<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Smart City as a concept presupposes using new information and communication technologies in order to improve the quality of life within a particular geographic area. There are six different pillars in the frame of this concept and their one purpose is to achieve better efficiency of city operations. Smart mobility and transport are some of them. The efforts of traditional cities to become smart are not easily and quickly achievable. Numerous traffic solutions have already been implemented in different cities all over the world that make the ‘jump’ from traditional city to smart city. This paper provides an overview of the ‘smart’ transport solutions that have been implemented in the city of Skopje as a traditional city, which is on its way to becoming a smart city.</p><p>The presented smart solutions are related to traffic management and control area and are aimed at alleviating traffic problems. The focus is on non-motorized solutions, e-vehicles, adaptive traffic control systems and public transport solutions. Several aims have been set in this paper – to promote the achievements of the municipality of Skopje aimed at transforming Skopje into a smart city in a transport area; to present its functionality, and to point out the disadvantages related to law regulations and the interconnection of all stakeholders involved. Finally, the idea is to provide a starting point for future research and to recommend future steps in this direction in the city of Skopje.</p></abstract>

Smart City as a concept presupposes using new information and communication technologies in order to improve the quality of life within a particular geographic area. There are six different pillars in the frame of this concept and their one purpose is to achieve better efficiency of city operations. Smart mobility and transport are some of them. The efforts of traditional cities to become smart are not easily and quickly achievable. Numerous traffic solutions have already been implemented in different cities all over the world that make the ‘jump’ from traditional city to smart city. This paper provides an overview of the ‘smart’ transport solutions that have been implemented in the city of Skopje as a traditional city, which is on its way to becoming a smart city.The presented smart solutions are related to traffic management and control area and are aimed at alleviating traffic problems. The focus is on non-motorized solutions, e-vehicles, adaptive traffic control systems and public transport solutions. Several aims have been set in this paper – to promote the achievements of the municipality of Skopje aimed at transforming Skopje into a smart city in a transport area; to present its functionality, and to point out the disadvantages related to law regulations and the interconnection of all stakeholders involved. Finally, the idea is to provide a starting point for future research and to recommend future steps in this direction in the city of Skopje.

Smart Cities: Transport Challenges of the Macedonian Capital City

Macedonia (the former Yugoslav Republic of)

St. Kliment Ohridski University in Bitola

HOLISTICA – Journal of Business and Public Administration

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Smart City as a concept presupposes using new information and communication technologies in order to improve the quality of life within a particular geographic...

Smart Cities: Transport Challenges of the Macedonian Capital City

Published Online: Jun 12, 2017

Page range: 45 - 58

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/hjbpa-2017-0004

Keywords
smart mobility, smart government, transport solutions

© 2017 Mimoza Bogdanoska, Jovanovska et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Smart Cities: Transport Challenges of the Macedonian Capital City

Published Online: Jun 12, 2017

Page range: 45 - 58

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/hjbpa-2017-0004

Keywordssmart mobility, smart government, transport solutions

© 2017 Mimoza Bogdanoska, Jovanovska et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
smart mobility, smart government, transport solutions