Critiqued by Rupert Edwards

ITS or in full "Intelligent Transport Systems" is the application of telecommunications and information processing technology to the operation and management of transport infrastructure whether they be road, railway, sea or air. It is insightful to realise that the field was originally called Intelligent Vehicle Highway Systems (IVHS) in North America. In Europe was known as Road Transport Informatics (RTI) or Advanced Transport Telematics (ATT). The primacy of the automobile in the orginal conceptions, should alert caring people to question the ulitimate agender of many ITS projects.

For a sample of all the weird and wounderful ideas just check out these Intelligent Transport Systems links.

There are however few good books that offer a glimmer of hope that ITS can be used a tool to advance the goal of sustainable transport for a greener society.
 

• "Intelligent Transport Systems for Sustainable Communities" ©June 1994
  pub. Enviromental Defense Fund, New York, USA .
• "Road Less Travelled: Intelligent Transport Systems for Sustainable Communites" ©1998. pub. Public Technology Inc., Washington DC, USA.
• Lest we forget what is at stake;-
• "Road transport and health" ©1997 British Medical Association,
  ISBN = 0 7279 1197 X

Two good things to come out of ITS are Congestion Pricing (particuliarly my favourite  "Razoo model" ) and instantly updated mobile information - planners for public transport commuters.

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