THE BEST LAID PLANS... TELEMATICS FAILS TO GET WITH THE PROGRAM

The development of intelligent transport systems (ITS) has had a profound influence on the management of transport systems. ITS America has published a formal report, the 'National Intelligent Transportation Systems Program Plan: A Ten-Year Vision'. This paper outlines the report's main conclusions and discusses some of the report's shortcomings. The programme and research activities and their accompanying recommendations are grouped under two major themes: programmatic themes and enabling themes. The programmatic recommendations are discussed under four headings: an integrated network of transportation information; advanced crash avoidance technologies; automatic crash and incident detection, notification and response; and advanced transportation management. The enabling themes focus on customer service, reliability, security and performance, and a commitment to system management and operations. The report identifies 12 major stakeholder groups including government agencies and transport agencies, who should be enlisted in the realisation of the ITS plan. The plan lacks an implementation strategy and cost information and fails to recognise the growing role of telematics.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Loughborough University of Technology. Transport Technology Ergonomics Centre

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  University of California, Berkeley

  California PATH Program, Institute of Transportation Studies
  Richmond Field Station, 1357 South 46th Street
  Richmond, CA  United States  94804-4648

  Illinois Department of Transportation

  2300 S. Dirksen Parkway
  Springfield, IL  United States  62764

  CSI Wireless Inc.

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  Saab ITS Pty Ltd.

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  Cornet Technology, Inc.

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  ERTICO

  326 Avenue Louis
  Brussels,   Belgium  B-1050

  PTV AG

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• Authors:
  • Orski, C K
• Publication Date: 2002

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 22-3
• Serial:
  • Traffic Technology International
  • Publisher: AutoIntermediates Limited
  • ISSN: 1356-9252
  • Serial URL: http://www.ukipme.com/mag_traffic.htm

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Administration; Crash avoidance systems; Incident detection; Intelligent transportation systems; Planning; Policy; Telematics
• Geographic Terms: United States
• ITRD Terms: 1451: Adaptive cruise control; 155: Administration; 1632: Incident detection; 8735: Intelligent transport system; 143: Planning; 173: Policy; 8755: Telematics; 8122: USA
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Policy;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00931700
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Oct 3 2002 12:00AM