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Smart Technologies for Sustainable Mobility

Smart Technologies for Sustainable Mobility

Ozge Yalciner Ercoskun
Copyright: © 2016 |Pages: 23
ISBN13: 9781466696198|ISBN10: 1466696192|EISBN13: 9781466696204
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-9619-8.ch032
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Ercoskun, Ozge Yalciner. "Smart Technologies for Sustainable Mobility." Civil and Environmental Engineering: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, edited by Information Resources Management Association, IGI Global, 2016, pp. 764-786. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-9619-8.ch032

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Ercoskun, O. Y. (2016). Smart Technologies for Sustainable Mobility. In I. Management Association (Ed.), Civil and Environmental Engineering: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications (pp. 764-786). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-9619-8.ch032

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Ercoskun, Ozge Yalciner. "Smart Technologies for Sustainable Mobility." In Civil and Environmental Engineering: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, edited by Information Resources Management Association, 764-786. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2016. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-9619-8.ch032

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Abstract

The emergence of easy mapping tools, widespread cellular network, declining costs of smartphones and increasing internet use by public agencies provide new opportunities towards the betterment of public transport management. Applying decision support systems such as Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) to public transportation tailors transit services to urban dwellers' needs, reducing eco-footprint while making them more accessible. This chapter aims to explore how GIS and ICT can be used for more eco-friendly public transport and improved sense of community. The chapter posits the positive impact of mobile phones and social media towards sustainable mobility. Multi-modal journey planners, mobile bus ticketing, demand responsive transit systems, eco-taxis, electric car and bicycle sharing are explained with examples from the world. The chapter concludes with a discussion of challenges and future options for using smartphones, social networking and the position of disadvantaged groups in sustainable mobility.

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