Mobility, Citizens, Innovation and Technology in Digital and Smart Cities

Abstract

Cities are constantly transforming and, consequently, attracting efforts from researchers and opportunities to the industry. New transportation systems are being built in order to meet sustainability and efficiency criteria, as well as being adapted to the current possibilities. Moreover, citizens are becoming aware about the power and possibilities provided by the current generation of autonomous devices. In this sense, this paper presents and discusses state-of-the-art transportation technologies and systems, highlighting the advances that the concepts of Internet of Things and Value are providing. Decentralized technologies, such as blockchain, are been extensively investigated by the industry, however, its widespread adoption in cities is still desirable. Aligned with operations research opportunities, this paper identifies different points in which cities’ services could move to. This also study comments about different combinatorial optimization problems that might be useful and important for an efficient evolution of our cities. By considering different perspectives, didactic examples are presented with a main focus on motivating decision makers to balance citizens, investors and industry goals and wishes.

Challenges for Connecting Citizens and Smart Cities: ICT, E-Governance and Blockchain

“…They made an effort in identifying blockchain components for working along with IoT and cloud computing. Some works of the literature considered blockchain for reputation [57] and payments on intelligent transportation systems [58], which is a topic of great interest for citizens, since many users are already registered with Uber and other private companies, which do not provide such decentralization of their services. The need of blockchain for these kind of services is essential for avoiding censorship and unfair behavior of companies.…”

“…The location of the bus is available for any smartphone that connects in the network or knows a pre-defined code available at bus stations on the screens. In particular, the work of Oliveira et al (2020) [58] drafted a smart contract that could manage a transportation service with a payment system working with crypto tokens and optional data protection.…”

Use of Mobile Technologies in Personal Learning Environments of Intercultural Contexts: Individual and Group Tasks

“…As with the strategies and reflection tools, the multimedia resources to mobile technologies in the relationship processes prevail, an important aspect to take into account in the training of future digital citizens, due to the rise of globalized, multicultural, digital and smart cities [63,134]. This leads one to consider that the role of the teacher to ensure the proper use of these resources will be fundamental [135], since, for example, tools like social networks can improve the intercultural relations of the students, but it can also be a means of segregation between them [66,136,137].…”

Towards Smart City Governance. Case Study: Improving the Interpretation of Quantitative Traffic Measurement Data through Citizen Participation

“…To maintain the standard of transit that is required for society and the economy to function efficiently and not place pressure on the environment, it is necessary for governments to devise a policy that will take these factors into account. In this context, previous studies and research have identified different perspectives on motivating decision makers to balance citizens, industry and administration goals and wishes [ 54 , 55 ].…”