Abstract The growth of cities generates displacement problems that need to be regulated and streamlined. An intelligent city uses technology in favor of citizens, automating everyday processes, through the use of electronic devices that capture, transmit and process information that allows them to make decisions, in the search to improve the quality of life of human beings in harmony with natural resources. This article presents a review of the research at the bibliographic level of the smart city concept focused on the urban mobility axis which allows knowing the technologies and processes of transition from conventional mobility to intelligent mobility where the actors of a city like vehicles, pedestrians are involved and public areas guaranteeing development and evolution in citizen services.