National Intelligent Transportation Systems Program: Where We've Been and Where We're Going

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• Corporate Creators:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Intelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program Office
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Intelligent transportation systems
  • Ground transportation
  • Intermodal transportation
  • Multimodal transportation
  • Automatic highways
  • Cargo transportation
  • Collision avoidance
  • Commercial vehicles
  • Computer
  • Detectors
  More +
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA-JPO-97-0027
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Intelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program Office
• Abstract:
  By passing the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA) in 1991, Congress ushered in a new era for transportation, calling for more efficient and safe use of existing highway and transit infrastructure and emphasizing intermodalism - seamless integration of multiple transportation modes. Title VI of ISTEA established the Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) program. This report looks at how the ITS program has advanced the state of the technology, demonstrated substantial public benefits, fostered new models of institutional cooperation, and begun to change how Americans travel. The program has laid the foundation for an information and communications infrastructure that will enable the vision set forth in ISTEA: management of the multiple transportation systems as one system for greater customer service, efficiency, safety, and quality of life.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/43755/dot_43755_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.33 MB]
• Collection(s):
  Federal Highway Administration
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