Overview
ISO 37162:2023 - Smart community infrastructures - Smart transportation for newly developing areas provides a procedural framework to plan and arrange smart transportation services for newly developed districts (also called new towns, satellite towns or bedroom towns). The standard covers passenger transport inside a newly developing area and connections between that area and existing city centres. It does not prescribe construction methods for transport infrastructure; instead it guides selection, installation and operation of transport services to support sustainable, connected communities.
Key topics and requirements
The standard addresses core technical and planning topics for smart transportation in newly developing areas:
- Transportation concept and objectives: defining transport roles inside the area and to/from surrounding regions, aligned with urban planning goals and UN Sustainable Development Goals.
- Transportation modes: guidance on appropriate modes for internal and external services, including BRT (Bus Rapid Transit), LRT (Light Rail Transit), AGT (Automated Guideway Transit) and MRT (Mass Rapid Transit), with strengths and limitations for each.
- Mode selection criteria: factors to evaluate when choosing modes and service types:
- transportation capacity, service frequency, stop/station spacing
- geographical applicability and running performance
- availability of exclusive tracks or lanes and flexibility in track arrangements
- environmental performance, life-cycle impacts and energy saving
- coach convenience, safety, emergency measures and on-time operation
- driverless operation applicability and town attractiveness
- Adoption and installation: procedures for installing smart transportation services consistent with local town planning, geography and financial constraints (e.g., viaducts, at-grade or underground alignments).
- Sustainability and quality: parameters to observe, continuous monitoring and re-optimization of transport conditions to ensure long-term service quality.
Practical applications and users
ISO 37162:2023 is practical for:
- Urban planners and master developers designing newly developing areas or satellite towns.
- Municipal and metropolitan transport authorities planning transit services between new developments and existing city centres.
- Transport consultants and system integrators selecting appropriate modes (BRT/LRT/AGT/MRT) and service patterns.
- Smart city program managers and sustainability officers integrating transport with broader smart community infrastructures.
- Investors and policymakers assessing mode trade-offs (cost, capacity, environmental performance, flexibility).
Benefits include improved passenger mobility, better alignment of transit capacity and frequency with planned population/density, and informed choices about driverless operation, energy efficiency and emergency resilience.
Related standards
- ISO 37154 - Smart community infrastructures - Best practice guidelines for transportation
- ISO 37157 - Smart community infrastructures - Smart transportation for compact cities
Keywords: ISO 37162:2023, smart transportation, newly developing areas, smart community infrastructures, BRT, LRT, AGT, MRT, sustainable mobility, transportation planning, satellite city.
