All people who live in the city must be able to access all the options offered by sustainable mobility. Thus, for example, the punctuality and adequate rotation of public transport must be guaranteed, in addition to offering affordable options for all budgets and facilitating access to the various means of transport.
To impose the use of less polluting vehicles, it is essential that new alternatives and infrastructures be created to improve urban mobility and contribute to reorganizing and optimizing traffic flows.
The layout of the road must evolve in favor of an increase in cycle lanes and pedestrian zones reserved for traffic. In this line, it is also essential to have independent lanes for buses and other vehicles for the transport of citizens.
Using tools such as big data, cities can collect and analyze the huge amount of data generated by vehicles, pedestrians, traffic lights and other urban traffic elements and circumstances, with the aim of achieve greater efficiency.
The Internet of Things (IoT) also allows all these elements to communicate with each other. Thus, for example, with the deployment of 5G, cars will be able to receive information on available parking spaces, while traffic lights will be able to self-regulate depending on traffic and the presence of pedestrians.
With the ambition of becoming smart cities, urban centers are beginning to equip themselves with devices capable of measuring and evaluating the evolution of these flows. These systems collect real-time data, information that helps citizens avoid the most congested roads and helps competent authorities detect where they need to take action to achieve smoother mobility.
Technological development is essential to manage and schedule more efficient mobility. The apps help citizens find optimal routes to travel, avoid overcrowding or, for example, make payments more securely.
The objective is always the same: to move faster and more directly to save time when it comes to reaching our destination. The possibility of having GPS technology on our smartphones has stimulated the use of applications that help us organize our journeys, also informing us of the exact time when our bus arrives at the stop or what time the company to which it closes we go, among many other options.
