A STATUS REPORT ON LEGAL ISSUES AFFECTING ITS DEPLOYMENT IN THE UNITED STATES
In the early days of the United States Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) program, the essential question regarding the legal issues identified as having potential impacts on the development and deployment of ITS was, "Will these issues be 'showstoppers' for ITS?" In other words, would these concerns significantly deter public agencies and private companies from aggressively pursuing ITS deployment. Most analysts agreed that the answer then was "no." Today, while these issues certainly have not deterred ITS deployment, many still present real challenges to both the public and private sector. Indeed, with the proliferation of ITS and the attendant increase in public awareness, the theoretical discussions of ITS legal issues are becoming more tangible. Issues like liability and privacy are no longer hypotheticals. And advances in other sectors (telecommunications in particular) call for the ITS community to pay careful attention to legal developments in these areas. This paper discusses the legal issues affecting ITS deployment in the United States.
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Authors:
- Yandle, O
- Conley, J
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Conference:
- 8th World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems
- Location: Sydney, Australia
- Date: 2001-9-30 to 2001-10-4
- Publication Date: 2001
Language
- English
Media Info
- Pagination: 8p
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Awareness; Deployment; Governments; Intelligent transportation systems; Legal factors; Liability; Privacy; Private enterprise; Telecommunications
- Geographic Terms: United States
- Subject Areas: Highways; Law; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00978988
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Sep 3 2004 12:00AM