JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD

Course Objectives

Within the core module students will have been introduced to some of the basic

concepts of Intelligent Transport Systems. The detailed objectives are:

• 1. To develop an understanding of various sensor technology of ITS.
• 2. To describe the of ITS architecture and user needs in functional areas of ITS
• 3. Understand the various applications of ITS
• 4. Understand how to evaluate technologies, applications and services of ITS

Course Outcomes

At the end of the course, the students will be able to

• 1. Understand the importance of ITS
• 2. Understand the concepts of application of sensors to Traffic management
• 3. Select appropriate ITS technology depending upon User Needs and Services
• 4. Understand the concepts of ITS Architecture
• 5. Design and implement ITS for Traffic and incident management.

UNIT - I

Fundamentals of ITS: Definition of ITS, the historical context of ITS from both public policy and market economic perspectives, Types of ITS; Historical Background, Benefits of ITS.

UNIT - II

Sensor technologies and Data requirements of ITS: Importance of telecommunications in the ITS. Information Management, Traffic Management Centers (TMC). Application of sensors to Traffic management; Traffic flow sensor technologies; Transponders and Communication systems; Data fusion at traffic management centers; Sensor plan and specification requirements; Elements of Vehicle Location and Route Navigation and Guidance concepts; ITS Data collection techniques – Detectors, Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL), Automatic Vehicle Identification (AVI), GIS, video data collection.

UNIT - III

ITS User Needs and Services and Functional areas – Introduction, Advanced Traffic Management systems (ATMS), Advanced Traveler Information systems (ATIS), Commercial Vehicle Operations (CVO), Advanced Vehicle Control systems (AVCS), Advanced Public Transportation systems (APTS), Advanced Rural Transportation systems (ARTS).

UNIT - IV

ITS Architecture – Regional and Project ITS architecture; Concept of operations; ITS Models and Evaluation Methods; Planning and human factor issues for ITS, Case studies on deployment planning and system design and operation; ITS and safety, ITS and security, ITS as a technology deployment program, research, development and business models, ITS planning.

UNIT - V

ITS applications: Traffic and incident management systems; ITS and sustainable mobility, travel demand management, electronic toll collection, ITS and road-pricing.; Transportation network operations; commercial vehicle operations and intermodal freight; public transportation applications; ITS and regional strategic transportation planning, including regional architectures: ITS and changing transportation institutions Automated Highway Systems- Vehicles in Platoons – Integration of

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Automated Highway Systems. ITS Programs in the World – Overview of ITS implementations in developed countries, ITS in developing countries.

REFERENCE BOOKS:

• 1. Fundamentals of intelligent transportation systems planning By Mashrur A. Chowdhury, Adel Wadid Sadek
• 2. Lawrence A. Klein, Sensor technologies and Data requirements of ITS
• 3. ITS Hand Book 2000: Recommendations for World Road Association (PIARC) by Kan Paul Chen, John Miles.
• 4. Sussman, J. M., Perspective on ITS, Artech House Publishers, 2005.
• 5. National ITS Architecture Documentation, US Department of Transportation, 2007 R19 M.TECH TRANSPORTATION ENGG. M.TECH.- II YEAR- I SEMESTER TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING