The emergence of intelligent transport systems (ITS) for use in land transport networks and the vehicles that use them has potential to deliver significant safety, environmental and efficiency benefits to Australian transport users. Having considered this potential, Australian Transport Ministers agreed to develop a policy framework to build ITS into a shared vision of safe, sustainable, efficient, reliable and integrated transport1. This framework was endorsed by the Standing Council on Transport and Infrastructure at its inaugural meeting on 4 November 2011. ITS encompass the application of information and communications technologies to transport. ITS include stand-alone infrastructure applications such as traffic management systems, as well as cooperative ITS (C-ITS) applications involving telematics, vehicle-infrastructure and vehicle-vehicle communications. These technologies cover private and public transport by road, rail, water and air, as well as cycling and walking, together with applications for cross modal transport and transport hubs. The focus of this policy framework is on ITS as they are applied to road transport and to interactions between road transport and other transport modes. (Author/publisher)
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