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USDOT releases advanced ITS ePrimer

USDOT has released its new ITS ePrimer, a web-based textbook on intelligent transportation systems, providing transportation professionals, educators, students, and others with a series of up-to-date, web-based modules describing key ITS topics, with a multi-modal perspective. The ITS ePrimer replaces the Intelligent Transportation Primer first published in 2000 in collaboration with the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) and ITS America. Public and private agencies and educational institutions
January 10, 2014 Read time: 2 mins
USDOT has released its new ITS ePrimer, a web-based textbook on intelligent transportation systems, providing transportation professionals, educators, students, and others with a series of up-to-date, web-based modules describing key ITS topics, with a multi-modal perspective.

The ITS ePrimer replaces the Intelligent Transportation Primer first published in 2000 in collaboration with the 5667 Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) and 560 ITS America. Public and private agencies and educational institutions widely used the primer to provide information to practicing professionals and students on ITS planning, design, deployment, and operations. However, significant technological advances as well as innovations in educational technology and delivery led to a complete overhaul of the original primer. The new, Internet-based version offers an innovative way of delivering complex information, enabling interactive content via video and web links, easy access by the audience, and timely updates and additions.
 
The ePrimer includes several chapters, or modules, exploring the various areas within ITS, including, amongst its many topics, systems engineering, transportation management systems, traffic operations, public transportation, electronic toll collection and pricing, sustainable transportation, connected vehicles and emerging issues.

Each chapter was written by authors actively engaged in the development and deployment of ITS, providing the primer with different and broad transportation perspectives. Each module includes multimedia samples. Educators can use the modules as segments in class, tailoring them to fit their needs.
 
A team including the USDOT 781 ITS JPO, 831 Federal Highway Administration, 2023 Federal Transit Administration, ITE, and ITS America led the development of the ITS ePrimer. Several individual modules are available now on the ITS PCB website. The rest of the modules will be available by the end of the year - PowerPoint versions are available now for these modules.
 
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