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Department of Transportation’s Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Projects Book (1999)
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1999-01-01
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NTL Classification:NTL-INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS-INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS;NTL-PLANNING AND POLICY-PLANNING AND POLICY;
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Abstract:Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), formerly Intelligent Vehicle-Highway Systems (IVHS), provide the technology applications helping the nation address current surface transportation problems and while concurrently providing approaches for dealing with future demands through a strategic, intermodal view of transportation. ITS applies proven and emerging technologies in fields such as data processing, communications, control, navigation and electronics to surface transportation challenges. While ITS technologies alone cannot satisfy the nation’s growing transportation needs, they provide the means to revise current approaches to problem solving and improve the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of existing systems. When deployed and effectively integrated, ITS technologies provide very meaningful benefits including more efficient use of the nation’s infrastructure and of energy resources, complemented by measurable improvements in safety, mobility, productivity and accessibility. The previous edition of this document addressed program direction during what was in many respects a transition year bridging the end of the era launched by the enactment of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (ISTEA) and the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21) signed into law in July 1998. This edition reflects the restructuring of the program and the realignment of both legacy projects and new projects (i.e., those initiated in FY1998) into the new categories.
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Content Notes:Transferred from EDL on 5/14/2008
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