Research and analysis

Transport benefits from big data and the 'internet of things' in smart cities

A scoping study into deriving transport benefits from big data and the internet of things in smart cities.

• From: Department for Transport
• Published: 7 September 2017

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Scoping study into deriving transport benefits from big data and the internet of things in smart cities

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This study provides a better understanding of the potential opportunities, challenges, enablers, data needs and the possible business models to support big data transport applications in a smart cities context.

The study includes the following elements:

• a review of the existing evidence base
• a gap analysis to identify research gaps and recommended actions
• identification of the available big datasets
• a discussion on the benefits, the challenges and enablers associated with big data and the internet of things
• an assessment of the feasibility of open architectures and innovation platforms
• an assessment of whether there are any skills shortages
• identification of new business models
• a discussion of the areas of the connectivity between policy agendas across government

Published 7 September 2017