This paper discusses and explores potential interaction between land use and Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS). Extensive literature and many models are available that enable better understanding of the interaction between land use and transportation. However, there is very little literature that discusses the interaction between land use and ITS deployment. On one hand, the capacity improvements that ITS provides can be compared to capacity expansion and as a result, the land use and ITS interaction can be compared to the land use and transportation interaction. On the other hand, ITS provides products and services such as real-time transportation system management, traveler information, vehicle location, route guidance and computer aided dispatching that can have very different land use implications. The evaluation of ITS projects over the last five years continues to demonstrate that ITS deployment can provide substantial improvements to the transportation system. The need for investment in ITS continues to gain more recognition from policy and decision makers. As more ITS is deployed, there will be a greater impact on land use decisions. It is important that the interaction between land use and ITS deployment be better understood and that it is fully considered when making ITS infrastructure investments. The development of any tool for ITS infrastructure investment prioritization must take into account the effect of ITS on land use including location choice, development patterns and the resulting traffic generation from such land use. For the covering abstract see ITRD E209471.
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