United States. Joint Program Office for Intelligent Transportation Systems

NTL-INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS-INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

PDF

The Task E report involves an analysis of franchises and license agreements for the provision of public

services, which is the fourth in a series in the study. Overcoming Barriers to ITS - Lessons from Other

Technologies. This report follows alternative franchise concepts from beginning to end: starting with the

reasons that franchises were adopted. through a description of their operations and evolution, the

differences or variations among actual franchise models and the reasons for those differences, the legal

and institutional problems that were encountered and the means used to overcome those problems. The

results of the analysis are used to review the lessons learned that can be applied to ITS. An ATMS

(Advanced Transportation Management System) Economic Man-ix has also been provided that addresses

the ATMS in terms of its primary economic characteristics, i.e. the type of good that it will provide, and

examines the franchise functions, revenue sources, government functions and public-private arrangements

for each type of good.

Federal Highway Administration
Intelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program Office Digital Library

DTFH61-93-C-00025