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                    Scenario  Three: The third guy   this, when he reaches his destination,   question arises: should I not be able
                   moves in a zone car. He decides to   he is not sure where to park his car.  to get my bus, rail, and air tickets at
                   use his personal transport. He has no   I have shared these three kinds of   one single place keeping the margins
                   hassles with regard to catching up   stories with you only to highlight that   of those journey segments in mind?
                   with different modes of transport at   the system through which we address   I should be sure about my start time
                   different taking-off points but, he takes   these concerns at each of these places   at these destinations. The effort to
                   the road, and finds the road does not   is perhaps what your smart mobility   bring about smart mobility is to tie
                   carry enough signages or indications   would be covering.         these loose ends in the mobility of
                   for him. He finds that he does not                                any person. Smart mobility has to be
                   know which part of the road would   In the point-to-point connectivity,   different for different segments -- it
                   be under a traffic jam. He does not   whatever the aggregator -- the   is different for a passenger segment
                   know where there would be a resting   e-rickshaw, Uber, Ola or any other   and different for a logistics segment.
                   place - a wayside amenity. He needs to   aggregator -- it is a big welcome. What   In a logistics segment, by using smart
                   refuel his vehicle but does not know   does integrated approach mean here?   technology features in managing his
                   where the petrol pump would be. He   When I go to a bus stand to buy my   business, a person is optimizing his
                   crosses toll plazas during this process   ticket for the bus and then to the train   vehicle utilization, keeping track of the
                   at two–three locations, and each of   station to buy my rail ticket at the   movement of his goods to his clients,
                   the toll plazas is a pain – it takes its   next destination and further, buy my   and ensuring that the deliveries are
                   own queue time. Finally braving all   air ticket at yet another destination, a   taken in time.







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