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.
 
For more information, visit %$Linker: 2 External <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?><dictionary /> 0 0 0 oLinkExternal ITS ePrimer page http://www.pcb.its.dot.gov/ePrimer.aspx false http://www.pcb.its.dot.gov/ePrimer.aspx false false%>.
Location Based Systems Urban Traffic Control Charging, Tolling & RUC

Related Content

  • Kamber makeover underlines innovation
    March 26, 2014
    Visitors to the Kamber stand will notice the new-look company identity, symbolic of the innovation that it has brought to the road line painting business over 60 years. Kamber is demonstrating its latest spray painting products that are on display here at Intertraffic as the company looks to build its presence in the market.
    Read More
  • Final eCoMove event
    September 17, 2013
    The eCoMove final event, to be held at Eurogress, Aachen, Germany, from 20-21 November, offers a variety of events including a conference, an exhibition presenting the final results of the project and live driving demonstrations on public roads. Showcasing state-of-the-art cooperative intelligent transportation systems (ITS) for energy efficiency, the event will look at mitigating the environmental impacts of road transport through the latest ITS technologies: eCoMove technological advances aim to lower roa
    Read More
  • ASECAP annual study and information days
    February 6, 2014
    The 42nd annual ASECAP study and information days, to be held in Athens from 26 to 278 May 2014, will explore the role of the tolled roads in ensuring sustainability in times of dwindling traffic. It will allow high-level panellists representing toll road infrastructure operators, EU decision-makers and ministers to discuss sustainability issues related to infrastructure financing, operation, maintenance, safety and the environment, while considering how intelligent transport systems contribute to the achie
    Read More
  • Third generation signs spell a bright future for Swarco
    April 23, 2013
    Swarco Traffic Americas has introduced its third generation of optic LED dynamic message signs (DMS) to the North American market. The third generation signs deliver contrast ratios more than double the NEMA TS4 requirement and are said to use a fraction of the power consumed by its competitors’ signs.
    Read More

Highlighted Content