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            Architecture and Urbanism                                             Stakeholder perspectives on BRTEMIP



            basis  and  technological support for the development of   In China, significant progress has been made in
            urban transportation and promoting the application   researching  traffic  road environmental monitoring
            of information technology in this domain. Second, the   information platforms (Jin  et al., 2021). Domestically,
            design and implementation of the BRTEMIP involve   research on road traffic environmental detection has
            various areas such as sensor technology, data processing,   primarily focused on the impact of environment-related
            and data mining. The application of these technologies   pollutant monitoring technology on green and sustainable
            will further drive the utilization of information   development. The  aim  is to create  a  healthier, greener
            technology in monitoring and managing urban        environment for people through timely monitoring of air
            transportation environments. Third, it offers insights   pollutants (Qin et al., 2019). However, there is currently a
            into urban transportation environmental protection and   lack of technological innovation in regard to the monitoring
            sustainable development. As urbanization accelerates, the   of ambient air quality on urban traffic roads in China.
            impact  of  transportation  environments on their urban   Consequently, monitoring efforts in this area remain
            surroundings increases, making it increasingly urgent to   unregulated, impeding assistance for the management of
            protect urban transportation environments and ensure   motor vehicles, urban traffic roads, and urban ambient
            sustainable development. The design and implementation   air quality (Liang et al., 2019; Anderson et al., 2010). To
            of the BRTEMIP offer crucial technological support and   fully support the benign and effective operation of urban
            insights for these areas.                          transportation, addressing these shortcomings is essential.
              The paper is structured into six sections. Section 1   Thus, it is worthwhile to present and examine the demands
            serves as the introduction, while Section 2 comprises the   of different stakeholders and establish communication
            literature review. Section 3 explains the research framework   and connections among multiple subjects centered on
            and outlines the research design, and Section 4 presents   the traffic road environmental monitoring information
            the results. Following this, Section 5 offers a discussion of   platform.
            the key findings, and Section 6 provides conclusions.  With regard to the implementation of technological

            2. Literature review                               applications, traffic management departments in major
                                                               cities have actively promoted the construction of these
            In recent years, significant progress has been made in   platforms. Cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou,
            researching and applying road traffic environmental   and Shenzhen have conducted in-depth research on
            monitoring information platforms (Wang  et al., 2023).   traffic congestion monitoring, traffic signal optimization,
            For instance, traffic management centers in the United   and traffic event management (Wei  et al., 2022). In
            States use advanced sensor technology and real-time   addition, some high-tech enterprises have innovatively
            data processing algorithms to carry out operations such   researched traffic road environmental monitoring
            as  traffic  flow monitoring,  congestion  prediction, and   information platforms, developing sensor equipment and
            intelligent  traffic  management  (Iyer,  2021).  Similarly,   data processing algorithms with independent intellectual
            in European countries, extensive research has been   property rights, thus providing new solutions for urban
            conducted on traffic road environmental monitoring   traffic management.
            information  platforms,  aiming  for  effective  monitoring
            and management of urban traffic through the integration   Overall, research indicates that traffic road environmental
            of sensor networks, geographic information systems,   monitoring information platforms play an important role
            and big data analytics (Garau et al., 2020). Beyond traffic   and possess enormous potential for optimizing urban
            management applications, research has also explored   traffic management. Real-time monitoring and analysis
            the application of traffic road environmental monitoring   of key information such as traffic flow, road conditions,
            information platforms in other areas. For example, some   and  environmental  pollution  enable  traffic  management
            studies have focused on road traffic safety, using real-  authorities to quickly grasp the urban traffic situation
            time monitoring and early warnings of traffic accidents   and formulate corresponding management strategies and
            by integrating monitoring data with statistics on traffic   emergency measures. However, challenges and unexplored
            accidents.  Simultaneously,  other  studies  have  addressed   areas remain, particularly concerning technology usage.
            the  issues  of environmental  protection and  sustainable   Issues associated with  data  sharing  could pose  threats  to
            transportation development, providing a basis for decision-  the platform’s main users, while data quality and privacy
            makers to formulate environmental protection policies   protection require further investigation and resolution
            and promote green travel by monitoring traffic emissions   (Imprialou & Quddus, 2019). In terms of research content,
            and environmental pollution indicators (Bibri et al., 2020;   few studies have examined the design and implementation
            Khan et al., 2019).                                of the platform from a stakeholder’s perspective, despite


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