Intelligent Transportation Systems Benefits, Costs, Deployment and Lessons Learned

Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) provide a proven set of strategies for addressing the challenges of assuring safety and reducing congestion, while accommodating the growth in transit ridership and freight movement. ITS improves transportation safety and mobility, and enhances productivity through the use of advanced communications, sensors, and information processing technologies encompassing a broad range of wireless and wireline communications-based information and electronics. When integrated into the transportation system's infrastructure, and into vehicles themselves, these technologies relieve congestion, improve safety, and enhance American productivity.

This report presents information on the performance of deployed ITS, as well as information on the costs, deployment levels, and lessons learned regarding ITS deployment and operations. The report, and the collection of four Web-based resources upon which it is based, have been developed by the U.S. DOT's ITS Joint Program Office (JPO) to support informed decision making regarding ITS deployment. http://www.itsdocs.fhwa.dot.gov/JPODOCS/REPTS_TE/14412.htm