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Wiligence: Smart Mobility decision-making toolbox under development
Wiligence is a groundbreaking initiative from the Smart Mobility Center, offering a comprehensive toolbox to empower decision-makers in the realm of smart mobility. This revolutionary platform leverages the principles of diligence, wisdom, and intelligence to transform the way transportation planning and deployment are approached.
At the heart of Wiligence lies a suite of online applications designed to guide users through crucial processes like benefit-cost analysis, conceptual design, and life cycle cost-benefit assessments. By seamlessly integrating Multi-Attribute Utility Theory (MAUT), Wiligence allows for the incorporation of stakeholder preferences, ensuring that every decision is tailored to the unique needs of the community. The concept is the result of 10 years of research into the challenges associated with smart mobility investment planning. Now the concept is coming to life in the form of a Minimum Viable Product being developed by a multidisciplinary team of software and smart mobility specialists from Canada, China, the Middle East, and the USA.
About Wiligence
Wiligence is an innovative initiative from the Smart Mobility Center, dedicated to empowering decision-makers in the transportation and urban planning sectors. Leveraging advanced data analytics and modeling techniques, Wiligence offers a comprehensive toolbox to support intelligent, evidence-based decision-making for smart mobility solutions.
At the core of Wiligence is a commitment to integrating wisdom, intelligence and diligence into the decision-making process. By combining robust analytical frameworks, cutting-edge technology, and deep domain expertise, Wiligence enables transportation agencies, urban planners, and policymakers to make informed, data-driven choices that optimize mobility, sustainability, and livability in their communities.
Vision and Mission
Wiligence's vision is to empower mobility stakeholders with an integrated toolkit that applies diligence, wisdom, and intelligence to the decision-making process. By developing cutting-edge online applications, Wiligence aims to bridge the gap between transportation research and practical solutions, supporting data-driven policymaking and infrastructure investment.
The mission of Wiligence is to revolutionize the way smart mobility decisions are made. Through a comprehensive suite of analytical tools, Wiligence empowers planners, engineers, and policymakers to evaluate the full life cycle costs and benefits of transportation projects, optimize network design, and incorporate user preferences to create equitable and sustainable mobility solutions. Data entry, analytics, dashboards and knowledge stores are all being defined in close cooperation with leading practioners.
The Need for Smart Mobility Solutions
As cities around the world continue to grow and evolve, the demand for efficient, sustainable, and equitable transportation solutions has become increasingly pressing. Traditional transportation systems often struggle to keep pace with the changing needs of modern urban centers, leading to issues such as traffic congestion, air pollution, and limited accessibility for certain communities. The need for smart mobility solutions has emerged as a critical priority for policymakers, transportation planners, and urban developers.
Smart mobility leverages advanced technologies, data analytics, and integrated systems to enhance the overall performance and user experience of transportation networks. By harnessing the power of digital tools and real-time data, smart mobility solutions can optimize traffic flow, improve multimodal connectivity, and provide personalized mobility services tailored to the unique needs of each individual. This not only reduces the environmental impact of transportation but also enhances overall quality of life for residents and visitors alike.
Wiligence's Approach
Wiligence takes a comprehensive, data-driven approach to smart mobility decision-making. By integrating best-in-class tools and techniques, Wiligence empowers transportation stakeholders to make informed, evidence-based decisions that optimize infrastructure investments and mobility services. The core of Wiligence's methodology includes:
  1. Benefit-Cost Analysis: Rigorously evaluating the potential costs and benefits of proposed mobility solutions to ensure optimal return on investment.
  1. Conceptual Designs: Developing conceptual designs that visualize and assess the feasibility of innovative mobility concepts. These also form the basis for cost estimates by assuming design choices
  1. Life Cycle Assessments: Analyzing the full life cycle costs and benefits of mobility projects, from initial deployment to long-term operations and maintenance.
  1. Multiattribute Utility Theory (MAUT): Incorporating stakeholder preferences and priorities to ensure mobility solutions align with community values and goals. a knowledge base will be built that captures utility functions and weights.
  1. Online Applications: Delivering intuitive, cloud-based tools that provide access to advanced transportation modeling and analysis capabilities.
Key Features of Wiligence
Benefit-Cost Analysis
Wiligence offers a robust benefit-cost analysis tool that allows users to evaluate the economic viability of transportation projects and infrastructure investments. By considering both the monetary and non-monetary impacts, the tool provides a comprehensive assessment to support data-driven decision-making.
