Assessing the Benefits and Costs of ITS

The 17 chapters in this book, which evolved from a conference on measuring the contributions of ITS sponsored by the California Department of Transportation in February 2002, examine the costs and benefits of ITS in an economic and business policy context.
Section 1 examines the broad theme of how and what ITS contributes to the economy and how one makes a business case for ITS. Section 2 includes three chapters on ITS applications in mass transit. Section 3 explores ITS applications in the automobile/highway system. Section 4 considers integrative issues including how ITS is perceived and how it can be positioned to improve surface transportation.
This volume will be especially useful to researchers and policy makers working in transportation, transportation engineering, and the economic analysis of transportation systems.

Strong Public Policy approach Unlike earlier books that are written from an engineering point of view, this volume uses real data and analysis to examine the costs and benefits of intelligent transportation systems (ITS) Helps decision makers decide which projects should be funded

Inhalt
Assessing the Investment in its: An Introduction.- Public-Private Partnering.- Benefit Measures, Values, and Future Impacts of ITS.- Making the Case for ITS Investment.- Bus Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL) Systems.- Case Study: Impacts of Advanced Technology on a Small City Bus System.- Beyond Benefits and Costs.- Traffic Signal Control Systems.- Evaluating Effectiveness of Ramp Meters.- Electronic Toll Collection and Variable Pricing.- Freeway Service Patrols.- Advanced Traveler Information Systems.- Travel Time Reliability.- Traffic Management Systems.- Advanced Traffic Management System Data.- ITS in Europe.- Mainstreaming Intelligent Transportation Systems.- Information Systems to Improve Surface Transportation.