Intelligent Transport Solutions for Smart Cities and Regions : Lessons Learned
neighboring counties or other transportsector agencies .
Arup ®, the international engineering , design and project management firm , contributes its transportation sector expertise . Arup and InterDigital are also responsible for exploring new data monetization business models and developing the oneTRANSPORT business case .
Other trial participants include transport analytics experts from Traak ( traditional analytics methods ) and Imperial College London ( research-based analytics ). The trial makes use of over 200 types of data assets belonging to the five customer organizations and two other transport system and infrastructure managers , Clearview Traffic Group ® and WorldSensing ®.
Innovate UK , the UK ’ s innovation agency , provided 70 % of the roughly $ 5m in funding for this two-year , pre-commercialization trial . The trial aims to explore innovation in intelligent transport , smart regions and data monetization , activities that no individual local authority would undertake on its own . It should also establish a sound understanding of the requirements to progress into commercialization .
ONETRANSPORT APPROACH AND STRATEGIC DESIGN PRINCIPLES
Many smart city initiatives gravitate to quick-win deployments to satisfy a priority use case or local political cause . In the case of the oneTRANSPORT initiative , the project team conducted a feasibility study prior to the launch of a pilot project . This feasibility study explored several strategic issues relating to long term viability , beyond a pilot phase , as well as measures to foster broad adoption within local authorities .
The public-sector authorities involved in the oneTRANSPORT initiative differ from large metropolitan cities , such as London , which have been forerunners of smart city initiatives . As is typical of small and mediumsized agencies , the oneTRANSPORT authorities have comparatively less capacity to direct funding on innovative , smart city pilot projects . Moreover , their service footprint is more varied as it covers rural and urban environments . These smaller localities also need more effective regional integration with neighboring regions to manage commuter journeys that cross geographic and administrative boundaries .
From an architectural design perspective , the variations in operating environment and need for cross-regional cooperation are a key integration point . The oneTRANSPORT team concluded that a data exchange and marketplace approach that conforms to an open standard is the best way to satisfy this need . Some of the key drivers for this approach in the oneTRANSPORT initiative are :
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Standards based , scalable solution that offers the ability to add to the scope of supportable use-cases ; Ability to accommodate brownfield and greenfield assets , beginning with the integration of a wealth of existing data assets belonging to several different authorities into a common data exchange environment ; A partnering approach that fosters diversity ( i . e ., best of breed partners in different domains ) and low barriers to
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