With the pending market saturation of the smartphone looming, and the emergence of connected vehicles, peer-to-peer resource management, crowdsourcing and the implementation of collaborative platforms, one could easily surmise that the “consumerization” of significant components of Next-Gen Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) is well underway. What is not exactly clear is what the landscape will look like during the transition, as well as when consumerization is firmly rooted.
It’s clear that public mobility managers will continue to provide certain services to their constituents for the foreseeable future, however it is expected that some existing services will be provisioned through consumerization. Consumerization will also give rise to entirely new service needs. New areas of expertise will be required for data and information management, systems management and X2X networks, to name just a few. Will consumerization lead to less strain on agency coffers? Or will it simply generate new needs equal to or greater than existing financial burdens? We’ll take deeper dives on these issues in coming posts.
References and Resources
http://blog.gardeviance.org/2011/03/consumerization.html
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