Conceptual Designs
Wiligence integrates conceptual design capabilities, enabling users to quickly generate and visualize potential transportation solutions. This feature supports the exploration of alternative scenarios.
Life Cycle Costs and Benefits
The platform incorporates life cycle analysis, allowing users to assess the long-term costs and benefits of transportation projects. This holistic approach considers the entire project lifespan, from initial capital investments to ongoing operational and maintenance expenses, as well as the anticipated safety, efficiency, user experience, and environmental impacts.
Multiattribute Utility Theory (MAUT)
Wiligence leverages Multiattribute Utility Theory (MAUT) to help incorporate preferences and priorities into the decision-making process. This advanced technique enables the systematic evaluation of multiple criteria, ensuring that the selected solutions align with the stakeholders' values and objectives.
Benefit-Cost Analysis
Wiligence's robust benefit-cost analysis tools empower mobility decision-makers to make data-driven investment choices. By quantifying the costs and benefits of transportation projects, plans, and policies, Wiligence helps users identify the most impactful and cost-effective solutions.
The bar chart illustrates the key monetized benefits of a proposed transportation project, highlighting travel time savings as the most significant factor. Wiligence's advanced analysis techniques ensure all relevant costs and benefits are accounted for, enabling decision-makers to make informed investment choices that maximize the return on public funds.
Abstract Conceptual Designs
Abstract Conceptual Design
Lifecycle costs need a conceptual design as the basis for calculation. Wilgence incorporates abstract design choices for smart mobility service applications.
Life Cycle Costs and Benefits
Evaluating the comprehensive life cycle costs and benefits is crucial when making smart mobility decisions. Wiligence's robust analytical tools enable transportation stakeholders to assess the total economic, environmental, and social impacts of proposed projects or initiatives over their entire lifespan. Users can input city specific data to customize calculations with publicly available data. Wiligence builds a knowledge base of costs and benefits, applying AI to learn from user inputs.
Wiligence's life cycle assessment tools enable stakeholders to holistically evaluate these diverse cost and benefit factors, facilitating informed, data-driven decisions that maximize the long-term value of smart mobility investments.
Multiattribute Utility Theory (MAUT)
Wiligence's decision-making framework incorporates the principles of Multiattribute Utility Theory (MAUT), a powerful technique for evaluating complex options based on multiple, often conflicting criteria. MAUT allows users to define their preferences and priorities, and then systematically assess alternative scenarios against those preferences.
By applying MAUT, Wiligence enables mobility stakeholders to go beyond simplistic cost-benefit analyses and instead capture the nuanced trade-offs and synergies between different factors. This might include weighting the importance of factors like accessibility, environmental impact, equity, feasibility, and user experience when evaluating transportation projects or shared mobility schemes.
The MAUT-based approach in Wiligence empowers users to customize the decision-making process to their unique needs and values. This ensures the recommended solutions are truly aligned with the priorities of the community, agency, or organization making the investment decisions. The result is a more holistic, transparent, and data-driven decision-making process for smart mobility initiatives.
Incorporating User Preferences
At the heart of Wiligence's approach is the recognition that smart mobility solutions must be tailored to the unique needs and preferences of end-users. By integrating Multiattribute Utility Theory (MAUT), Wiligence empowers decision-makers to quantify and balance the various criteria that matter most to their stakeholders.
  • Defining Criteria Priorities: Wiligence guides users in establishing a hierarchy of objectives, from transportation costs and environmental impact to accessibility and equity. Users can assign weights to each factor based on their specific goals and the preferences of their community.
  • Visualizing Trade-Offs: Interactive dashboards and scenario analysis tools help users understand how different design choices or policy options impact the trade-offs between competing priorities. This transparency fosters collaborative decision-making and builds trust with the public.
  • Sensitivity Analysis: Wiligence allows users to explore the sensitivity of results to changes in user preferences or model assumptions. This critical analysis ensures robust, data-driven decisions that withstand scrutiny and adapt to evolving community needs.
Developing Online Applications
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Conceptualization
The Wiligence team collaborates closely with mobility stakeholders to understand their unique challenges and requirements. This insights-driven approach ensures that the online applications developed by Wiligence are tailored to address the specific needs of decision-makers in the smart mobility ecosystem.
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Design & Prototyping
Using the latest web development technologies, the Wiligence engineering team designs and builds intuitive, user-friendly interfaces for the online applications. They create interactive prototypes to gather feedback and iterate on the design until it perfectly aligns with the users' needs.
