Institut Français des Sciences et Technologies des Transports, de l'Aménagement et des Réseaux

Type de document

COMMUNICATION AVEC ACTES INTERNATIONAL (ACTI)

Langue

anglais

Auteur

CONROY ; HAMED BENOUAR ; YGNACE

Résumé / Abstract

This paper explores institutional and organizational factors related to deployment of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS). The researchers conducted a comprehensive internet /literature search on the status of ITS programs in Europe and the U.S., interviewed principals involved in ITS deployment both at the policy and project levels, and from the public and private sectors, and developed four case studies of successful ITS deployment. Results from the internet/literature search and responses from the survey/interviews were analyzed to identify critical institutional and organizational factors for successful deployment and operation of ITS systems/services. The methodology allowed for both a top-down (programs and policies) and bottom-up (project experiences) review and analysis. Key findings include a commonality of institutional and organizational environments and issues between Europe and the United States, significant gaps between national public policy objectives and local political realities, ITS deployment successes in spite of traditional transportation planning and resource allocation processes, some organizational innovations that have been effective, very limited success in cooperative ITS public/private sector efforts, and significantly different approaches to ITS research programs between Europe and the U.S. Based on these findings, a strawman ITS/system management 'mainstreaming' package is proposed by the authors.