Vehicle Telematics for Safer, Cleaner and More Sustainable Urban Transport: A Review

Omid Ghaffarpasand, Mark Burke, Louisa K. Osei, Helen Ursell, Sam Chapman and Francis D. Pope ()
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Omid Ghaffarpasand: School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
Mark Burke: The Floow Ltd., Sheffield S3 8HQ, UK
Louisa K. Osei: School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
Helen Ursell: Transport for West Midlands, Birmingham B19 3TR, UK
Sam Chapman: The Floow Ltd., Sheffield S3 8HQ, UK
Francis D. Pope: School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 24, 1-20

Abstract: Urban transport contributes more than a quarter of the global greenhouse gas emissionns that drive climate change; it also produces significant air pollution emissions. Furthermore, vehicle collisions kill and seriously injure 1.35 and 60 million people worldwide, respectively, each year. This paper reviews how vehicle telematics can contribute towards safer, cleaner and more sustainable urban transport. Collection methods are reviewed with a focus on technical challenges, including data processing, storage and privacy concerns. We review how vehicle telematics can be used to estimate transport variables, such as traffic flow speed, driving characteristics, fuel consumption and exhaustive and non-exhaustive emissions. The roles of telematics in the development of intelligent transportation systems (ITSs), optimised routing services, safer road networks and fairer insurance premia estimation are highlighted. Finally, we outline the potential for telematics to facilitate new-to-market urban mobility technologies, signalised intersections, vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communication networks and other internet-of-things (IoT) and internet-of-vehicles (IoV) technologies.

Keywords: telematics data; sustainable transport; driving behaviour; data science; low emission and carbon-free transport; resilient/smart cities (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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