Mercedes Self-driving car prototype.
Autonomous vehicles challenge smart cities by requiring robust infrastructure, advanced communication networks, and real-time data integration to ensure safe navigation, traffic management, and cybersecurity, all while balancing privacy and adapting existing urban planning.
An adequate integration of UAVs in Smart Cities is of foremost importance to achieve a plethora of novel services while assuring safety and an optimal integration of multiple stakeholders in the sector. In this regard, initiatives like U-Space in the UE seek to regulate air traffic
by defining a set of services and procedures based
on a high level of digitalisation and automation of functions. This way, it provides safe and
efficient access to airspace for a large number of unmanned aircraft
systems (UASs), while also facilitating their coexistence with manned
aircraft in certain airspaces.
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Valencia floods, 2025
Smart Cities should be able to face the challenges associated to climate change, mitigating its impact through early disaster detection and timely alerts to the population. Different technologies are required to offer support to those areas, including drone deployment for disaster assessment and rescue support, in addition to on-demand cellular infrastructure support.
Promoting a more sustainable mobility that embraces electric bicycles and scooters, offering various multi-modal transportation for commuters and citizens living in urban areas, is fundamental to gradually reduce the CO2 footprint and promote a healthier lifestyle in smart cities.
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