Intelligent transportation system (ITS) is one of the forefronts of modern transportation technol-ogy and it has been applied at home and abroad. With the development of a new generation of information &communication technology (ICT) and changes of traveler demand, the different ITS technology direction and ser-vice application are appearing. Firstly, the recent ITS technology developments and application cases are analyzed in this paper. Then the technical characteristics of the next generation ITS is analyzed, including:the connecting between various traffic entities, vehicle’s identification of the neighboring environment, new type of traffic infor-mation collection and service, traffic data, automatic driving, etc. Finally, this paper puts forward some sugges-tions on the development of the next generation ITS, including:to accelerate the marketization, to establish a new model of ITS standardization and to strengthen the development of cutting-edge technology.%智能交通系统（即ITS）是现代交通技术的前沿之一，在国内外已有大量应用。随着新一代信息技术的发展和出行者需求的变化，ITS 领域出现了与以往不同的、特色鲜明的技术方向和服务应用。本文首先对近期国内外ITS技术发展的最新动态和应用案例进行了分析，特别强调了新一代信息技术带来的技术跨越和关注领域的变化，提出新一代智能交通系统已初步形成。然后对新一代智能交通系统的技术特征进行了分析：各交通参与单元之间的互联、车辆对周边复杂环境的识别、新型的交通信息采集和服务、交通大数据、自动驾驶等。最后就新一代智能交通系统发展提出了建议：加快市场化，建立智能交通系统标准化的新模式，加强前沿技术开发等。
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