The Intelligent Traffic Systems (ITS) project aimed at the development of an evaluation tool of ITS applications by means of computer simulation in which consequences for safety, emission (noise, exhaust gas, and fuel consumption), and traffic performance can be assessed in an integrated manner. Four TNO Institutes joined efforts in this project, and the project was carried out in close cooperation with the Netherlands Transport Research Centre (AVV). The modular structure of ITS integrates specific models from various disciplines into one comprehensive model structure. Basically, the tool comprises two levels of detail: a macroscopic and a microscopic one. At the microscopic level traffic is simulated on a network link on an individual vehicle base. The microscopic traffic model calculates in every simulation time step the behaviour of driver, vehicle and intelligent system for all vehicles that are present on the simulated road stretch. The macroscopic level includes the macroscopic traffic model where traffic is considered at the aggregated level of a whole network. This report gives an overview of the final results of the ITS project. The report includes a description of the overall model structure, of the various submodels, and of the output modules. In addition, the report describes a case study on Intelligent Cruise Control (ICC). This was carried out to demonstrate the usefulness of the overall evaluation tool.
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