Intelligent transportation systems (ITS) apply well-established technologies in communications, control, electronics, and computer hardware and software to improve surface transportation system performance. This simple definition underlies what has been a substantial change in surface transportation in the United States and around the world. Development of ITS was motivated by the increased difficulty--social, political, and economic--of expanding transportation capacity through conventional infrastructure-building. ITS represents an effort to harness the capabilities of advanced technologies to improve transportation on many levels. ITS is intended to reduce congestion, enhance safety, mitigate the environmental impacts of transportation systems, enhance energy performance, and improve productivity.
What Have We Learned About Intelligent Transportation Systems
2000
177 pages
Report
No indication
English
Transportation & Traffic Planning , Transportation , Road Transportation , Transportation planning , Automatic transportation systems , Surface transportation , Traffic management , Communication networks , Computer networks , Infrastructure , Traffic congestion , Computer architecture , Traffic surveillance , Traffic data analysis , Information systems , Traveler information , Emergency response , Freeways , Highway safety , ITS(Intelligent Transportation Systems) , Intelligent Transportation Systems
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