A smart solution to smart cities: An advanced traveler general information system

摘要

Urban travel generally have significant adverse health and environmental impacts. Research studies found that transport users are becoming more aware of the necessity to reduce carbon emissions, however, they are not willing to change their travel behavior mainly because of the inability to perceive the associated social and private costs. In practice, fuel consumption and emissions costs have a minor effect, if any, on travel-choice behavior. The fundamental reasons are that drivers do not perceive fuel consumption costs as out-of-pocket costs and they usually do not have intelligible information about the substantial health-related implications of emissions. These costs can be perceived using an information communication system, called Advanced Traveler Information System (ATGIS). The system calculates, estimates and provides information regarding effects to different user groups. By raising the driver awareness regarding the social and environmental consequences of travel, a carefully designed scheme can provide considerable benefits for large metropolitan areas, where small positive changes in travel behavior could save millions of dollars in time, fuel and emissions costs.