BUILDING ‘NEXT GENERATION’HIGHWAYS: UNDERSTANDING THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTOR ROLES

摘要

Today, we stand on the cusp of the next generation of highways-the “connected vehicle” highway. Throughout the world there are projects and products being tested and deployed that will enable communication among vehicles and between vehicles and roadside “hot spots,” improve public safety, provide traveler and traffic management information, supply vehicle diagnostics, and offer a variety of location-based consumer services. All these features require high-speed data communications transferring information among vehicles, roadside equipment, and traffic control devices in a secure, reliable, and resilient way. Realizing these systems' full potential, however, necessarily involves unprecedented collaboration across the public and private sectors. This raises a fundamental question-who will manage and oversee the evolution, operation, and maintenance of such systems?