What will ITS be like in 2023?
ITS and mobility specialists weigh in on the most popular trends and growth possibilities for 2023.
Galen Chui, Cubic Transportation Systems' SVP of engineering and products:
By providing more effective ways to connect people and systems, smart cities and "connected everything" initiatives have transformed transportation into a key enabler for human productivity. These initiatives also advance efforts to increase transit and roadside safety, lessen traffic in our cities, and get rid of harmful emissions that contribute to climate change.
The new year will put more emphasis on initiatives that encourage people to use more eco-friendly, active forms of transportation like walking and cycling.
Using comprehensive and inclusive programmes to guarantee that people who walk, cycle, and roll have safe access to the transportation system is essential to addressing the safety of vulnerable road users. Proofs of concepts utilising sensor fusion and machine learning will help advance safety, inclusiveness, and accessibility in this regard.
Nick Mackie, Vice President of Global Urban Mobility for Visa
Transit users are looking for more convenient ways to pay for their trip that require the least amount of physical contact, in part because of innovations that were provided and accelerated during the pandemic. People no longer need to store money on a special transport card, paper tickets, or search for cash while boarding because they may pay for transit using their contactless credit, debit, or prepaid card, or payment-enabled device.
In the future, we anticipate that contactless fare payment will be the norm for public transportation, providing both users and operators with a more inclusive, effective, and sustainable transit experience.
Bertrand Boisseau, a leader at Canonical's automotive division:
The automotive sector will experience significant technological trends in 2023. The automotive industry will continue to undergo a digital transition. More purchases will be made online, and emerging predictive maintenance technologies will be used more frequently in car maintenance.
Over-the-air (OTA) updates will continue to add connection features and services to vehicles. Cars will soon be equipped with 5G modems, some of which will use the mmWave technology when 5G is deployed. V2X use cases could benefit from the faster speeds and increased bandwidth offered by mmWave. More connectivity will enable cars to function as an extension of our homes.
Chief Product and Marketing Officer at Otonomo, Fred Kohout:
The following "smartphone" you use will have a steering wheel. Smartphones have enriched our lives in innumerable ways, evolving from a mechanical gadget with a single function to a connected device and a game-changer. A similar evolution is happening with smart automobiles. Similar technological reimagining is taking place for automobiles, and in the upcoming year, we can expect some of the features we have grown to love and expect from smartphones in cars.
Given that the mobility industry is anticipated to almost double in size—growing to $26.6 trillion by 2023, according to worldwide management consulting company Oliver Wyman—it is simple to picture the data-informed technical breakthroughs currently under way and those that lie ahead.
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