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Deployment & Integration
Once the online applications are developed, the Wiligence team seamlessly deploys them in the cloud, integrating them with the client's existing systems and data sources. This ensures a smooth user experience and maximizes the value of the Wiligence toolbox for smart mobility decision-making.
Applying Wisdom, Intelligence and Diligence to smart mobility decisions
At the heart of the Wiligence approach is the commitment to applying diligence, wisdom, and intelligence to every aspect of smart mobility decision-making. This multifaceted methodology ensures that transportation solutions are grounded in rigorous analysis, leveraged with deep domain expertise, and infused with forward-thinking innovation.
  1. Wisdom: Drawing on decades of collective experience in the mobility sector, the Wiligence experts bring a wealth of practical knowledge to the table. This wisdom is applied to conceptual designs, deployment strategies, and the integration of cutting-edge technologies.
  1. Intelligence: Wiligence harnesses the power of advanced analytics, modeling, and simulation to uncover insights that drive smarter, data-informed decisions. By applying sophisticated techniques like MAUT, the platform empowers stakeholders to align transportation investments with their unique priorities and preferences.
  1. Diligence: Wiligence employs a meticulous, data-driven approach to evaluate transportation challenges from every angle. From detailed benefit-cost analyses to comprehensive life cycle assessments, the team leaves no stone unturned in their pursuit of optimal solutions.
Data-Driven Decision-Making
At the heart of Wiligence lies a commitment to data-driven decision-making. By leveraging advanced analytics, transportation modeling, and simulations, Wiligence empowers mobility stakeholders to make informed, evidence-based choices. The platform integrates a wide range of transportation data sources, from traffic sensor networks and travel surveys to demographic and economic indicators. Using sophisticated algorithms and machine learning techniques, Wiligence transforms this raw data into actionable insights, enabling users to forecast travel demand patterns, evaluate infrastructure investments, and optimize transit network designs.
One of Wiligence's key strengths is its ability to simulate complex transportation scenarios and quantify their impacts. Whether it's assessing the potential effects of autonomous vehicle deployment, analyzing the viability of shared mobility schemes, or forecasting the environmental consequences of infrastructure projects, Wiligence's simulation capabilities provide a robust, data-driven foundation for decision-making. By modeling various alternatives and scenarios, users can make more informed choices that align with their organizational goals and community priorities.
Evaluating Infrastructure Investments

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Identifying Needs
Understand the transportation challenges and goals of the community.
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Assess Alternatives
Evaluate various infrastructure options to address the identified needs.
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Quantify the expected costs, benefits, and tradeoffs of each alternative.
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Prioritize Projects
Determine the optimal investments based on available resources and community priorities.
Wiligence provides a comprehensive framework for evaluating infrastructure investments. By first identifying the specific transportation needs and goals of the community, the platform guides users through a thorough assessment of alternative solutions. This includes conducting a rigorous cost-benefit analysis to quantify the expected financial and non-financial impacts of each option. Wiligence then helps prioritize the most impactful projects based on available resources and stakeholder preferences, ensuring that limited funding is directed toward the initiatives that will yield the greatest benefits for the community.
Quantifying Environmental Impacts
Wiligence's suite of tools empowers mobility stakeholders to rigorously analyze and quantify the environmental impacts of transportation initiatives. By integrating advanced modeling capabilities, the platform enables users to forecast greenhouse gas emissions, energy consumption, air pollution levels, and other key metrics across the full life cycle of transportation projects.
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Tons CO2
Estimated annual emissions reduction from implementing smart mobility solutions
3.2K
Tons NOx
Projected decrease in nitrogen oxide pollution over 10-year period
$20M
Energy Savings
Lifetime fuel and electricity cost reductions from deploying autonomous electric vehicles
Measuring Accessibility and Equity
Wiligence places a strong emphasis on assessing accessibility and equity as key components of smart mobility decision-making. By integrating advanced transportation models and data analytics, the platform enables users to measure and evaluate the impacts of proposed mobility solutions on underserved communities, vulnerable populations, and those with limited access to transportation options.
Through multimodal accessibility analysis, Wiligence quantifies the ease of reaching essential destinations such as jobs, healthcare, education, and recreational facilities. This data-driven approach helps identify areas with limited mobility options, informing targeted investments and policies to improve connectivity and reduce disparities.
By quantifying accessibility and equity metrics, Wiligence empowers stakeholders to make informed decisions that prioritize the needs of disadvantaged communities, promote social inclusion, and ensure the fair distribution of the benefits and burdens of transportation investments.
