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Intelligent Transport Systems for Smart Cities

In recent times, the increased quality of life, work and education has forced many people to move from rural into urban areas. The population growth is accompanied by the increased mobility and the consumption of energy, water, food and raw materials – all this results in contamination of soil, water and air, high noise, greenhouse gas emissions, heavy traffic and traffic jams. In attempt to optimize the processes in urban areas, the so- called smart cities demand sustainable solutions in order to ensure economic prosperity and social well-being, and on the other hand, to protect the environment and to increase the quality of life. This kind of problem-solving approach demands both the individual and the mutual participation of creative people with their knowledge and ideas, country and city administration, businessman and scientists. In terms of technology solutions, the focus is put on the information and communication technology. The paper will analyse the Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) and their possibilities to contribute to the smart city development. The application of information and communication technology in the field of transport ensures continuous traffic data collection, analysis and real-time distribution to every stakeholder interested. This also provides new solutions in mobility management, incident management, smart car parking, priority at intersections (ambulance, fire department, police, and public transport), real-time traffic information and others. Smart cities tend to decrease heavy traffic, decrease emissions of CO2 and other greenhouse gasses, and to preserve resources, which in the end decreases costs, enabling other economy activities. The most important is the fact that the large amount of data collections is open- source, so the data is available for citizens, experts, companies, city administration, government, and even available for exchange between countries.

quality of life ; smart cities ; information and communication technology ; intelligent transport systems (ITS) ; open-source data

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