Optimization Pathways for Digital Transportation in Macao
XIAO Yihong, WU Jingsi, WU Mian, LI Yi, ZHU Qiyuan, LI Zhenzu
(Zhuhai College of Science and Technology, Zhuhai, Guangdong 519090)
Abstract:Against the backdrop of a high-density built environment, a tourism-oriented urbaneconomy, and intensive inter-island commuting flows, Macao's transport system is characterizedby scarce road space, highly volatile demand, bridge-corridor sensitivity, and a multi-actorgovernance structure. Drawing on research in smart cities, smart mobility, and digital governance,this paper develops a four-dimensional analytical framework consisting of data infrastructure,algorithmic coordination, inter-island integration, and service scenarios, and examines theinstitutional foundations, structural bottlenecks, and optimization pathways of digitaltransportation strictly within Macao's own administrative territory, with a specific focus on the Macao Peninsula and Taipa (including the Cotai area). The study finds that Macao has alreadyestablished a preliminary foundation through real-time traffic information services, bus arrivalinformation systems, parking information connectivity, and smart-city policy support. However,persistent constraints remain, including fragmented data interfaces, weak interdepartmentalsharing, limited adaptive signal control, insufficient event-responsive bus dispatching, inadequatedigital coordination across bridge corridors and key nodes, and weak incentives for greenmobility. Accordingly, the paper proposes to build an integrated transport data governancearchitecture, upgrade signal control and bus scheduling algorithms, develop a Mobility-as-a-Service framework for residents, visitors, and commuters, strengthen digital coordination amongthe Macao Peninsula, Taipa, bridge corridors, and major interchange nodes, and institutionalizegreen, resilient, and talent-based governance. As an innovative extension, the paper also arguesthat the mature digital governance experience formed within Macao may later be transferred toHengqin in order to improve the efficiency of the wider Macao-Hengqin transport interface. Thearticle aims to provide a directly applicable and management-oriented policy framework for the local optimization of transportation in Macao.
Keywords:Macao; digital transportation; Macao Peninsula-Taipa coordination; smart mobility;transport governance
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