonomous transport systems
• Smart mobility services in freight and logistics
• Drones and low-altitude aerial mobility

Overview

Mobility as a service

Mobility as a service enables multimodal mobility by providing user-centric information and travel services (navigation, location, booking, payment, ...) hence allowing mobility as a seamless service across all transport modes. Mobility on Demand also don't require ownership of private automobiles and gives convenient access to a range of travel modes while socialising the high initial costs of switching to electric-vehicle based mobility. Integrated mobility on demand services can contribute to modal shift to public transport and also addresses spatial inefficiencies of private transport. The car also has a small role to play within smart mobility (it is particularly useful in a context which does not require personal ownership of the car, see above). Cars can be made to use intelligent transportation systems.

Smart Mobility Hub

A Smart Mobility Hub is a physical location that integrates different shared transport options, such as car-sharing, bike-sharing and e-scooters, with public transport within walking distance. These hubs go beyond transport connections by combining three dimensions of integration: physical integration through accessible infrastructure and connections, digital integration through information and mobility services, and democratic integration through citizen participation in planning and decision-making.

See also

• Smart city
• Shared mobility
• European Green Deal: Smart mobility is a component thereof
• Remote work