A Blockchain Infrastructure for Transportation in Low Income Country Cities, and Beyond

Simon J. Herko
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For our cities of tomorrow, it is essential that transport is organised in an efficient, resilient and equitable way; enabling economic growth, social cohesion and minimising environmental impact, including Climate Change. In cities across the world, new flexible, sharing economy services are blurring the lines between private and public transportation. However, these new transport modes are creating a “digital divide” and lack the integration and co-ordination between other services. This is needed to create seamless and sustainable travel options for people, including those belonging to vulnerable groups. This exploratory paper examines the potential for Blockchain to play a pivotal role in addressing increasing congestion and pollution in growing cities of developing countries. It draws on preliminary research into the role of Automatic Fare Collection systems and related mobility market dynamics and trends in the cities of Cape Town, South Africa and Dehli, India. A case is made for a global and universal blockchain infrastructure, for the sharing of data on movement and assets, designed with low income economies and vulnerable groups in mind. It would enable: • users access to different modes of transport in an equitable and hassle-free way, • assurance to transport operators on surety of payment, • cities with integrated solutions for tackling congestion and targeting subsidies. In wealthier countries Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) is a new business model that integrates public and private services together. Its level of adoption could be limited without a supporting blockchain infrastructure. By creating viable new digital infrastructure for Low Income Country Cities (LICCs), who have less incumbent legacy systems, there is potential to establish a decentralised blockchain network across these territories. There would also be scope for this network to be scaled further into wealthier countries, through a secondary wave of adoption by Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS).
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低收入国家城市及其他地区的交通区块链基础设施
对于我们未来的城市来说,以高效、有弹性和公平的方式组织交通至关重要;促进经济增长、社会凝聚力和最大限度地减少环境影响,包括气候变化。在世界各地的城市,新的灵活的共享经济服务正在模糊私人和公共交通之间的界限。然而,这些新的运输模式正在制造“数字鸿沟”,并且缺乏其他服务之间的整合和协调。这需要为人们,包括弱势群体创造无缝和可持续的旅行选择。这篇探索性论文探讨了区块链在解决发展中国家日益增长的城市中日益严重的拥堵和污染方面发挥关键作用的潜力。它借鉴了对自动收费系统的作用以及南非开普敦和印度德里等城市的相关移动市场动态和趋势的初步研究。提出了一个全球和通用的区块链基础设施的案例,用于共享移动和资产数据,设计时考虑到低收入经济体和弱势群体。它将使:•用户能够以公平和无障碍的方式使用不同的交通方式;•向运输运营商保证付款;•城市拥有解决拥堵和目标补贴的综合解决方案。在富裕国家,移动即服务(MaaS)是一种新的商业模式,它将公共和私人服务整合在一起。如果没有支持区块链的基础设施,它的采用水平可能会受到限制。通过为现有遗留系统较少的低收入国家城市(LICCs)创建可行的新数字基础设施,有可能在这些地区建立分散的区块链网络。通过移动即服务(MaaS)的第二波采用,这一网络也有进一步扩展到富裕国家的空间。
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