The simplest projects in the plan are traffic management systems, which are seen as the foundation on which the more sophisticated
IVHS technologies will be built.
About a year ago, various parties interested in
IVHS formed
IVHS America to act as a national advisory council.
Austrian road transport telematics firm Kapsch TrafficCom (WBAG:KTCG) said it would take over the business of sector player MARK IV
IVHS in the US, Canada and Mexico for USD70m (EUR50m).
* Intelligent Vehicle/Highway Systems -- An
IVHS Program was established with about $660 million over six years.
"One is that there is a huge amount of money involved, including hundreds of millions of tax dollars." The other, he says, is that claims of safety by
IVHS advocates are "based on flawed research or no research at all.
Human factors and safety in the design of intelligent vehicle-highway systems (
IVHS).
Dubbed the Intelligent Vehicle-Highway Systems (
IVHS) program, the effort was formally established under the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (ISTEA.) (Congress is currently debating the reauthorization of ISTEA -- dubbed "NexTEA".) Since then the initiative has become known as the Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) program, to reflect its broader, more comprehensive scope as a test bed for developing technologies that enhance and improve the movement of people and goods.
Intelligent Vehicle-Highway Systems (
IVHS) project was also progressing.
As highways around the world become more crowded, traffic researchers and government agencies are looking to intelligent vehicle/highway systems (
IVHS) to reduce congestion and increase safety.
Assessment of
IVHS countermeasures for collision avoidance: Rear-end crashes (NHTSA Tech.
Changeable message signs are furnished by ADDCO Mfg., Traffic Control Group; American Electronic Sign; American Winkomatic Sign & Signal, Inc.; Daktronics, Inc.; Electro Fiberoptics Corp.; Mark IV Industries Ltd.,
IVHS Div.; National Sign & Signal Co., Inc.; Reader Vision; Safe-Lite Systems; Safety Lights Co.; Tele-Spot Systems.