The governance of smart mobility; 10 cases

As data availability grows, smart mobility projects can support, even create the smart and sustainable city. Smart mobility initiatives involve a myriad of parties, governments at multiple levels, semi-public or private... [ view full abstract ]

As data availability grows, smart mobility projects can support, even create the smart and sustainable city. Smart mobility initiatives involve a myriad of parties, governments at multiple levels, semi-public or private transport providers, IT companies, etcetera, and are as much about the data infrastructure as about the physical multi-modal infrastructure. They require much effort by multiple public and private actors.
In many cities all over the world platforms and apps for smart mobility are initiated. For any sizable city multiple apps and platforms are available and running. However, not all platforms prove viable. Some are stopped, some are hardly ambitious or fairly invisible for users. Rather than technical feasibility, governability seems critical here, needed for sustained and flexible smart mobility solutions. Typical governance issues involve platform ownership, data ownership, user involvement, and geographical (and institutional) scope.

Smart mobility initiatives also require much effort by multiple public and private actors. They involve a myriad of parties, governments at multiple levels, semi-public or private transport providers, IT companies, etcetera. Actors may relate to the data infrastructure and/or the physical multi-modal transport infrastructure. These platforms have a continuous thirst for data that has to be requested to several parties.

The main question in this paper is targeted at this governance challenge. How are smart mobility platforms governed, so that the thirst for data can be quenched in a multi-actor context? This paper is an exploration of smart mobility platform governance by means of 10 case studies to smart mobility platforms.