This article describes an approach to strategic planning for Advanced Transport Telematics (ATT). ATT will be succesfully and effectively implemented over a broad case, only if a coherent, consistent strategy is first devised. Otherwise, there is a danger that short-term measures will lead to isolate specific applications with no interaction between them. Progress in information technology has made a wide range of products, services and technologies available to make transport systems more effective. They include: (1) electronic toll collection and transaction management (ETIM) systems, using automatic vehicle identification and debiting technologies; (2) advanced traffic management systems (ATMS), for area-wide real-time adjustment of traffic signal timings and settings; (3) advanced traveller information systems (ATIS), either mobile in-car or static out-of-car; (4) advanced vehicle control systems (AVCS), using in-car electronic devices to assist drivers; (5) commercial vehicle operations (CVO), that are fleet management systems for distribution and despatch control; (6) advanced public transportation system (APTS), to provide sophisticated real-time fleet management for bus services, texts and emergency services. The article finally considers the main reasons for defining an ATT approach plan, the steps in the proposed approach, and its main benefits.
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