It is a compilation of findings from ITS deployments across the United States. Four types of applications are described: Metropolitan, Rural, Commercial Vehicles, and Intelligent Vehicles. The systems deployed within each area reduce congestion, enhance transportation safety, improve access to traveler information, reduce operating costs, and reduce the environmental impacts of transportation. This report is intended as an introductory resource for the lay reader. It provides an overview of the benefits of ITS in a single, easy to understand source. the interested reader is encouraged to explore the online resources, bibliography, and government contacts at the end of this report to gain a further appreciation of the benefits and uses of ITS.
Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS): Real World Benefits
1998
54 pages
Report
No indication
English
Road Transportation , Transportation , Transportation & Traffic Planning , Highway planning , Transportation management , Automatic highways , Benefits , Urban areas , Rural areas , Communication systems , Computer applications , Accident prevention , Commercial transportation , Cargo transportation , Vehicular traffic control , Traffic flow , Highway transportation , Intelligent Transportation Systems
15th Intelligent Transportation Systems World Congress
Online Contents | 2010
|15th Intelligent Transportation Systems World Congress
Taylor & Francis Verlag | 2010
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