{"id":36442,"date":"2021-09-06T16:30:17","date_gmt":"2021-09-06T14:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.intellias.com\/?p=36442"},"modified":"2024-01-11T14:18:40","modified_gmt":"2024-01-11T13:18:40","slug":"implementing-an-intelligent-transportation-system-a-bottom-up-approach-to-value-creation","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/intellias.com\/implementing-intelligent-transportation-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Implementing an Intelligent Transportation System: A Bottom-Up Approach to Value Creation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Every year, the French begin their mass migration from the northern regions to the coveted south. Exuberant and excited, they pack up their belongings (kids and pets included) in their vehicles and buckle up for a journey to the azure beaches of Le Sud.<\/p>\n

Most journeys happen without a hitch. Unless it\u2019s the first Saturday of the week when July meets August \u2014 a notorious date when half of the country races back north, whereas the other half attempts to make it down south.<\/p>\n

Known as the \u201cjam of crisscrossing,\u201d this travel pattern has been bringing highway A7 to a standstill in both ways for nearly 30 years.<\/p>\n

Similar traffic clashes happen every day in most every big city. Morning and evening rush hours, scheduled deliveries, school drop-offs\/pick-ups \u2014 humans move around in predictable patterns, even though they are well aware of the risks of getting stuck in a jam.<\/p>\n

You can\u2019t break these patterns \u2014 but you can fix the problems they produce.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s what intelligent transportation systems intend to accomplish<\/p>\n

What is an intelligent transportation system?<\/h2>\n

Transportation systems have many moving parts (quite literally). Thus, there\u2019s no clear-cut intelligent transport system definition.<\/p>\n

Think of an intelligent transportation system (ITS)<\/a> as an umbrella term for the cohort of emerging technology systems and solutions for enabling coordinated, efficient, and \u201csmart\u201d transportation management across different modalities \u2014 car, rail, sea, and public transport.<\/p>\n

An ITS is modular and can feature any number of the following:<\/p>\n