SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF TELEMATICS APPLICATIONS IN TRANSPORT : ASSESSMENT OF RESULTS FROM THE 1992-1994 TRANSPORT TELEMATICS PROJECTS

This document provides a detailed analysis of the impacts from the Telematics Applications Program that were identified within the following domains: 1) travel and traffic information, 2) traffic management, operations and control, 3) public transport, 4) automatic debiting and demand management, 5) freight and fleet management, and 6) driver assistance and cooperative driving. After a brief description of the issues being addressed, the key results, impacts, and other benefits obtained by applying telematics are discussed. Impacts are categorized into the following areas: safety, efficiency, environment and energy, cost, socioeconomic policy, user response and acceptance.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Publication Date: 1997 Published By: European Commission, Luxembourg
• Corporate Authors:

  European Commission. DGXIII "Telecommunications, Information Market and Exploitation of Research"

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• Authors:
  • Finn, B
• Publication Date: 1997

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 176 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Intelligent transportation systems; Intelligent transportation systems programs; Socioeconomic factors
• Subject Areas: Economics; Operations and Traffic Management; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00776617
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Files: PATH
• Created Date: Nov 17 1999 12:00AM