State of Knowledge and Practice: Opportunities for Intelligent Transportation Systems in the Energy Arena

This study examined the capacity of intelligent transportation systems (ITS) to reduce energy consumption in the transportation sector. Research included a literature review focused on the energy-saving capacity of ITS technologies and interviews with ITS stakeholders and transportation experts and practitioners. A case study of an ITS project in Portland, Oregon, was used to illustrate the challenges and the opportunities associated with implementing ITS technologies. The objective of this study was to document the state of knowledge and practice and to create a resource for action and implementation of ITS technologies with energy savings as a goal. There is a lack of empirical evidence to substantiate the capacity of ITS to reduce energy consumption in the transportation sector. However, research indicates that the use of ITS has contributed to reductions in vehicular delay but further benefits may be limited. In contrast, ITS does have the potential to reduce vehicle miles traveled (VMT), with significant benefits, although the benefits are uncertain. The shortage of empirical evidence of ITS benefits may be a function of the limited interest in the energy and environmental benefits of ITS compared with the interest in congestion and safety. In the ITS industry, the focus is on the connected vehicle initiative and, more broadly, the many opportunities to integrate and to leverage multiple ITS applications. There are opportunities to deploy ITS technologies with the purpose of reducing energy consumption in the transportation sector, to document any gains, and to address the lack of evidence supporting the energy-reducing capacity of ITS.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.3141/2423-01
• Summary URL:
  • http://scholar.google.com/scholar_lookup?title=State+of+Knowledge+and+Practice%3a+Opportunities+for+Intelligent+Transportation+Systems+in+the+Energy+Arena&author=B.+Jordan&author=J.+Makler&author=R.+Bertini&publication_year=2014
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• Authors:
  • Jordan, Brooke
  • Makler, Jon
  • Bertini, Robert
• Publication Date: 2014

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: References;
• Pagination: pp 1–9
• Monograph Title: Intelligent Transportation Systems 2014, Volume 1
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board
  • Issue Number: 2423
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Energy consumption; Intelligent transportation systems; State of the practice; Traffic delays; Vehicle miles of travel
• Geographic Terms: Oregon
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Energy; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01517511
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9780309295192
• Report/Paper Numbers: 14-2291
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Mar 10 2014 9:23AM