ITS challenges for winter traffic in Hokkaido.

Author(s)
Kajiya, Y. Honda, M. & Kawamura, K.
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Abstract

This paper reports the application of ITS by the Hokkaido Development Bureau (HDB) as a means to improve the safety and efficiency of winter traffic and as a sophisticated countermeasure in times of disaster. The paper also covers the establishment of a regional framework, and outlines the conditions for public/private joint research projects. The framework is based on the results of two questionnaire surveys targeting ITS and winter road specialists, and on discussions held at regional ITS framework committees. It illustrates six concepts in the fundamental direction of ITS in Hokkaido. The questionnaire results revealed that the most expected ITS application for accidents in Hokkaido is poor visibility caused by blowing snow, and that most people want to access road information in their cars or at home. Based on this framework, two public/private joint research projects started in December 1996: (1) the development of an Intelligent Winter Highway System; and (2) the development of Internet Technology-based Highway Information Systems. In these efforts, the ITS/Win Virtual Laboratory, an extranet-based cyber workspace, was created on the Internet. The laboratory also features a virtual traffic operation center (TOC) concept.

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C 13693 (In: C 13302 CD-ROM) /72 / IRRD 491805
Source

In: Mobility for everybody : proceedings of the fourth world congress on Intelligent Transport Systems ITS, Berlin, 21-24 October 1997, Paper No. 3164, 8 p., 7 ref.

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