Intelligent Transportation Systems
Telecommunications and Transportation
ITS
• Run out of Joint Programs Office of USDOT
• A technological hybrid of telecommuncations and transportation
• Many problems / issues that need to be addressed– Engineering, environmental, social
ITS
• Programmed into ISTEA/TEA21/NexTEA/SAFETEA
• Part of the post-cold war “peace dividend”– Military contractors now DOT contractors– Focus on “off-the-shelf” technology
ITS Infrastructure
• Arterial Management– Surveillance– Traffic Control
– Real-time traffic
– Traffic centers
ITS Infrastructure
• Freeway management– Real-time– Ramp control & metering
ITS Infrastructure
• Transit management– Safety and Security
• Automatic location
– TDM• Ridesharing / ride matching• Light prioritization
– Fleet management• Maintenance (think NASCAR or Formula 1)
– Information Dissemination
ITS Infrastructure
• Electronic Payment and Pricing– Tolling
ITS Infrastructure
• Crash Prevention and Safety– Avoidance systems– Advanced sensing– Temporary takeover of control
– Goal: Avoid or minimize accidents
ITS Infrastructure
• Automated Highway Systems– Near-total interaction between road and car– Long-distance travel– “Platooning” cars traveling similar routes
Extras
• Volvo Demo (SARTRE Project)