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OverviewIntelligent Transport Systems (ITS) are expected to add considerable productivity to existing transportation infrastructure and to therefore partially reduce the need for more physical infrastructure such as additional lanes of roadway. But there are huge barriers to achieving this vision ranging from the technical to the institutional. In this work a new outcome-orientated methodology is developed and applied to a diverse set of ITS case studies in an effort to gain insight into the barriers to deployment. The case studies, mostly from the National Capital Region (Washington) in the USA, include but are not limited to evaluation of electronic tolling, truck roll over warning systems, Advanced Traffic Information Systems (ATIS), variable message signs (VMS), ITS enhanced emergency management systems and ITS bridge operations. The evaluation methodology bears similarity to the benefit/cost balance sheet approach. Full cost (benefit) assessment is adopted with multiple externalities (environment, economic development, social equity issues and so on) formally included in each of the individual evaluations. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Roger R. StoughPublisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Imprint: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Edition: Illustrated edition Weight: 0.449kg ISBN: 9781840644470ISBN 10: 1840644478 Pages: 240 Publication Date: 25 April 2001 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction Part I: A Multi-criteria ITS Evaluation Methodology and Applications 2. Methodological and Technical Challenges in Regional Evaluation of ITS: Induced and Direct Effects 3. Electronic Toll Collection (ETC) in the Dulles Corridor 4. The Variable Message Sign System of Northern Virginia 5. Automatic Truck Rollover Warning System 6. The Montgomery County Advanced Transportation Management System Part II: Applications of Alternative Methodologies to ITS 7. Smart Flexible Integrated Real-time Enhanced System (SaFIRES) 8. The Woodrow Wilson Bridge 9. Incident Management and Intelligent Transportation Systems Technology: Estimating Benefits for Northern Virginia IndexReviews'The macro-focus makes the book a nice complement to already existing texts on more disaggregate issues. I believe the book offers a wealth of information on ITS applications operating in the DC region. It thus offers stimulating reading for those involved in the design, evaluation and research of ITS applications and other types of transport policy projects.' -- Erik T. Verhoef, The Economic Journal Author InformationEdited by the late Roger R. Stough, formerly School of Policy, Government and International Affairs, George Mason University, US Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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