Optimizing Urban Mobility in Hangzhou: A Case Study of the City Brain’s AI-Driven Traffic Management

This study examines Hangzhou’s City Brain as an AI-enabled traffic governance platform. Using Leong & Kumar (2023) four-dimensional ITS framework—data acquisition, connectivity, intelligence, and responsiveness, the paper evaluates operational outcomes, governance conditions, and transferability...

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Main Authors: Guo, Hanxiang, Leong, Wai Yie
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Language:English
English
Published: INTI International University 2025
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description This study examines Hangzhou’s City Brain as an AI-enabled traffic governance platform. Using Leong & Kumar (2023) four-dimensional ITS framework—data acquisition, connectivity, intelligence, and responsiveness, the paper evaluates operational outcomes, governance conditions, and transferability. We find that (i) average traffic efficiency improved in pilot corridors and (ii) emergency response times shortened markedly, with (iii) gains shaped by a public–private partnership that couples municipal mandates with cloud-scale analytics. However, challenges persist around data governance and public trust, interoperability with legacy ITS, and context-dependent scalability. Comparative references to Singapore and Amsterdam underscore how institutional design conditions technological payoffs. The case contributes practice-oriented insights for cities seeking reproducible, ethically governed AI in transport.
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spelling intimal-21712025-09-02T08:46:21Z http://eprints.intimal.edu.my/2171/ Optimizing Urban Mobility in Hangzhou: A Case Study of the City Brain’s AI-Driven Traffic Management Guo, Hanxiang Leong, Wai Yie T Technology (General) TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) TE Highway engineering. Roads and pavements This study examines Hangzhou’s City Brain as an AI-enabled traffic governance platform. Using Leong & Kumar (2023) four-dimensional ITS framework—data acquisition, connectivity, intelligence, and responsiveness, the paper evaluates operational outcomes, governance conditions, and transferability. We find that (i) average traffic efficiency improved in pilot corridors and (ii) emergency response times shortened markedly, with (iii) gains shaped by a public–private partnership that couples municipal mandates with cloud-scale analytics. However, challenges persist around data governance and public trust, interoperability with legacy ITS, and context-dependent scalability. Comparative references to Singapore and Amsterdam underscore how institutional design conditions technological payoffs. The case contributes practice-oriented insights for cities seeking reproducible, ethically governed AI in transport. INTI International University 2025-09 Article PeerReviewed text en cc_by_4 http://eprints.intimal.edu.my/2171/1/ij2025_25.pdf text en cc_by_4 http://eprints.intimal.edu.my/2171/2/719 Guo, Hanxiang and Leong, Wai Yie (2025) Optimizing Urban Mobility in Hangzhou: A Case Study of the City Brain’s AI-Driven Traffic Management. INTI JOURNAL, 2025 (25). pp. 1-6. ISSN e2600-7320 https://intijournal.intimal.edu.my
spellingShingle T Technology (General)
TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
TE Highway engineering. Roads and pavements
Guo, Hanxiang
Leong, Wai Yie
Optimizing Urban Mobility in Hangzhou: A Case Study of the City Brain’s AI-Driven Traffic Management
title Optimizing Urban Mobility in Hangzhou: A Case Study of the City Brain’s AI-Driven Traffic Management
title_full Optimizing Urban Mobility in Hangzhou: A Case Study of the City Brain’s AI-Driven Traffic Management
title_fullStr Optimizing Urban Mobility in Hangzhou: A Case Study of the City Brain’s AI-Driven Traffic Management
title_full_unstemmed Optimizing Urban Mobility in Hangzhou: A Case Study of the City Brain’s AI-Driven Traffic Management
title_short Optimizing Urban Mobility in Hangzhou: A Case Study of the City Brain’s AI-Driven Traffic Management
title_sort optimizing urban mobility in hangzhou: a case study of the city brain’s ai-driven traffic management
topic T Technology (General)
TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
TE Highway engineering. Roads and pavements
url http://eprints.intimal.edu.my/2171/
http://eprints.intimal.edu.my/2171/
http://eprints.intimal.edu.my/2171/1/ij2025_25.pdf
http://eprints.intimal.edu.my/2171/2/719