Smart city mobility: Investigation of RFID adoption within transportation management

Smart cities era requires changes in the life style of the citizens technically and technologically. Mobility is one of the main domains in smart cities, hence, transportation is the area of focus in this research. Embedding Radio Frequency Identification RFID tags into all vehicles driving in the Kingdom of Bahrain allows tracking and controlling traffic in addition to reducing it at the same time. The study aims at investigating the readiness and acceptance in Bahrain to establish RFID traffic control and enforce it upon all drivers, while measuring the level of awareness of security risk, privacy violation, and their alignment with legislation and policies in the country. Considering all aspects that might affect the decision of the citizen, the study focuses on understanding their willingness to use it, and which parts of the implementation is more acceptable than others. The results of the study show that the citizens are ready and accept the adoption of the technology to reduce and manage traffic, however, they were not quite concerned about the security and privacy issues related to this new technology. Further study is required in the future to spread awareness of the importance of information security and privacy while using new technologies.