EVALUATION OF THE IMPACT OF TRANSPORT TELEMATICS IN EUROPE

UTVAERDERING AV TRANSPORTINFORMATIKENS EFFEKTER I EUROPA

An inventory has been made of the impact of transport telematics in Europe aimed at getting a rough judgement of produced results. The development of the field of transport informatics has grown dramatically during the last decade. From a concentration upon the technical possibilities for stand-alone functions the development has now shifted to the construction of systems in technical areas considered ready for implementation. Field trials have been carried out on a broader scale. These have been evaluated in various ways, but hardly ever according to common patterns. Reports from trials, which in some cases indicate measured or simulated effects, have gradually been put forward. The results in different projects are not always unanimous and sometimes even contradictory. This makes it difficult to make general conclusions without information on underlying factors. The issue of importance to decision makers and road authorities is the reliability of transport informatic applications. In spite of large resources assigned to judgement and evaluation and great interest for obtained results the basis required for strategic considerations is still defective. This complicates the attempts to decide the aim and direction for politics within the area of informatics. This emphasises the importance of additional efforts aimed at evaluation activities with users. The conclusion is that, despite the shortfalls noted, there are areas for measures which should be attracted to consider in the investment planning without negative socioeconomic benefit. (A)

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• Authors:
  • Lindkvist, A
  • LINDQVIST, E
• Publication Date: 1997

Language

• Swedish

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 54 p.
• Serial:
  • KFB-RAPPORT
  • Issue Number: 1997:1
  • Publisher: KOMMUNIKATIONSFORSKNINGSBEREDNINGEN
  • ISSN: 1104-2621

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Driver information systems; Evaluation and assessment; Field tests; Impact studies; Information processing; Inventory; Passenger information systems; Payment; Route guidance; Smart cards; Speed; Telecommunications; Traffic control
• Uncontrolled Terms: Modifications
• Geographic Terms: Europe
• ITRD Terms: 8655: Data processing; 8034: Europe; 9020: Evaluation (assessment); 9112: Impact study; 6226: In situ; 9035: Inventory; 9048: Modification; 8786: Passenger information; 272: Payment; 8771: Route guidance; 290: Smart card; 5408: Speed; 9117: Telecommunication; 654: Traffic control
• Subject Areas: Finance; Freight Transportation; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00768517
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI)
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Sep 10 1999 12:00AM