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Smart transportation is a vital piece of the smart city. This chapter discusses the importance of smart transportation in the safety, mobility, and environmental impacts on the smart city. It covers some of the important applications and technologies that make up a smart transportation system along with the standardization activities and issues surrounding this area.

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  1. Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX, USA

    Michael Brown

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  1. Ingram School of Engineering, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX, USA

    Stan McClellan

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Brown, M. (2020). Smart Transport. In: McClellan, S. (eds) Smart Cities in Application. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-19396-6_4

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