Personal Mobility

Effects of Advanced Traveler Information System (ATIS) information on driver en-route decision making were explored through the use of a real-time trip simulator which used computer-controlled video sequences of actual traffic scenes to preserve important real-world cues, and provided a range of ATIS display capabilities (navigation displays, route guidance, traffic and hazard warnings, etc.) using a touch-screen panel to enable en-route navigation decisions to be studied under realistic settings. Seventy-two locally familiar drivers, ranging in age from 18 to 86 years of age, took part in the study. The sample was equally divided between males and females. A network of freeways and surface streets were simulated and available to drivers to navigate to their destination. These trips were fully under the control of the driver in terms of route selection and were experienced in real-time under realistic time pressures.

Westat

Presented at the 10th ITS Annual Conference and Exposition, May 1-4, 2000 Boston, MA

The ACAS integration of FCW and ACC stands to have a major influence on the driving process, from the viewpoint of safety, convenience, and traffic flow.

The ACAS FOT will study the naturalistic use of this sophisticated driver assistance technology in diverse traffic and road environments by laypersons.

By means of a massive program of subjective and objective measurements, an authoritative set of results and findings is expected.

University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI)

Presented at the ITS America Annual Conference and Exposition, April 29 –May 2, 2002 Long Beach, California

In Japan, the police bear the responsibility of traffic management, and tackle many problems caused by road traffic, such as traffic accident, traffic congestion and environmental pollution,  using  traffic  management  technique  such  as  traffic  regulation  and  traffic  control.  For  this  traffic  management, NPA  (the  National  Police  Agency) planned UTMS21  (Universal  Traffic  Management  System  21)  and  is  installing  it  nationwide  as  one  of  ITS  (the  Intelligent  Transport System) in our country.  The  UTMS21  consists  of  10  subsystems,  centering  around  ITCS  (Integrated  Transportation System). The PICS (Pedestrian Information and Communication Systems) introduced in this paper is also one of the subsystems of UTMS21.

PICS is intended to provide information through  voice and image, in addition to the  conventional function of Audible Traffic Signals, Weak-actuated  Traffic Signals and Pedestrian-actuated  Traffic  Signals.  By these functions, PICS will provide the pedestrians with safe, convenient and comfortable mobility and help people expand the area of travel.

The National Police Agency, Japan - Traffic Regulation Section, Traffic Bureau

Presented at the 10th ITS Annual Conference and Exposition, May 1-4, 2000 Boston, MA

ASK-IT is a web-based system that provides a range of services in a ‘one-stop shop’ format
enabling people to interact with their environment, whether it be home, at work, in education,
participating in social activities, or on the move (multi-modal and pedestrian transport). These
‘info-services’ are personalised and seamless. They cater for people’s specific mobility
requirements and thus enable disabled people to engage more fully in everyday life. This
paper provides early results of the ASK-IT project, focusing on the UK pilot site in
Newcastle-Gateshead. The trials involve up to 50 disabled volunteers taking part in activities
designed to demonstrate the ASK-IT system and a selection of services, including
personalisation, outdoor and indoor positioning and route guidance, accessing a database of
point of interest and ‘what’s on’ content, transport timetables, and personal support services.

Newcastle University

Presented at the 15th World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems, November 16-20, 2008, New York, New York

The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the types of information transit agencies can share as part of an integrated regional ITS solution and discuss technical keys to successful participation by transit agencies in a regional ITS solution.

Integration of intelligent transportation systems is still largely defined and implemented on a region-by-region basis. While much good work has been done to define a national ITS architecture and associated standards, ultimately the work of a region’s planners and agencies leads to a successful implementation of integrated intelligent transportation systems that will result in increased mobility, safety, and security for the people using a region’s transportation network. It takes a shared regional vision to implement a successful integrated regional ITS solution. Once a shared vision has been established and embraced, then a thorough understanding of the current state of ITS standards, technologies, and architectures is needed to make the vision a reality. This paper discusses the importance of a shared vision in the successful realization of an integrated ITS solution. It then turns it focus to transit’s role in an integrated ITS solution discussing the types of information a transit agency produces that is off value to a regional ITS solution and the types of information from other regional entities which a transit agency may wish to be a consumer. The author then addresses the issues of ITS standards, technologies, and architectures as they relate to transit. The paper concludes with a summary of keys to a successful regional ITS solution.

Siemens Transportation Systems, Inc.

Presented at the ITS America Annual Conference and Exposition, April 26 - 28, 2004 San Antonio, Texas