Smart Transport Ryhidal

OLABISI ONABANJO UNIVERSITY, AGO-IWOYE
FACULTY OF ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

DEPARTMENT OF URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNING
AN UNDERSTUDY OF SMART TRANSPORTATION

(CASE STUDY OF RIYADH CITY)
PREPARED BY:
OPADEJI ISRAEL OLAYODE
EES/18/19/0468
COURSE CODE:
URP 401
COURSE TITLE:
TRANSPORTATION PLANNING STUDIO V
SUBMITTED TO:
DR ODUNSI, O. M
TPL OGUNSEYE N.O
MR SALISU. U. O
FEBRUARY, 2022.
INTRODUCTION
The majority of communities in a country place the highest priority on smart city technologies.
Since they support configurations to manage traffic control, transportation management, building
management, energy monitoring, pollution monitoring, location and route monitoring, etc., many
industries have smart cities under their purview of understanding and are engaged in research for
the infrastructure needed for setting up smart cities.
When a city can gather and analyze large amounts of data from diverse businesses, from urban
planning to garbage collection, it is said to be a "Smart City."A composite network of connected
sensors, programs, and devices must be developed in a smart city well-maintained (AlSelami, F.
A. 2021).The Smart Cities enhance the quality of life for their residents and open up new
possibilities for national development.
Many different types of technology aid in maintaining smart cities, includingas: the Internet of
Things (IoT) - A network of physically connected gadgets, Geographic Information Systems,
ICT and information systems.Together, these technologies gather and contextualize vast
quantities of data that may be used to expand and improve the systems and programs operating
within a city (Doheim, R. M., Farag, A. A., & Badawi, S. 2019).
Smart transportation in cities environments is regarded as one of the most fascinating areas of
study that focuses on the setting ofSmart City because urban areas are where most people in the
world live. Therefore this report entails study of smart transportation in Riyadh as one of the
smart cities in Saudi Arabia.
ABOUT RIYADH
Saudi Arabia's capital and largest city is Riyadh. The plural form of the Arabic word rawdha,
which meaning "garden," is where the name Riyadh originates.It is located in the middle of the
Arabian Peninsula, with a population of 4,854,000, and serves as the urban hub of an area with a
nearly 7 million-person population. Summer temperatures are very hot, approaching 50 degrees
Celsius. The average high temperature in July is 43.5Â°C. Winters are mild with cold, windy
nights. The overall climate is arid, receiving very little rainfall. It is also known to have many
dust storms. The dust is often so thick that visibility is under 10 meters (Ben Khan Associates,
2022)
RIYADH SMART TRANSPORT
The Integrated Public Transport System: it includes a metro, bus rapid transit (BRT), circular
bus, community bus, and feeder bus. The bus network consists of 22 lines with a total length of
1,200 km and 6,765 bus stops.
Smart corridors: it include creating smart motorways by the use of latest ITS solutions in
cooperative and transport systems.
Intelligent junctions: Smoothing the traffic flows and reducing the door-to door travel times by
a cooperative communication between the cars, public transport vehicles, lorries, bicycles and
emergency services with one another as well as with traffic lights and other beacons and sensors.
Joint deployment Motorists: they receive detailed information on the road works over a secure
Wi-Fi connection, through cars that serve as mobile sources for traffic information to send data
to traffic control centers.
Source:(https://www.polisnetwork.eu/topic/intelligent-connected-and-cooperative-transport-
systems-3/)
Smart Traffic Lights: It is a system of vehicle traffic control that mixes the ordinary traffic
lights with various sensors by using the artificial intelligence to guide the vehicles and people
who walk in the streets.
Smart Parking systems: it is expected to provide assistance in the transformation of parking

management through providing a useful solution to the restrictions of mobility. The Smart
Parking Systems include five major categories, which are parking guidance; automated parking;
e-parking; (Faria, R., Brito, L., Baras, K., & Silva, J. 2017)
Smart cards: have a simplified and an accelerate fare charging process and expand the
possibilities for its users (more ways of charging, one card for multiple services, etc.).
Smartphone apps: can be for payments, and they can serve as a source of information regarding
the real time of traffic, public transport, or the status of parking facility.
Traffic accident detection: this is for real-time detection of traffic accidents and rapid
assistance to the injured.
Heli taxi service: this will reduce the travel time to around 15 minutes, a journey that takes a
few hours by road otherwise.
Source: (https://www.itln.in/bengaluru-to-introduce-heli-taxi-service-aviation)
REFERENCE
AlSelami, F. A. (2021): On the Implementation and Development of Smart Cities based on IoT
Technology.
Ben Khan Associates, (2022): Retrieved from https://benkhan.com/articles/114/about-riyadh
Doheim, R. M., Farag, A. A., & Badawi, S. (2019): Smart city vision and practices across the
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia—a review. Smart cities: Issues and challenges, 309-332.
Faria, R., Brito, L., Baras, K., & Silva, J. (2017): Smart mobility: A survey. In 2017 International
Conference on Internet of Things for the Global Community (IoTGC) (pp. 1-8). IEEE.

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OLABISI ONABANJO UNIVERSITY, AGO-IWOYE

FACULTY OF ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

AN UNDERSTUDY OF SMART TRANSPORTATION

Smart Parking systems: it is expected to provide assistance in the transformation of parking

Ben Khan Associates, (2022): Retrieved from https://benkhan.com/articles/114/about-riyadh

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