Smart city technologies: infrastructure of the future

Communications make up the most important part of the city's infrastructure, and as «smart» technologies spread, transport becomes one of the areas of their most active application. The use of intelligent solutions in the development of the transport industry is aimed at reducing of the impact of the «human» factor and associated negative manifestations, reducing transaction costs for the economy, increasing manageability and optimizing traffic management, which gives a positive effect of creating a better infrastructure along with environmentally friendly and socially favorable urban environment. The article describes intelligent transport system within the context of the «smart» city concept. The main advantages and risks of introducing intelligent transport systems, the prospects for their further development, as well as examples of digital forms of interaction between the authorities and society on topical issues of urban governance were analyzed.