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Smart Transportation for All? A Typology of Recent U.S. Smart Transportation Projects in Midsized Cities

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Pages 547-558 | Received 01 Dec 2018, Accepted 20 May 2019, Published online: 30 Aug 2019
 

Abstract

Greater integration of advanced vehicle technologies is commonly discussed as a component of developing smart cities, potentially leading to a host of benefits. Final impacts of such benefits are uncertain, though, given research that illustrates induced travel by initial adopters of emerging vehicle technologies and services and mixed effects in transit use and active transportation. The locations within cities where interventions of advanced vehicle technologies are envisioned, geographic scope and extent of integration, and the characteristics of these areas are all likely to influence these effects, and these relationships have received limited investigative attention. To address this, we conducted a comprehensive review of proposals submitted by 78 midsized cities in the United States to create a typology that considers (1) the geographic scope of intervention and (2) the degree of integration of connected and automated vehicles, generating five distinct types of projects. Characteristics of the areas within cities identified for intervention are compared to those of their U.S. Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). We identified indicators of comprehensive planning efforts as they relate to sustainability and resilience outcomes in each city. Results show that areas identified by cities for advanced vehicle technology interventions differ in important ways from each city’s broader population that warrant attention relative to known demographic characteristics and behavior of early adopters of transportation technologies. There is also variation in project motivation and municipal planning indicators across typology classifications. These are essential considerations as smart city–aligned transportation interventions continue to develop. Key Words: automated vehicle, connected vehicle, smart city, typology.

先进车辆技术的近一步整合,被普遍认为是发展智慧城市的构成要素,并具有潜力产生大量益处。但有鉴于描绘早期採用新兴车辆技术与服务者所引发的旅次之研究,以及在运输使用和主动运输中的混合效应,此般益处的最终影响却是不确定的。城市中先进车辆技术预期介入的地点、整合的地理范围与程度,以及这些区域的特徵,皆有可能影响上述效应,但这些关系却仅获得有限的研究关注。为了应对此一问题,我们对美国七十八座中型城市所提出的计画进行综合性的回顾,以创造能考量以下面向的类型学:(1)介入的地理范畴,以及(2)连结和自动化车辆的整合程度,并生产五大区别的计画类型。我们将城市中指认进行介入的区域特徵和其于美国大都会统计区(MSA)中的特徵进行比较。我们指认综合规划的指标,它们关乎每个城市的可持续性和回復力结果。研究结果显示,城市为先进车辆技术介入指认的地区,以重要的方式不同于各自城市的广泛人口,因而需要关注已知人口特徵和运输科技早期採用者的行为。该计画动机和市政规划指标,亦在类型学的区分上有所差别。随着与智慧城市紧密合作的运输介入持续发展,这些皆为关键的考量。关键词:自动化车辆,连结车辆,智慧城市,类型学。

Una integración más amplia de tecnologías avanzadas para vehículos comúnmente se discute como un componente para el desarrollo de ciudades inteligentes, que potencialmente conducen a una multitud de beneficios. Sin embargo, son inciertos los impactos finales de tales ventajas, dada la investigación que ilustra el viaje inducido por los adoptantes iniciales de tecnologías emergentes y servicios para vehículos, y los efectos mixtos por el uso del tránsito y el transporte activo. Los sitios urbanos donde se prevén intervenciones de tecnologías vehiculares avanzadas, el alcance geográfico y extensión de la integración, y las características de estas áreas, probablemente influirán estos efectos; y estas relaciones han recibido atención investigativa limitada. Para abocar esta situación, adelantamos una exhaustiva revisión de las propuestas presentadas por 78 ciudades de mediano tamaño en los Estados Unidos, con el propósito de crear una tipología que considere (1) el alcance geográfico de la intervención, y (2) el grado de integración de vehículos conectados y automatizados, generando cinco tipos distintos de proyectos. Luego se compararon las características de las áreas dentro de las ciudades seleccionadas para intervención con las de su Área Estadística Metropolitana americana (MSA). Se identificaron indicadores de los esfuerzos de planificación comprensivos en cuanto se relacionan con sustentabilidad y resultados resilientes en cada ciudad. Los descubrimientos muestran que las áreas identificadas por las ciudades para intervenciones avanzadas de tecnología vehicular difieren de modo importante de la población más grande de cada ciudad que justifique una relativa atención a las características demográficas y comportamentales conocidas de adoptantes pioneros de las tecnologías de transporte. Hay también variación en la motivación del proyecto y los indicadores de planificación municipal a través de las clasificaciones de la tipología. Estas son las consideraciones esenciales en la medida en que las intervenciones al transporte de la ciudad inteligente alineada sigan su proceso de desarrollo. Palabras clave: ciudad inteligente, tipología, vehículo automatizado, vehículo conectado.

Additional information

SCOTT B. KELLEY is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography at the University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, NV 89557. E-mail: [email protected]. His research interests are in the adoption and use of emerging transportation technologies and services and their supporting infrastructure and their impact on urban areas.

BRADLEY W. LANE is an Associate Professor in the School of Public Affairs and Administration at the University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045. E-mail: [email protected]. His research interests center on the effect of the adoption and diffusion of changing technologies on the sustainability of transportation.

BENJAMIN W. STANLEY is a Research Analyst in the University–City Exchange at Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287. E-mail: [email protected]. His research interests revolve around modern urban sustainable development policy and comparative urban studies of contemporary and ancient cities.

KEVIN KANE is a Senior Regional Planner and Demographer at the Southern California Association of Governments, Los Angeles, CA 90017. E-mail: [email protected]. His research interests include migration, demographic forecasting, urban land-use change, regional income dynamics, and smart cities.

ERIC NIELSEN is a Graduate Research Assistant and master’s student in the Department of Geography at the University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, NV 89557. E-mail: [email protected]. His research interests include where transportation projects are being placed in relation to communities and how those projects influence economic development.

SCOTTY STRACHAN is Director of Cyberinfrastructure in the Office of Information Technology at the University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, NV 89557. E-mail: [email protected]. His research interests include the design and implementation of digital edge networks across urban and rural geographies and expanding the concept of connected communities to include wide-area ecosystem services via the Internet of wild things (IoWT).

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