United States Department of Transportation
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Urban transportation : challenges to widespread deployment of intelligent transportation systems : report to Congressional committees
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1997-02-01
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Abstract:The federal government can take programmatic and financial actions to
promote the deployment of intelligent transportation systems. The
programmatic actions include providing technical assistance and training
to state and local officials, disseminating information on the costs and
benefits of intelligent transportation efforts, and completing the
development of the technical standards in a timely manner. While officials
from all 10 urban areas we contacted stated that intelligent transportation
systems are a potentially useful tool in solving transportation problems,
there was a wide variety of opinions on the appropriate federal role for
funding the systems’ deployment. Six urban areas stated that a large-scale
federal deployment program would be necessary to achieve widespread
deployment. In contrast, the remaining four opposed a large-scale program
because it would limit local flexibility and would encourage the
deployment of intelligent transportation systems where other, possibly more cost-effective efforts could be undertaken. Officials from 5 of the 10
urban areas also stated that a smaller-scale federal seed program could
also be effective in fostering deployment. Finally, officials from 9 of the 10
areas stated that federal financial assistance is needed to maintain
deployed intelligent transportation technologies.
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