摘要: |
This report presents results from the evaluation of the San Antonio Texas Metropolitan Model Deployment Initiative (MMDI). The MMDI had six key goals directed at improving existing services and deploying new services. The goals were directed at: 1) expanding and strengthening the institutional framework required for successful ITS deployment and integration; 2) improving traffic management; 3) improving traveler information services; 4) deployment of train- sensing capabilities to provide integrated highway rail/traveler information system; 5) creating an emergency tele-medicine system linking ambulances with emergency room; and, 6) offering an integrated, area-wide database of real-time traffic conditions. The report focuses on the impact of the improvements on system efficiency safety, fuel consumption, customer satisfaction, cost effectiveness and institutional impacts. |