The Effects of Smart Transportation Management on Transport Operations, Environment and Safety/Security

Paper in proceeding, 2009

The purpose of this paper is to determine and analyze the effects of Smart Transportation Management (STM) setups in three different areas; transport operations, environmental impacts and impacts on safety/security. To prepare the paper, a literature study was conducted and interviews carried out with representatives from companies and organizations that are included in advanced transportation setups. The approach was to identify the effects of Smart Freight, Smart Vehicle and Smart Infrastructure on the three areas mentioned areas. The main effects of using the STM setups were identified for one or more area and even on all three areas such as dynamic routing, automatic identification, and more