Urban transportation : challenges to widespread deployment of intelligent transportation systems : report to Congressional committees

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• Corporate Creators:
  United States. Government Accountability Office
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Intelligent transportation systems
  • Driver information systems
  • Highway traffic control systems
  • Advanced traffic management systems
  • Standards
  • Implementation
  • DEPLOYMENT
  • Highway communications
  • Electronic traffic controls
  • Intelligent vehcile highway systems
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• Publication/ Report Number:
  GAO/RCED-97-74
• Resource Type:
  Research Paper
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Joint Program Office for Intelligent Transportation Systems
• 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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• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/4128/dot_4128_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 88.32 KB]
• Collection(s):
  ITSJPO Digital Library
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