Providing real time traffic information is a key for effective implementation of Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS). The main purpose of this paper is to introduce the recent technological trends of Dedicated Short Range Communications (DSRC) applications for ITS and its economic evaluation,...

We study the earnings of executives of for-hire trucking companies from 1977 to 1986. Following deregulation of the U.S. trucking industry in 1979-1980, the real earnings of trucking firm executives (corporate officers) fell for a year or two, but then stabilized and, in the mid-1980s,...

Currently there is no concise methodology to objectively estimate costs and benefits related to Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) applications, based on real data measurement. The paper describes a new inclusive methodology, based on the use of a vehicle motion simulator (VEMOSIM) and digital...

The public/private partnership institutional structure of ITS and related externality and sustainability issues decrease the applicability and effectiveness of traditional ITS evaluation methods. Traditional cost-benefit analysis may not effectively address value-added, system perspective, and...