Use of ICT in Smart Cities. A practical case applied to traffic management in the city of Valencia

Abstract

The whole process of converting a city into the new concept of Smart City implies the improvement of the efficiency and quality of services made available by governments and businesses and a corresponding increase in citizens' quality of life. This process requires a series of actions that include data collection, processing and use of this information for its dissemination among citizens. For example, it is necessary to promote the use and reuse of information from the government or private entities as open data and therefore made more useful and appropriate for citizens. Technologies such as sensor networks, ubiquity, connectivity infrastructure-vehicles and others, become essential elements to achieve this goal. In this paper we present some relevant aspects related to these lines of action in a Smart City and their application to the traffic management data in the city of Valencia.