Smart Mobility: Backbone for Smart and Urban Cities
New business models appeared by the sharing economy and new technologies are entering in a new age in transportation: the age of smart mobility. The emergence of on-demand ride services, real-time ridesharing services, car-sharing programs, and bike-sharing programs are modifying the way in which people commute. Components of Smart Mobility Ecosystems 1. Ridesharing (or carpooling) This model exploits the abundant still underused resources: empty car seats. This mode does not include any new vehicles to the ecosystem. Due to this reason, it could aid in cutting down the traffic congestion that grips the majority of the cities today. Unfortunately, carpooling has witnessed an overall decline over the years. The concept of ridesharing is revolutionizing the way in which empty passenger seats in vehicles are occupied. These empty seats in cars show a massive source of waste in our transportation framework . Though, it also offers a massive possibility for enhancements. Technological a...