# Transport Systems and Mobility for Smart Cities
## 5 Conclusions  
The concept of smart cities is assumed as a technology-based system built on the acquisition of data through global sensorization with the production of information feeding an information system that is supported by big data analytics and artificial intelligence with several interconnected layers, corresponding to the different components of a city's environment. The global objective is that of building \"smart and liveable cities\" where sustainable development will only be possible by way of the integration and convergence of digital and physical infrastructures with the participation of citizens and supporting the policymakers in their duty of city governance. The accomplishment of such a global challenge will only be possible when a reliably built environment is coupled with an intelligent city network, this being a prerequisite of smart cities.  
The accomplishment of integrated, intelligent, inclusive and safe mobility, supported by digitally interconnected transportation, requires an integrated multidimensional approach considering four key dimensions: (i) transport modes (motorized and nonmotorized); (ii) territories (cities centres and peri-urban areas); (iii) people (young, active, and VRU); (iv) digitization (MaaS and digital platforms), in order to promote equity, cohesion, and sustainability across smart cities. In particular, the approach should include the current digitization trends in transport systems together with citizen's views, needs, and expectations, and the support of governance transportation models that integrate all mobility players, including transport companies.  
The integrated multimodal transportation systems achieved by the use of technology in smart cities can be replicated in cities all around the world by the implementation of departments of transportation that work closely to the needs of people and that integrate technology to help them manage the system to better meet the needs of the users.  
In short, the success of smart cities is linked to the reorganization of the transportation systems, which can be a great asset to cities to achieve sustainability through the implementation of technology that allows the planning of routes for all types of purposes and to achieve diversity in travelling options according to the needs of the users, such as carpooling, on-demand bus lines, automated cars, shared micromobility, and traditional public transports (buses, metro, among others).  
Conceptualization, P.R. and P.P.; Data curation, P.R., G.D. and P.P.; Investigation, P.R., G.D. and P.R.; Methodology, P.R., G.D. and P.P.; Supervision, P.P.; Writing original draft, P.R. and P.P., Writing--review and editing, G.D. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.  
This research received no external funding.  
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The data presented in this study are available on request from the corresponding author. The data are not publicly available due to privacy.  
The authors acknowledge the UMCidades and CTAC support.  
The authors declare no conflict of interest. The funders had no role in the design of the study; in the collection, analyses, or interpretation of the data; in the writing of the manuscript, or in the decision to publish the results.