Smart Highways, Smart Cars
Published on 19. December 1995
Book
Hardback
248 pages
978-0-89006-765-9 (ISBN)
Description
"Interesting, innovative, and proposes an insightful approach towards the IVHS framework. This is a book every researher should go through for better ideas on communications, computers, or automotive technology". -- Telematics India
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Norwood
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Laminated cover
Illustrations
1, black & white illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 237 mm
Width: 158 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
494 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-89006-765-9 (9780890067659)
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Content
Part 1 Introduction: what this book is about; how it all began; organization of the discussion. Part 2 Roots of the national IVHS enterprise: smart corridor; California PATH and the university transportation centres program; Pathfinder; TravTek; HELP/crescent; Houston Smart Commuter; observations. Part 3 Overview of the national IVHS enterprise: what makes highways and cars smart; ISTEA - the legislative mandate; IVHS America; participants in the IVHS enterprise; national IVHS strategic plan; IVHS integration; institutional and legal issues; technology from US military development programs. Part 4 Advanced traveller information systems (ATIS): ADVANCE; FAST-TRAC; TravInfo; Oldsmobile's new navigation/information system. Part 5 Advanced public transportation systems (APTS): automatic vehicle location; Denver Smart Bus; Travlink. Part 6 Commercial vehicle operations (CVO): ADVANTAGE 1-75; HELP inc. Part 7 Advanced traffic management systems (ATMS): Minnesota Guidestar; MAGIC in the 1-95 northeast corridor; southeast Florida Intelligent Corridor System. Part 8 Advanced vehicle control systems (AVCS): military research on autonomous land vehicles; California PATH. Part 9 Advanced rural transportation systems (ARTS): assessing user needs; rural applications of IVHS technologies. Part 10 National IVHS development: IVHS architecture development; the automated highway system prototype; AHS precursor systems analysis; IVHS operational tests and the corridors program. Part 11 Europe - advanced transport telematics: ERTI-CO; PROMETHEUS; autonomous intelligent cruise control; route guidance; DRIVE; communications for ATT. SOCRATES. Part 12 IVHS activities in Japan: vehicle information and communications system (VICS); universal traffic management system; advanced road transportation system; advanced safety vehicle; super smart vehicle system.