PATH Innovative Research on ITS Technologies and Methodologies for Multimodal Transportation Solutions

Author

Zhang, Wei-Bin ; Shladover, Steven E.

Author_Institution

Inst. of Transp. Studies, California Univ., Richmond, CA

fYear

2006

fDate

17-20 Sept. 2006

Firstpage

23

Lastpage

29

Abstract

Not long after the California Partners for Advanced Transit and Highways (PATH) program was established, the program founders determined that a sustainable transportation system should embrace multimodal applications of ITS technologies. The PATH transit research program, benefiting from PATH´S heritage of leading research on ITS and advanced vehicle control and safety systems, investigates a wide range of advanced technologies and methodologies for improving public transportation systems. This paper provides an overview of the PATH transit research program through example projects showing the depth and breath of the program and the contributions PATH research has made to advancing state of the art transit technologies

Keywords

automated highways; road safety; road traffic; road vehicles; California Partners for Advanced Transit and Highways; ITS methodology; ITS technology; PATH transit research program; advanced transit technology; bus rapid transit; electronic guidance; intelligent transportation system; multimodal transportation; public transportation system; safety system; sustainable transportation system; vehicle control; Automated highways; Automatic control; Control systems; Intelligent transportation systems; Intelligent vehicles; Rail transportation; Research and development; Road safety; Road transportation; Vehicle safety;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Intelligent Transportation Systems Conference, 2006. ITSC '06. IEEE

Conference_Location

Toronto, Ont.

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0093-7

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-0094-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ITSC.2006.1706713

Filename

1706713