INTELLIGENT HIGHWAYS

There are many strategies for dealing with traffic congestion, including ridesharing and demand management. The greatest promise, however, lies in technology-based solutions and the strategies they will support. And the technological solution with the greatest potential for reducing congestion is ITS: intelligent transportation systems. There are three major categories of ITS technologies: traffic management and travel information systems, tracking and transaction systems, and enhanced vehicles. Among the ITS technologies, traffic management and travel information systems hold the most promise for cutting traffic congestion over the near term. In fact, Secretary Federico Pena has announced a new DOT initiative, the Intelligent Transportation Infrastructure (ITI), to spur deployment of the first generation of these technologies on a national basis.

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• Corporate Authors:

  American Public Works Association

  106 West 11th Street, Suite 1800
  Kansas City, MO  United States  64105-1806
• Authors:
  • Rifkin, N
• Publication Date: 1996-2

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 8-10
• Serial:
  • APWA Reporter
  • Volume: 63
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: American Public Works Association
  • ISSN: 0092-4873

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Highway traffic control; Intelligent transportation systems; Passenger information systems; Tracking systems; Traffic congestion; Traveler information and communication systems
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00716653
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 21 1996 12:00AM