Research Article
Enabling Citizen-Centric ITS Services Through Blockchain and Human Incentives
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-030-97603-3_7, author={Sofia Martins and Ant\^{o}nio Costa and Zafeiris Kokkinogenis and Rosaldo J. F. Rossetti}, title={Enabling Citizen-Centric ITS Services Through Blockchain and Human Incentives}, proceedings={Intelligent Transport Systems. 5th EAI International Conference, INTSYS 2021, Virtual Event, November 24-26, 2021, Proceedings}, proceedings_a={INTSYS}, year={2022}, month={3}, keywords={UVAR Urban vehicle access regulations Blockchain ITS Intelligent transport systems}, doi={10.1007/978-3-030-97603-3_7} }- Sofia Martins
António Costa
Zafeiris Kokkinogenis
Rosaldo J. F. Rossetti
Year: 2022
Enabling Citizen-Centric ITS Services Through Blockchain and Human Incentives
INTSYS
Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-97603-3_7
Abstract
Given the increasing migration of populations from rural to metropolitan areas, it is imperative to make urban mobility more efficient in order to mitigate traffic, pollution and degradation of the quality of life. In this paper, we propose a system that attempts to influence drivers to follow a certain route by means of an incentive. The proposals are put forward based on predefined urban traffic network indicators in need of optimization, such as the carbon dioxide emissions in a specific route or another equally compatible with our model. Our hypothesis is that influencing drivers’ behaviours can lead to the optimization of such indicators. The accumulated incentives are registered in a Blockchain network in order to ensure the unchanging and reliable registration of route proposals accepted by drivers. Additionally, we describe an application developed as a proof of concept and as a basis for future work.
