Author: JayEtta Z. Hecker

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 2006-02

Total Pages: 72

ISBN-13: 9781422304037

Congestion is a serious & growing transport. problem for the nation. Many strategies -- like adding new lanes -- have the potential to alleviate congestion but can be costly & have limited application. Another strategy is the use of communications, electronics, & computer technologies -- intelligent transport. systems (ITS) -- to more effectively utilize existing transport. infrastructure by improving traffic flow. Congress estab. an ITS program in 1991, & the DoT subsequently set an ITS deployment goal. This report: describes the fed. role in deployment; assesses DoT's ITS goal & measurement efforts; identifies what ITS studies have found regarding the impacts of ITS deployment; & identifies the barriers to ITS deployment & use. Illustrations.