摘要: |
The primary goal of this research project is to lay the foundation for establishing a state-of-the-art Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) lab at the Louisiana Transportation Research Center (LTRC), where data will be collected, analyzed, and reported as part of the ITS effort in Louisiana. The ITS lab is envisioned to serve as a central repository for traffic data collected in the state of Louisiana. The data will be transformed into useful information that is instrumental to procedures and applications that benefit the Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD), the local government, and the general public. The lab is also anticipated to be a tool to retain, recruit, and inspire interest in the field of advanced traffic management systems for students in Louisiana as well as potential graduate students from outside Louisiana. In this project, the research team highlighted the importance of ITS data and the significant efforts made by several state agencies and universities in the past few years to establish similar robust data archival systems and make them available to stakeholders. Several universities followed suit and established their own ITS labs to collect data to support their research needs. |