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Intelligent Transportation enables elements within the transportation system—vehicles, roads, traffic lights, message signs, etc.—to become intelligent by embedding them with microchips and sensors and empowering them to communicate with each other through wireless technologies.
Global Positioning System (GPS) • Combined with traffic information allows alerts • Accurate to 10 meters • Require line of sight to satellite
Dedicated-Short range Communications(DSRC) • Infrastructure Communication
Radiowave or Infrared Beacons • Long distance communication • Motion tracking
Wireless Networks • Ad hoc Networking
Mobile Telephony • Short rang communication
Smart Traffic Lights • Communicate with approaching vehicles • Reduce fuel usage • Lower emissions
Augmented Reality • Safer driving with GPS
Space Management-Tata Towers • Optimal Parking Space • Cars and building powered sustainably
Predictive Maps • Efficient Travel • Conserve Resources
Self Driving Cars • Save Time • Closer Traffic Clusters • Safer Driving
Further Reading/Sources • IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation • http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/RecentIssue.jsp?punumber=6979 • Explaining International IT Application Leadership • http://www.itif.org/files/2010-1-27-ITS_Leadership.pdf • Virginia Intelligent Transportation Systems Blog • http://virginiaits.blogspot.com/