Themes for TSIC 2024
Themes Summary
AI-Driven Smart Mobility Public transportation is essential to urban mobility, but it faces challenges like service
Enhancements reliability – delays, crowdedness, intermittent schedules, inadequate coverage at key POI
Make public transport more efficient, reliable and attractive ultimately increasing the public
transport adoption with demand analytics driven network planning, traffic based dynamic
scheduling and other innovative services leveraging AI & people movement data
Sustainable Urban Sustainability in transportation aims to minimize the environmental impact by creating
Commute: Green moves solutions / products increasing adoption of greener mode of transport for citizen with
for brighter future avenue such as loyalty programs, gamification, carbon credit scores and other
Next generation Transportation should be inclusive, yet many people struggle to navigate public and private
accessibility: Inclusive transport systems due to language barriers, mobility challenges due to disabilities or other
cities of the future special needs
Make transportation systems more accessible for such people : leveraging LLMs,
conversational boards, AR based navigation, application for discovery of accessibility
features and digitization of services that specifically cater to the needs of such audience
Safe Transit: Enhancing Safety is a top concern in all forms of transportation, whether for drivers, passengers, or
Security, Ensuring Trust pedestrians. Various safety issues need to be addressed, from reducing traffic accidents to
improving personal safety on public transport
Create a safer transport ecosystem for everyone by digital enablement of SOS services,
safety index of routes, leveraging accidents data to identify interventions on specific routes
and management of transport service during disruptive incidents like heavy water logging
Urban data and Transportation generates vast amounts of data daily, such as traffic patterns and vehicle
marketplaces: movements: identifying ways to make data interoperable and creating avenues for new data
Unlocking art of the generation by leveraging various upcoming mediums / improving physical infra of the city
such as cameras, mobile details, automotive data, citizen feedbacks etc.
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Decongestion: Smart Effective traffic management is key to solving urban mobility challenges. By leveraging data
Moves for Smooth and predictive intelligence, cities can create smarter systems to improve traffic flow,
Traffic reduce congestion, and boost transportation efficiency.
Rethink Movement: One of the reasons for lower adoption of public transport is lack of information about last
Micro-mobility’s macro mile availability & price points at various public transport stops – Micro-mobility services,
impact specifically E-rikshaw / E-auto is highly unorganized sector with significant information
asymmetry on availability and routes due to lack of streamlined platforms
Enhance the user experience by enabling route options and pick points details of shared
last mile options, digital booking options & route optimization for E-rikshaw / E-auto,
leading to increased accessibility & operational efficiencies
Unlocking Hidden Value Non-farebox revenue is crucial for sustaining transportation systems, offering opportunities
of Non-Farebox beyond fare collection. While operators heavily rely on traditional ways of managing
Possibilities categories like retailing and advertising, significant revenue upside exists by leveraging data
and digital technology to optimize existing avenues and introducing newer opportunities
Redefining Industries Going beyond transport sector: utilizing transport data to fuel innovation across sectors like
with Cross-Sector Data healthcare, insurance, and automotive – leading to interconnected smart city set-up that
Synergy transcend traditional industry borders
Driver Performance The driver ecosystem faces challenges such as driver recruitment, management and
Excellence Digital performance monitoring. Enhancing the experience for both drivers and the organizations
nudges for safer streets basis creation of shared platforms for discovery / evaluation of drivers‘ performance /
standard scores – providing digital nudges based on behavioral analytics leading to
improved driver performance,
Gender-Inclusive Promote gender inclusivity in urban transport by integrating safety features, gender-
Mobility: Empowering sensitive design, and accessible services. Leverage data to identify and address mobility
Equal Access challenges faced by women and marginalized genders, ensuring equitable access to public
transit and transport services
