The Department for Transport has launched a new website: http://www.itstoolkit.co.uk. The site hosts the Department's guidance: “Understanding the benefits and costs of Intelligent Transport: A toolkit approach”. The toolkit approach provides specific advice on: • the selection of ITS tools to meet policy objectives; • the benefits & costs of ITS deployment; • what others have done to incorporate ITS within transport plans; and • lessons learnt from their experience. The website is aimed at two groups: • decision makers to identify strategic goals to help achieve local and national transport objectives, and • transport planners who undertake the more technical aspects of a project, fulfilling the strategic requirements of decision makers. This website will help authorities assess the business case for investment in ITS and identify how best to use ITS to meet their own, local challenges, and further supports Local Transport Plan (LTP) guidance. (Author/publisher)
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