aveler information to increase the safety and efficiency of the surface transportation system.
Central to this strategy, according to Lawther, et al (2002), is improvement in freeway management, incident management, traffic signal control, electronic toll collection, and advanced traveler information systems. Overall, the goal of an ITS deployment effort is to acquire and disseminate real time data regarding road conditions of all types and to enhance public sector monitoring of traffic patterns, road surface conditions, and other variables that impact upon roadway safety.
Rendering this effort somewhat difficult is the fact that oversight of the highway system in the United States is divided among several different levels of government and several different agencies within each governmental unit (Lawther, et al, 2002). Absent is a national or regional management structure in many locations. Lawther, et al (2002) call for creating an Executive Committee comprised of representatives from all participating jurisdictions and agencies. Under the
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