ISBN-13: 9780805814347 / Angielski / Miękka / 1997 / 480 str.
The Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) Programme is a co-operative effort by government, private industry and academia to apply advanced technology to resolving the problems of surface transportation. objective is to improve travel efficiency and mobility, enhance safety, conserve energy, provide economic benefits and protect the environment. The current demand for mobility has exceeded the available capacity of the roadway system. Because the highway system cannot be expanded, except in minor ways, the available capacity must be used more efficiently to handle the increased demand. ITS will apply advanced information processing, communications, sensing and computer control technologies to the problems of surface transportation. Considerable research and development efforts will be required to produce these new technologies and to convert technologies developed in the defence and space programmes to solve surface transportation problems.