This document discusses the convergence of smart cars and smart cities. It notes that as more devices become connected via the internet, technologies are being developed to make cities and transportation systems smarter and more efficient. However, it also cautions that smart city initiatives need to consider the human element and not eliminate human involvement, as that could have detrimental consequences. It argues that citizens, not just architects and planners, need to be involved in designing smart city systems to ensure they meet human needs and do not make people "dumb" by over-automating aspects of city life.

1. By
Tavleen
Mehendiratta,
i-mobility.org
THE CONVERGENCE OF
SMART CARS & SMART CITIES

2. #1 UBIQUITOUS
COMPUTING- A WAY OF LIFE

3. 50 BILLION DEVICES WAITING TO GET ON
INTERNET

4. TWO IMPORTANT AUTO TRENDS

5. DEVELOPING COUNTRIES CANNOT BE TOLD TO
CURB ON THEIR CAR CONSUMPTION
TODAY US STANDS AT 800 CARS PER 1000 PEOPLE AND
INDIA IS AT 50 PER 1000, THE DEVELOPING COUNTIES HAVE
HUGE POTENTIAL DESPITE SUSTAINABILITY ISSUES

6. WE WILL ALWAYS BE CAR-DEPENDENT
SOCIETY
PUBLIC TRANSPORT IS STILL PLAGUED BY LAST MILE
CONNECTIVITY, MULTI-MODAL ELEMENT AND LACKS THE
COMFORT/STATUS THAT CAR TODAY IS KNOWN TO PROVIDE

7. CAN WE MAKE THEM SMARTER?
THE DILEMMA OF AUTO MANUFACTURERS:
CAN CARS NEGOTIATE THEIR WAYS OUT OF JAMS
BECAUSE JAMS WILL BE THE WAY OF LIFE?

8. ITS RAINING MEN!
WHEN YOU TURN ON YOUR WIPER, CAN YOUR EXACT GPS LOCATION
BE UPDATED TO THE METEOROLOGICAL DEPT. AND THEY KNOW
WHICH PARTS OF CITIES ARE SEEING TRAFFIC

9. WHERE ARE YOU?
40% OF TRAFFIC OCCURS DUE TO CARS LOOKING FOR PARKING
SPACES. COULD SENSORS BE EMBEDDED IN CITIES TO MAKE YOU
AWARE OF EMPT Y PARKING SPACES?

10. #2 CITIES WILL BE THE NEW
CLIENTS
IN RETURN FOR BILLIONS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF MAN HOURS,
CARBON EMISSIONS, WATER SAVED, TECH COMPANIES ARE GOING
AFTER CITIES AS THEIR NEW CLIENTS

11. COMPANIES AFTER CITIES

12. SYSTEM OF SYSTEMS
INTEL, FOR EXAMPLE IS WORKING ON SYSTEM OF SYSTEMS.
HOW AN EVENT IN ONE PART OF THE CIT Y CAN TRIGGER OTHERS IN
SOME OTHER PART?

13. A WELL CONNECTED, RESPONSIVE CITY
FOR EXAMPLE, AN ACCIDENT ON AIRPORT ROAD MAY CAUSE
PEOPLE HEADED TO THE AIRPORT ARRIVING LATE

14. SMARTER CITIES
SO COULD CITIES RECOMMEND YOU REAL TIME DETOURS OR MAYBE
EVEN BEFORE YOU SET OUT ON YOUR JOURNEY, YOU ARE MADE
AWARE OF DIVERSIONS, CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS, EVENTS

15. RED MARK- HIGH CONSUMPTION
WHEN 50 BILLION DEVICES GET ON THE INTERNET, A SMART METER
AT HOME WILL BE ABLE TO TELL YOU OF YOUR CONSUMPTION REAL
TIME, SO YOU CAN KEEP A TRACK ALONG THE WAY.

16. #3 DEMOCRACY AND NOT
AUTOCRACY

17. MASDAR’S DISASTER
THE CIT Y OF MASDAR WITH AN AGGRESSIVE TARGET OF BEING
CARBON NEUTRAL BY 2015 AND DECIDED TO REPLACE ALL CARS
BY AUTONOMOUS PODS! THE MODEL HAS BEEN TERMED AS A
FAILURE BY EXPERTS

18. " I think that the model of "intelligent cities" as propounded by
technologists, with the telepresence efforts of Cisco Systems a
key ingredient, misses this opportunity to urbanize the
technologies they mobilize. Secondly, the intelligent city
concept if too rigid, becomes a futile effort to eliminate the
incompleteness of the city, to get full control. This is a recipe
for built-in obsoleteness”
SASKIA SASSEN, SOCIOLOGIST ON OPEN
SOURCE URBANIZATION
THE CONSEQUENCES OF CHUCKING THE HUMAN ELEMENT OUT OF
THE LOOP CAN BE DETRIMENTAL TO THE SMART CIT Y PROPOSITION

19.  When my wife complains about my driving style, I can ask her
why and then either agree with her or try to reassure her. I
can also modify my driving so that she is not disturbed by it.
But I can’t have a conversation with my car, all the
communication is one way.”
DON NORMAN, COGNITIVE SCIENCE PROFESSOR AND
AUTHOR – LIVING WITH COMPLEXITY
SMART CITIES ARE ANALOGOUS TO SMART CARS. WHERE THE
FORMER MAKES CITIZENS DUMB, THE LATTER MAKES DRIVERS
DUMB BY INTRODUCING A COMPLETE AUTONOMY/CONTROL. THE
HUMAN ELEMENT IS THUS VERY IMPORTANT PART OF BOTH.

20. ONLY 1% OF WHAT CAN BE CONNECTED
IS CONNECTED
AS CITIES BUSTLE WITH HUMAN ENERGY AND ACTIVIT Y, PEOPLE
COMMERCE (GETTING FROM A TO B) WILL BE THE CENTERPIECE OF
DESIGNING SMART CITIES

21. THE CITIES DON’T BELONG TO
ITS ARCHITECTS AND
PLANNERS…
THEY BELONG TO ITS CITIZENS!