This volume, the first to result from the Diebold Institute Information-Based Infrastructure Project, explores the links between business and government in the development of intelligent transportation systems (ITS) technology. The work focuses on road and vehicular infrastructures, comparing those of the U.S., Europe, and Japan, and the roles that ITS can play in solving major current and anticipated future transportational problems. Special attention is given to environmental and economic concerns.
The world's infrastructure requires refurbishing, but it especially requires rethinking. The computer has transformed business enterprises and now information technology can change our environment. This book explores the benefits and how to achieve them through the use of intelligent transportation systems (ITS). The implementation of ITS will potentially lead to individual drivers, fleet operators, and public transit users saving vast amounts of journey time and fuel, to a significant reduction in pollution and to improved road safety. The Japanese are ahead of the U.S. and Europe in the area of intelligent transportation systems, using position location devices, and electronic maps.
Most look at this development as one that helps speed passenger cars, but this book details the economics which point to the technology being equally good for speeding trucks and easing the movement of freight. Traffic avoidance is only part of the problem although route guidance is helpful. Financing of projects in ITS is an important area for innovation and ITS could be a source of revenue to municipalities rather than an expense.

Transportation Infostructures: The Development of Intelligent Transportation Systems (Performing Arts; 20)

Business & Money

Diebold, John

Education & Reference

Praeger

The world of the computer

Science & Math

Mathematics

Random House]

From Library Journal In order to prosper in the face of increasing international competition, American corporations are urged to be innovative. While this is easier said than done, it is not an altogether impossible task. Cases in point are the innovations which are the subject matter of this book, all of which have arisen within American organizational structures in the past 40 years. They include transistors, lasers, fiber optics, VCRs, and electronic banking. The book approaches the topic of innovation by examining the process as well as the product and includes a chapter on what's in store for us in the 1990s in areas such as superconductivity, fusion energy, and gene mapping. A thoroughly readable narrative of modern technological breakthroughs, recommended for public and undergraduate college libraries. - Sarojini Balachandran, Auburn Univ. Lib., Ala.

The Innovators: The Discoveries, Inventions, and Breakthroughs of Our Time

Plume

Technology

Dutton Adult

NOT ex-library. Minor creases front and back flaps, o/w tight and clean.

Making the Future Work: Unleashing Our Powers of Innovation for the Decades Ahead

Management & Leadership

Simon & Schuster Books

The role of business in society

AMACOM

Automation

American Management Associations

Stresses the importance of setting corporate policies to control the flow of information, discusses interactive videotex, and looks at the way the proliferation of information affects American business

Managing Information: The Challenge and the Opportunity

Amacom Books

Technology & Public Policy: Meeting Society's 21st Century Needs (Papers & Speeches of John Diebold Series Volume 7)

Politics & Social Sciences

Politics & Government

Management Science Pub

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