Essex Plan: It is Easy to Get Fooled Into Thinking That the Various Strands of ITS Can Look After Themselves

This article discusses the need to integrate various aspects of intelligent transportation technologies, as demonstrated by experiences in the county of Essex in the UK. Systems integration has been achieved over a system that covers a road network of 4,660 miles, with a population of roughly 1.3 million. A traffic control center was created to manage the existing network and develop and coordinate additional systems to tie the various services together. Among the systems are smart parking signs that tell drivers where and when spaces are available in municipal garages and a real-time bus information system that tracks movements and displays data at 150 bus stops. Additional deployments are discussed, along with a new system to improve reliability of transit performance.

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  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/oclc/32663949
• Authors:
  • Goodwin, Brian
  • Bodger, Mark
• Publication Date: 2005

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Edition: Annual Review
• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: pp 98-100
• Serial:
  • Traffic Technology International
  • Publisher: AutoIntermediates Limited
  • ISSN: 1356-9252
  • Serial URL: http://www.ukipme.com/mag_traffic.htm

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Real time information; Software; Traffic control centers
• Geographic Terms: Essex (England)
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01020595
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Files: BTRIS, TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 23 2006 8:36AM