How Cities Can Capitalise on Transportation Tech

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How Cities can Capitalise on Transportation
Tech As population surges to an overwhelming
number, transportation infrastructure is being
threatened. How should we respond?
Urban populations seem to be growing rapidly in
India, and the threat to the transportation
infrastructure is getting out of hands, faster
than presumed. This urban sprawl adds to the
already culminating congestion, further worsening
air purity and deteriorating quality of life.
More, this impacts the existing city economies
and as recorded has contributed to an estimated 7
million premature deaths in 2018, i.e. around
people aged from 18-45 were involved in 70 of
road accidents as per the report by Ministry of
Road Transport and Highways. Future of urban
mobility in contrast with the rising population
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As per the statistics, our understanding of the
underlying reasons for consistent congestion is
still evolving and a general view is that
urbanization leads to ever-expanding cities and
improved rates of motorization. These two
peculiarities ultimately lead to complete
congestion and gridlock. In addition to this,
economic growth is also responsible to bring
about more reliable travel infrastructure, which
further expedites uncongested mobility and
enhances the speed of urban mobility. So far,
Indian cities have experienced both these trends
and these changes are happening at a faster pace
in India than in the US and UK.
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Forum Capitalizing on the emerging
transportation technologies Transportation must
be considered as a collective responsibility of
all levels of stakeholders. Private and public
sectors must work in complete collaboration in
order to devise and develop transportation
solutions that are centric to Indian
transportation issues. Few investors (private)
can take complete advantage of the market
opportunities and assist in transforming Indias
transportation system. With active private sector
participation, expertise, latest technologies
and capital can be brought into the
transportation belt of India. In addition to
this, citizens can be made active partners in
before-mentioned initiatives. This
mass-participation can be accomplished through
community-driven programmes.
AEOlogic capable of delivering change How?
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Trip planning and dynamic routing This includes
freight routing, multimodal trip planning, real-
time traffic management, wayfinding and data
analytics. Cities like Paris, Singapore and Los
Angeles are experimenting on MaaS or Mobility as
a service. This tech basically relies on a
digital platform that integrates booking,
end-to-end trip planning, payment services and
electronic ticketing access all public or
private modes of transportation.
Vehicle-to-infrastructure, Vehicle-to-vehicle
connectivity and smart infrastructure can help
ease the traffic flow i.e. through traffic
lights, lower electrical consumption through
smart street lights, reduce number of road
accidents through smart crosswalks and vehicle
connectivity. Along with these, with the
implementation of smart transportation
infrastructure can also monitor air quality, and
service an expanding fleet of electronic vehicles
which can be accomplished through an electric
charging station.
New modes of mobility Carsharing, e-scooters,
bike-sharing, micro-transit, and ride-hailing are
few practises that can be adopted soon enough
but only upon mass-notice. The mass adoption of
electric vehicles and the evolution of autonomous
vehicles can dramatically reshape urban mobility.
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Real estate utilization More sophisticated curb
management, smart parking and smart metering are
few sustainable solutions that can readily impact
transportation infrastructure for good.
Payments and ticketing A single charge system or
a unified payment method, can help the public to
encompass the ability to pay for the multi-modal
trip. In addition to this AEOlogic also suggests
the adoption of usage-based pricing and
surge-based pricing. Final Words With these
solutions in place, India could leapfrog readily
from the conventional transportation model to an
electric, shared, and a connected mobility
future, all done by capitalising on a wonderful
confluence of few dynamic technical
capabilities. This will also lead to an emerging
entrepreneurial culture which would solely be
built on essential government plans and policies.
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