NONE 20260609082038900 wseas/wseas content-registration-form+ja@crossref.org content-registration-form International Journal of Environmental Engineering and Development 2945-1159 Venelin Terziev Black Sea Institute, Bourgas, BULGARIA Teodora Petrova Trakia University-Stara Zagora, BULGARIA Marin Georgiev Vitalis Ruse, Ruse, BULGARIA The rapid evolution of urban environments necessitates the implementation of sophisticated paradigms such as the 'Smart City' to mitigate the adverse effects of hyper-urbanization. This paper evaluates the synergy between Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) and the Internet of Things (IoT) as a cornerstone for sustainable mobility and enhanced urban quality of life. Unlike conventional traffic management, our approach focuses on the deployment of decentralized intelligent architectures and Multi-Agent Systems (MAS) to facilitate real-time data processing. 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