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Table 6-2 Rural ITS Infrastructure—Functions and Benefits

Friday, January 6, 2012

Table 6-2
Rural ITS Infrastructure—Functions and Benefits

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Infrastructure Functions Benefits Provided
Travel safety and security Hazardous conditions information
Surveillance		 Safety, customer satisfaction
Emergency services Incident notification mobilization and
response		 Safety
Tourism and travel
information		 Route selection, navigation, and services information Customer satisfaction
Operation and
maintenance		 Traffic management Decreased travel times, lower costs
Public travel and
mobility services		 Transit accessibility
Dispatch and routing
Ride sharing and matching		 Fuel, savings/lower emissions,
customer satisfaction

Source: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Joint Program Office for Intelligent Transportation Systems, Measuring ITS Deployment and Integration, Version 2 (Washington, DC: January 1999).