原文传递 Incorporating Intelligent Transportation Systems into Major Investment Studies Conceptual Issues and Challenges
题名: Incorporating Intelligent Transportation Systems into Major Investment Studies Conceptual Issues and Challenges
作者: Hatcher-SG; Bunch-JA; Roberts-DL
关键词: Intelligent transportation systems; Strategic planning; Alternatives analysis; Investments; Studies; Case studies; Seattle (Washington); Strategies; Major investment studies
摘要: The issues associated with incorporating intelligent transportation systems (ITS) strategies into alternatives analysis planning studies such as major investment studies (MIS), which have emerged since the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act was passed in 1991, are discussed. The challenges and implications of including ITS in three of the key steps of the MIS process - problem definition, alternative definition, and analysis - are examined. As context for the specific issues addressed, a case study is presented on incorporating ITS into a corridor planning process that is being conducted using Seattle data. Critical to incorporating ITS elements within an MIS process is developing a problem statement, goals and objectives, and measures of effectiveness that are sensitive to ITS and other operational improvements for the corridor or subarea under study. Traditional MIS processes have focused on facility/service improvements and on average conditions and demand. ITS strategies, on the other hand, aim at improving (a) operations; (b) response to nonrecurrent conditions; and (c) providing better information. To be able to address ITS strategies, the analysis approach used in an MIS should be sensitive to these issues. An illustration of how ITS strategies are being incorporated and evaluated in the Seattle (MIS-like) case study concludes the discussion.
总页数: Transportation Research Record.1998. pp 8-16 (FIGS: 2 Fig. TABS: 2 Tab. REFS: 5 Ref.)
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