Intelligent Transport System:
• Intelligent Transport System (ITS), also known as Transport Telematics, is a
system that applies modern information technology to improve the operation of
transport networks.
• It requires a detailed collection of data on various aspects of transport
operation.
• These data are processed then and applied the result to guide and control
traffic, improves operations, enhance safety and transport costs.
Applications of Intelligent Transportation Systems:
• Monitoring Traffic Flow.
• Providing information to the drivers (about the congestion on the road, road
closures, alternative routes, weather conditions and speeds).
• Providing information to the highway users about traffic jam, road closures,
etc.
• Monitoring incidents on road, such as vehicle breakdown and accidents.
• Electronic collection of Toll.
• Traffic Controlling on urban streets (using information on traffic flows and
adjusting the signal operations to reduce the conditions and delay).
• Maintaining the data on the assets, periodic condition survey data.
• Uses of software package to optimize the maintenance interventions.
• Managing of Fleet by analyzing the data on vehicle location, adherence to
schedules and passenger loadings.
• Analyzing the Data on vehicle location, detentions etc. and action initiated to
improve the operation, by using Intelligent vehicle-highway system(IVHS) and
GIS systems.