An open platform for children’s independent mobility

Abstract

Children’s independent mobility is a perfect example of a smart community, where proactive citizens participation and new form of collaboration between citizens and city managers are fundamental to solve daily problems in the city. This application domain, intersecting several areas of a smart city, from sustainable mobility to health and education, is at the same time very relevant from a societal perspective and very challenging from an ICT perspective, since it requires a combination of socio-psychological theories and practices and of advanced ICT techniques and tools. In this paper we illustrate the problem, analyzing on-going initiatives, lessons learnt and potential role of ICT solutions, and propose a solution, the CLIMB Platform, that will be experimented within the city of Trento.