This document discusses Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS), which apply communications and information technologies to provide solutions for traffic congestion and control issues. ITS integrate advanced technologies like electronics, computers, communications and sensors to provide travelers with important information while improving transportation system safety and efficiency. Examples of ITS applications discussed include emergency vehicle notification, automatic road enforcement, variable speed limits, and collision avoidance systems. The document also discusses benefits of ITS like reduced accidents, improved fuel efficiency, and real-time traffic monitoring and evaluation. ITS have been successfully implemented in some developed countries and helped reduce congestion, accidents and fuel waste while improving economic transportation. Implementing ITS in the author's country could help solve traffic problems there as well.

1. MOHAMMED AQEEB

2. Introduction
Why ITS?
Intelligent Transport Technologies
Intelligent Transport Applications

3. Traffic control has been an issue since humans put the first wheels on the first
cart. The modern world demands mobility.
Cars represent the main method of mobility, but today’s congested highways
and city streets don’t move fast, and sometimes they don’t move at all.

4. ITS apply communications and information
technology to provide solutions to this
congestion as well as other traffic control
issues.

5. WHAT IS ITS ?
ITS is the integrated application of advanced
Technologies using electronics, computers,
communications, and advanced sensors. These
applications provide travellers with important
information while improving the safety and efficiency
of the transportation system.

7.  ITS is the voice of vehicle and infrastructural
innovation . It is the next generation of technology
for safety designed to reduce the number of
accidents.
 It improves fuel efficiency.
 It enables real time traffic monitoring and
evaluation.

8.  Real time communication and
information dissemination can
also be obtained through this
system.
 These are the systems that use
communication technologies
to link people, road and
vehicle related traffic
issues. It involves research and
development on various safe
driving support system.

9. Emergency Vehicle Notification Systems
Automatic Road Enforcement
Variable Speed Limits
Collision Avoidance Systems
Dynamic Traffic Light Sequence

11.  Speed cameras that identify vehicles traveling
over the legal speed limit. Many such devices
use radar to detect a vehicle's speed or
electromagnetic loops buried in each lane of the
road.

12. Red light cameras that detect vehicles that cross a stop
line or designated stopping place while a red traffic
light is showing.

13.  Level crossing cameras that identify vehicles
crossing railways at grade illegally.

14.  Double white line cameras that identify
vehicles crossing these lines.
 Bus lane cameras that identify vehicles
traveling in lanes reserved for buses. In some
jurisdictions, bus lanes can also be used by
taxis or vehicles engaged in car pooling.

18.  The use of ITS in some developed countries like
America, Japan and England has given them
high progress in the field of transportation.This
helped them in their economic progress.Also
the traffic congestions, rate of road accidents,
wastage of fuels are decreased to a large extend.
 This gives the people of this country a more
economic mean of transportation with advance
information of transits. Now transportation has
become a safer and efficient mode for these
countries.

19. Hence with much more interest and
advanced research in the field of
ITS, it can be implemented in our
country and can prove to be the
solution of the traffic problems
including traffic congestion, air
pollution and traffic accident.

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