ITS planning methodology for Chinese cities and its evaluation model

ITS planning methodology (IPM) is significant to guide the ITS research & development (R&D) strategically and systematically. This paper develops a general IPM and the ITS strategic objectives for Chinese cities, which creates a methodological framework to plan the urban ITS. During ITS planning, the ITS evaluation is a key component to make decisions. Based on the IPM and its objectives, for making up the deficiency of conventional evaluation methods, an ITS evaluation model by artificial neural network is built, and its feasibility has been proved by case study. The result shown by the planning and simulation is satisfied. It is practical and convenient to apply this model in the factual ITS planning