Preface
The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) is pleased to present its 2005 snapshot of benefits and costs of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) implementations, and to announce a valuable new database of lessons learned by those planning, deploying, and evaluating ITS.
Intelligent Transportation Systems Benefits, Costs and Lessons Learned: 2005 Update is the sixth in a series of periodic publications that began in 1995. It is the next step toward a vision of one-stop shopping for qualitative and quantitative information about ITS.
As a public service, DOT sponsors regularly updated ITS Benefits and Costs Databases available online at www.benefitcost.its.dot.gov, which gives transportation professionals the information they need about its implementation and services. Companion websites documenting the amount and geographical deployment of ITS and the Lessons Learned Database, which is scheduled to be online in the summer of 2005, can be accessed online through the ITS Joint Program Office's homepage at www.its.dot.gov.
The printed version of this report (FHWA Report FHWA-JPO-05-002) can be ordered via e-mail to itspubs@fhwa.dot.gov. It can be viewed on DOT's ITS Electronic Document Library at www.its.dot.gov/library.htm as document No. 14073.
Not all ITS efforts initiated by states, local governments, and private enterprises are documented in this 2005 Update report or in the databases. We encourage readers who are aware of ITS benefits, costs, or lessons learned to let us know about evaluation efforts or source documents that may be missing. To keep us up to date, readers may either use the "Contribute Data" feature of our online database, or send reference documents to:
Joseph I. Peters, Ph.D.
Manager, ITS Program Assessment
ITS Joint Program Office
Federal Highway Administration (HOIT-1)
400 Seventh Street, SW
Washington, D.C. 20590
Joe.Peters@fhwa.dot.gov