Smart Cities: How the concept of smart cities can improve urban mobility in the city of Rio de Janeiro

Abstract

Urban mobility is significantly affected by the disorderly growth of cities. Many problems in urban centers today are caused by the increase in the number of cars on the streets and the few incentives for public transport are just some of these problems. The accelerated urban growth registered in recent years has increased the concern regarding urban mobility in the city of Rio de Janeiro. Smart cities are an alternative to the problems found in cities where, based on Information Technology, search for databases, and thus share important information with the effective participation of the population, helping the management itself to do something for the citizen. In the last eight years, there is an excessive number of people and vehicles on the streets, generating congestion, insecurity and loss of time, based on statistics from the Dutch company Tom Tom, Rio de Janeiro loses an average of 47% more time in traffic compared to the time lost around the world. The objective of this study is to present how the concept of smart cities can influence urban mobility, through sustainability, innovation, research through world statistics, intelligences among world cities, in order to bring improvements to congestion and difficulty of circulation in the city of Rio de Janeiro. Therefore, in this study, in addition to statistical data, it was used materials of Smart cities and urban mobility in the current world, how to demonstrate different forms of urban mobility in smart cities through the use of applications of interaction between people and cities.

DOI:https://doi.org/10.56238/sevened2024.003-078