Smart Urban Mobility as a Regulatory Challenge

Abstract

The `smart city' has become shorthand for developments in technology that influence how cities are organised and how citizens coexist in them. `Smart mobility', one of its most visible sub-domains, has been considerably affected by ecological, demographic and economic pressures. Emerging methods of transportation and innovative business models can overcome old problems, but they also pose new societal, economic and legal challenges. This introduction aims to shed light on the law, regulation and policy of `smart urban mobility' by critically examining its substantial transformation from a regulatory perspective. It outlines the notion of the `smart city', highlights trends in `smart' urban mobility, points to related legal challenges and explains the conception and chapters of this book.