AI-Driven Solutions for Predictive Maintenance in Smart Transportation Systems

Predictive maintenance: A game changer in infrastructure and vehicle management, and able to cut maintenance expenses and downtime of smart transportation systems. This study explores ways in which smart transportation systems might use AI in order to plan maintenance schedules and forecast equipment breakdowns. Predictive algorithms, that can detect potential problems before raising to expensive repair or system breakdown, use real time sensor data from infrastructure and vehicles. Decision trees and neural networks are two of these models. By allowing AI driven solutions, transportation systems may transition from a reactive to a proactive maintenance practice which may support efficiency, safety, and reliability. Unsupervised learning methods are used to do anomaly detection for real time operations, and we examine the patterns in previous maintenance data with supervised learning approaches. The use of AI for predictive maintenance is also being studied for use in smart cities, where transportation networks are becoming more interconnected by IoT. The paper also considers challenges on data integration as well as the importance of scaling the algorithms and guaranteeing cybersecurity in these systems. Based on our research, smart transportation systems could benefit from AI to increase operational efficiency, reduce the cost of material and labor to maintain and repair equipment systems, and decrease the rate of disruptions.