Idaho Transportation Department director Brian Ness talks technology, data, progress in ITS - and why none of it is possible without a talented, well-managed team

摘要

In winter 2010, in the state of Idaho, snow and ice disrupted roads so severely that vehicles were permitted to travel at the posted speed limit only 28% of the time. Thankfully, over the past seven years, Brian Ness, director of the Idaho Transportation Department (ITD), has managed to turn the situation around with the successful implementation of ITS and, specifically, the state's winter operations program.