Smart Urban Mobility

This book adds a critical perspective to the legal dialogue on the regulation of ''smart urban mobility''. Mobility is one of the most visible sub-domains of the ''smart city'', which has become shorthand for technological advances that influence how cities are structured, public services are fashioned, and citizens coexist. In the urban context, mobility has come under pressure due to a variety of different forces, such as the implementation of new business models (e.g. car and bicycle sharing), the proliferation of alternative methods of transportation (e.g. electric scooters), the emergence of new market players and stakeholders (e.g. internet and information technology companies), and advancements in computer science (in particular due to artificial intelligence). At the same time, demographic changes and the climate crisis increase innovation pressure. 

In this context law is a seminal factor that both shapes and is shaped by socio-economic