Enhancing Public-Private Partnerships
Aligned Incentives
Effective public-private partnerships (PPPs) hinge on aligning the incentives of both the public and private sectors. By identifying shared goals and mutually beneficial outcomes, PPPs can leverage the respective strengths and resources of each stakeholder to deliver innovative mobility solutions.
Risk-Sharing Frameworks
Wiligence supports the development of robust risk-sharing frameworks that equitably distribute the responsibilities and potential liabilities between public agencies and private entities. This ensures that risks are properly assessed and mitigated, fostering trust and collaboration.
Streamlined Processes
Wiligence's suite of tools and analytics can help streamline the complex procurement and contracting processes involved in PPPs, reducing administrative burdens and accelerating the implementation of smart mobility initiatives.
Performance Monitoring
Wiligence's data-driven approach enables continuous monitoring and evaluation of PPP performance, ensuring accountability and allowing for data-driven adjustments to optimize outcomes over the long-term.
Bridging the Gap Between Research and Practice
Wiligence serves as a crucial bridge between transportation research and practical application, empowering mobility stakeholders to make informed, data-driven decisions. By integrating cutting-edge transportation models and analytical techniques into user-friendly online applications, Wiligence translates complex academic concepts into tangible solutions that can be easily adopted by industry professionals.
  1. Translating Research into Action: Wiligence's team of experts collaborates closely with researchers to identify the most impactful innovations and methodologies, and then systematically incorporates them into the Wiligence platform, ensuring that the latest advancements in transportation science are readily accessible to practitioners.
  1. Fostering Interdisciplinary Cooperation: Wiligence brings together diverse stakeholders, including planners, engineers, policymakers, and data scientists, to facilitate cross-pollination of ideas and promote a holistic, integrated approach to smart mobility challenges.
  1. Continuous Improvement and Feedback: Wiligence actively solicits input from its user community, continuously refining its tools and features to address evolving industry needs and incorporate user feedback, ensuring that the platform remains a cutting-edge, industry-leading solution.
Continuous Improvement and Innovation
At the heart of Wiligence lies a commitment to continuous improvement and innovation. As the field of smart mobility rapidly evolves, the Wiligence team is dedicated to staying at the forefront, continuously enhancing the platform's capabilities to meet the changing needs of its users. Through a process of rigorous research, user feedback, and iterative development, Wiligence undergoes regular updates and enhancements to ensure it remains a cutting-edge decision-making tool for mobility stakeholders.
Innovation is a core tenet of the Wiligence approach. The team actively seeks out and incorporates the latest advancements in transportation modeling, data analytics, and visualization techniques. By leveraging emerging technologies and methodologies, Wiligence empowers users to make more informed, data-driven decisions that drive progress in the smart mobility space. From incorporating machine learning algorithms to streamlining data integration, Wiligence is constantly evolving to provide its users with the most robust and comprehensive suite of tools available.
Join the Wiligence Community
Connect with Mobility Experts
Wiligence brings together a diverse community of transportation professionals, urban planners, policymakers, and researchers. Join this dynamic network to collaborate, exchange ideas, and stay up-to-date on the latest trends and best practices in smart mobility decision-making.
Contribute to Ongoing Development
As an active member of the Wiligence community, you'll have the opportunity to provide feedback, suggest new features, and help shape the future direction of this powerful decision-making platform. Your insights and expertise will directly influence the continuous improvement of Wiligence.
Access Exclusive Resources
Members of the Wiligence community gain access to a wealth of exclusive resources, including webinars, case studies, white papers, and expert-led workshops. Deepen your understanding of smart mobility concepts and discover innovative strategies to apply Wiligence in your own projects.
Join a Global Movement
Be a part of the global push towards sustainable, equitable, and efficient transportation systems. By joining the Wiligence community, you'll connect with like-minded professionals from around the world, collectively working to transform the future of mobility through data-driven decision-making.
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Taking the first step towards smarter mobility decision-making is easy with Wiligence. Start by exploring the platform's comprehensive suite of tools and features, designed to empower transportation professionals, urban planners, and policymakers. Once Wiligence is ready, you can sign up for a free Wiligence account and dive right in, accessing the intuitive interface and powerful analytics. As you begin using Wiligence, you can seamlessly integrate it with your existing systems, creating a streamlined workflow that elevates your decision-making process. Take the next step towards a more sustainable, equitable, and efficient transportation future. Get ready, Wiligence is on the way.