# Intelligent Total Transportation Management System for Future Smart Cities
## 4 Discussion on the Possible Use and Preliminary Evaluation of the Concept  
### Applicability of the Concept  
With the fast development of information technology (IT), the intelligent total transport management (ITTM) concept could be a solution for urban transport management, however, coupled with the efficient application of IoT technologies. The fast development and implementation of smart technologies for various applications are certainly opening new ways towards smart transportation. The main idea of the ITTM concept is to provide more effective and efficient services in urban transportation, improve safety and security, and enable a general quality of the environment in cities for working and living. The ITTM could increase user comfort and security, reduce traffic jams, and save energy by providing users with real-time data regarding traffic reports, rerouting traffic and adjusting speed limits based on this information. Moreover, drivers will no longer search for vacant parking spots because of smart parking solutions that enable them to visualize this information in real-time through their smartphones. The intelligent total transport management system (ITTMS) needs the ability to update the traffic information of a single road section in time and provide relevant traffic flow data for the connected signal ports. It must refer to the traffic flow information in the upper-level area to provide an optimal route, which can control the flow of traffic and convert the intersections and other road sections to each other. The ITTMS will involve many aspects of the design, and all need careful consideration in the design of the city transportation management system. In this way, an ITTMS suitable for the city and the urban area can be designed to play a role in alleviating urban environmental impacts and promoting urban energy management development, for example, a total transportation management system in smart cities being operated as an ITTMS. The total transportation management system has three layers, including physical, info-communication, and control generation, shown in Figure 10. The system deals with four different tasks: non-cooperating vehicles, cooperating vehicles, contract-based, and priority traffic management. In such a system, users and service providers achieved satisfaction due to the contract-based management. Contract-based traffic management is a service for users who would like to reduce their traveling time. This system controlled dutifully and monitored disruptions, which identifies the transfer of responsibility areas between partners. By applying this system, the transportation management system may produce benefits such as more punctuality at the destination, improved predictability, reduced overall costs, and reduced environmental impact. ITTMS was mainly used for urban transport management. It is integrated with drones, which plays a vital role in improving urban transport management, alleviating urban environmental impact, and optimizing urban energy management. Such a system would bring benefits for safety and security areas, and also for the local users with optimal route planning, reduced energy consumption, lower carbon dioxide emissions, and decreased environmental impact. The research and design of an ITTMS are imperative. It is a necessary guarantee for promoting economic and social development and raising the level of urbanization. Through the extensive application of artificial intelligence technology with an optimization algorithm, smart IoT devices can effectively alleviate the current status of urban transport management, which effectively promotes the coordinated development of the various traffic management departments in the city. It is essential to increase the research and development of the system design and use the combination with the Internet to build a more systematic and comprehensive intelligent traffic control/management system.