The ITS concept is based on two complementary transport system modules. There is a high-speed module (HSTT) for fast, medium and long-distance shuttle transport of both passengers and commodities via an underground vacuum tunnel system and a collection and distribution transport module (CDT), which provides a variety of efficient door-to-door transport connections. Its is intended to become a european network connecting major industrial/population centers with main air/sea ports in such a way that environmental demands can be fulfilled within a steady growth of mobility and yet be free of unsolvable congestion problems. Japanese Ministry of Construction and OECD/Road Transport Research Programme held the seminar on "future road transport systems and infrastructures in urban areas" in Chiba, Japan on 4th - 6th June 1991 sponsored by the Japanese organizing committee.
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