Crowdsourcing platforms can leverage mobile and embedded technology for gathering more user data to make data-driven decisions at the system level, particularly for Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) and Vehicular Social Networks (VSN). Advancements in mobile, spatial, and passive sensing crowdsourcing techniques, improved connectivity, higher throughput, and smart vehicles containing many embedded systems and sensors, and novel distributed processing techniques make these systems feasible. These crowdsourcing systems can significantly enhance transportation systems by providing more data on infrastructure health, navigation pathways, and congestion management.

• Crowdsourcing platforms can leverage mobile and embedded technology for gathering more user data to make data-driven decisions at the system level
• Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) and Vehicular Social Networks (VSN) can benefit from mobile, spatial, and passive sensing crowdsourcing techniques
• Advancements in technology make crowdsourcing feasible, such as improved connectivity, higher throughput, smart vehicles containing many embedded systems and sensors, and novel distributed processing techniques
• Crowdsourcing can provide more data on infrastructure health, navigation pathways, and congestion management