Smart Mobility: Backbone for Smart and Urban Cities
The smart mobility concept eradicates the utilization of owned vehicles by adopting different forms of transportation such as ride-sharing, using public transports, car-pooling, and bike-sharing. New business models appeared by the sharing economy and new technologies are entering in a new age in transportation: the age of smart mobility. The emergence of on-demand ride services, real-time ridesharing services, car-sharing programs, and bike-sharing programs are modifying the way in which people commute. Components of Smart Mobility Ecosystems 1. Ridesharing (or carpooling) This model exploits the abundant still underused resources: empty car seats. This mode does not include any new