Safety Evaluation of Intelligent Transportation Systems. Workshop Proceedings.211 Held in Reston, Virginia on May 1-2, 1995

摘要

Improved safety is presented as an important potential benefit of intelligent211u001etransportation systems (ITS). Systems are emerging and are under development that 211u001eare designed to reduce the number of accidents and the severity of those 211u001eaccidents that cannot be prevented. These systems, as well as those developed to 211u001eachieve other goals (such as congestion reduction) may have both positive and 211u001enegative impacts on safety. Safety evaluations of ITS must include a 211u001econsideration of the safety consequences of specific ITS technologies for the 211u001edriving public. This workshop, jointly sponsored by ITS America and the National 211u001eHighway Traffic Safety Administration, was held to foster better understanding of 211u001ethe process of evaluating the safety benefits and impacts of ITS. Tutorial papers 211u001eand case studies were developed to provide an overview and discussion of the 211u001egoals, considerations, methods, and lessons learned in the safety evaluations of 211u001eITS demonstration projects and field tests.