Intelligence Reports

ITS Radar Intelligence Reports. Below is a list of intelligence reports produced for an ITS RADAR project aiming to provide key information to Highways Agency decision makers and practitioners:

• Developments in Automatic Enforcement Technologies - This report describes current applications of technologies and systems for automatic enforcement of traffic violations.
• Congestion Targets and the Role of Technology - An intelligence report featuring various schemes that have been implemented around the world on strategic road networks that aim to acheive the governments targets for congestion.
• Environmental Issues Relating to ITS - This document summarises some of the papers presented at the 85th TRB Annual Meeting (held in Washington D.C. between 22nd and 26th January 2006). It particularly focuses on papers that refer to new advances in transport policy and decision making plus example uses of ITS technologies in relation to environmental issues. A summary of each of the chosen papers is provided including a copy of the complete abstract and contact details for the lead author of the paper.
• Tempo Project Results in the Field of Variable Speed Limits - This report summarises some of the results of evaluation reports for VSL projects carried out across Europe and prepared in TEMPO format. It also gives details ofother projects in this area expected to report their findings in future.
• The Future of ITS - This response is a brief beginners guide to the state of the art in ITS and covers its anticipated developments into the twenty first century.