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Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) use information and communications technologies (ICT) to deliver transport improvements instead of extending physical infrastructure, thereby saving money and reducing environmental impact. This book provides an overview of ICT-based intelligent road transport systems with an emphasis on evaluation methods and recent evaluation results of ITS development and deployment. Topics covered include: ITS evaluation policy; frameworks and methods for ITS evaluation; ITS impact evaluation; the network perspective; field operational tests (FOTs); assessing transport measures using cost-benefit and multicriteria analysis; technical assessment of the performance of in-vehicle systems; opportunities and challenges in the era of new pervasive technology; evaluation of automated driving functions; user-related evaluation of ADAS (Advanced Driver Assistance Systems) and automated driving; evaluation of traffic management; performance assessment of a wet weather pilot system; case studies from China; heavy vehicle overload control benefit and cost. With chapters from an international panel of leading experts, this book is essential reading for researchers and advanced students from academia, industry and government working in intelligent road transport systems.
List of contents
- Chapter 1: History and deployment of ITS (Intelligent Transport Systems) technologies and an outline of the book chapters
- Chapter 2: ITS evaluation policy - Culture and needs
- Chapter 3: Frameworks and methods for ITS evaluation
- Chapter 4: Evaluation of the impact of ITS
- Chapter 5: ITS evaluation - A network perspective
- Chapter 6: Field Operational Tests (FOTs) - The ultimate answer to impact evaluation?
- Chapter 7: Assessing transport measures using cost-benefit and multi-criteria analysis
- Chapter 8: Technical assessment of the performance of in-vehicle systems
- Chapter 9: Evaluation of ITS: opportunities and challenges in the era of new pervasive technology
- Chapter 10: Evaluating cooperative ITS
- Chapter 11: The evolution towards automated driving - Classification ofimpacts, review of assessments of automated driving functions, challenges for evaluation
- Chapter 12: User-related evaluation of ADAS and automated driving
- Chapter 13: Towards a coherent cost-benefit analysis of ITS - A review of effects and assessments of ITS applications for traffic management in Sweden
- Chapter 14: Effectiveness of Intelligent Transport Systems: Wet Weather Pilot
- Chapter 15: Benefits and evaluation of ITS projects - Examples from China
- Chapter 16: Overload control benefit and cost considerations
- Chapter 17: Evaluation of intelligent road transport systems: key findings, challenges and future work
Summary
This book provides an overview of ICT-based intelligent road transport systems with an emphasis on evaluation methods and recent evaluation results of ITS development and deployment.
