An Introduction to Intelligent Transportation Systems

Required Readings

Additional Readings

Francois, Francis B. “Introduction.” Chapter 1 in Intelligent Transportation Primer . Washington, DC: Institute of Transportation Engineers, 2000.

Nelson, Donna. “ITS Systems, Applications and Programs.” Chapter 3 in Intelligent Transportation Primer . Washington, DC: Institute of Transportation Engineers, 2000.

Sussman, Joseph M. “Intelligent Transportation Systems.” Chapter 24 in Introduction to Transportation Systems . Boston, MA: Artech House Publishers, 2000.

Shladover, Steven E. “Introducing Intelligent Transportation Systems: Paradigm for 21st Century Transportation.” TR News 218, January-February 2002.

McQueen, Bob, Rick Schuman, and Kan Chen. Chapters 2 and 3 in Advanced Traveler Information Systems . Boston, MA: Artech House, 2002.

Zimmerman, Carol. “Advanced Traveler Information Systems.” Chapter 5 in Intelligent Transportation Primer . Washington, DC: Institute of Transportation Engineers, 2000.

McQueen, Bob, Rick Schuman, and Kan Chen. Chapters 4 and 5 in Advanced Traveler Information Systems . Boston, MA: Artech House, 2002.

Lappin, Jane, and Sean Peirce. “A Qualitative Assessment of Customer Response to Online Traffic Information Services in Greater Los Angeles: Part I of a Two-Part Customer Satisfaction Evaluation.” Cambridge, MA: Volpe National Transportation Systems Center. Draft Report, December 15, 2001.

———. “Why don’t more people use advanced traveler information? Evidence from the Seattle area.” Cambridge, MA: Volpe National Transportation Systems Center. Draft Report, January 2004.

Haitham Al-Deek, and Adib Kanafani. “Modeling the Benefits of Advanced Traveler Information Systems in Corridors with Incidents.” Transportation Research C 1, no. 4 (1993): 303-324.

Kalidas, Ashok, and Moshe Ben-Akiva. “Dynamic Origin-Destination Matrix Estimation and Prediction for Real-Time Traffic Management Systems.” In Proceedings of the 12th International Symposium on Transportation and Traffic Theory . Edited by Carlos F. Daganzo. New York, NY: Elsevier. 1993, pp. 465-484.

Emmerink, Richard M., Kay W. Axhausen, Peter Nijkamp, and Piet Rietveld. “The Potential of Information Provision in a Simulated Road Transport Network with Non-Recurrent Congestion.” Transportation Research C 3, no. 5 (1995): 293-309.

Hall, Randolph W. “Route Choice and Advanced Traveler Information Systems on a Capacitated and Dynamic Network.” Transportation Research C 4, no. 5 (1996): 289-306.

Watling, David, and Tom van Vuren. “The Modeling of Dynamic Route Guidance Systems.” Transportation Research C 1, no. 2 (1993): 159-182.

Richeson, Kim, and Valerie B. Barnes. “Commercial Vehicle Operations and Freight Movement.” Chapter 9 in Intelligent Transportation Primer . Washington, DC: Institute of Transportation Engineers, 2000.

Orban, John E. “What Have We Learned About ITS for Commercial Vehicle Operations?” Chapter 6 in What Have We Learned About Intelligent Transportation Systems? Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Transportation, 2000.

Miller, Charles. “A Discussion of Intelligent Transportation Systems Environmental Impacts.” ITE Journal on the Web , February 1999.

Jordan, Daniel, and Thomas Horan. “Intelligent Transportation Systems and Sustainable Communities: Findings of a National Study.” Transportation Research Record , Paper No. 971098.

Gifford, Jonathan. “Congestion and Its Discontents.” Paper prepared for Access to Destinations: Rethinking the Transportation Future of Our Region President’s 21st Century Interdisciplinary Conference Series. November 5, 2004.

Schulman, Larry. “Public Transit and ITS.” Chapter 7 in Intelligent Transportation Primer . Washington, DC: Institute of Transportation Engineers, 2000.

Casey, Robert F. “What Have We Learned About Advanced Public Transportation Systems?” Chapter 5 in What Have We Learned About Intelligent Transportation Systems? Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Transportation, 2000.

Hickman, Mark. “Bus Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL) Systems.” Chapter 5 in Assessing the Benefits and Costs of ITS: Making the Business Case for ITS Investments . Edited by David Gillen, and David Levinson. Cambridge, MA: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2004.

Giuliano, Genevieve, and Thomas O’Brien. “Beyond Benefits and Costs: Understanding Outcomes of ITS Deployments in Public Transit.” Chapter 7 in Assessing the Benefits and Costs of ITS: Making the Business Case for ITS Investments . Cambridge, MA: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2004.

IBI Group. “Puget Sound Regional Council Intelligent Transportation Systems Regional Architecture.” December 18, 2008.

Dodder, R. S. “ITS and Air Quality in the Mexico City Metropolitan Area.” Unpublished Working Paper for the Integrated Program on Urban, Regional and Global Air Pollution, Cambridge, MA. 2004.

Gakenheimer, R., et. al. “Travel Demand Drivers: Mexico City, Mexico.” Unpublished Working Paper, June 2003.

Ortiz Mantilla, B. (Forthcoming). Chapters 2 and 3 in Regional Planning and Operations Architecture as means to Foster Transportation Integration in the Mexico City Metropolitan Area . Cambridge, MA: Masters Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Gakenheimer, R. L. T. Molina, et. al. “The MCMA Transportation System: Mobility and Air Pollution.” Chapter 2 in Air Quality in the Mexico Megacity: An Integrated Assessment . Cambridge, MA: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2002.

Additional General Readings