Assessing the Benefits and Costs of ITS Making the Business Case for ITS Investments /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Gillen, David. (Editor), Levinson, David. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2004.
• Series: Transportation Research, Economics and Policy, 10
• Subjects: Economics.; Management science.; Public finance.; Economic policy.; Social policy.; Regional economics.; Spatial economics.; Economics, general.; Public Economics.; Regional/Spatial Science.; Economic Policy.; Social Policy.; R & D/Technology Policy.
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The 17 chapters in this book, which evolved from a conference on measuring the contributions of ITS sponsored by the California Department of Transportation in February 2002, examine the costs and benefits of ITS in an economic and business policy context. Section 1 examines the broad theme of how a...

Table of Contents:

• Assessing the Investment in its: An Introduction
• Public-Private Partnering
• Benefit Measures, Values, and Future Impacts of ITS
• Making the Case for ITS Investment
• Bus Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL) Systems
• Case Study: Impacts of Advanced Technology on a Small City Bus System
• Beyond Benefits and Costs
• Traffic Signal Control Systems
• Evaluating Effectiveness of Ramp Meters
• Electronic Toll Collection and Variable Pricing
• Freeway Service Patrols
• Advanced Traveler Information Systems
• Travel Time Reliability
• Traffic Management Systems
• Advanced Traffic Management System Data
• ITS in Europe
• Mainstreaming Intelligent Transportation Systems
• Information Systems to Improve Surface Transportation.