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Smart Highways, Smart Cars Richard Whelan

Smart Highways, Smart Cars By Richard Whelan

Smart Highways, Smart Cars by Richard Whelan

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This work provides an up-to-date, comprehensive overview of intelligent vehicle highway systems and the integration of advanced computer, communications and automotive technologies for achieving safer, more efficient road mobility. It describes developments and current activities.

Smart Highways, Smart Cars Summary

Smart Highways, Smart Cars by Richard Whelan

"Interesting, innovative, and proposes an insightful approach towards the IVHS framework. This is a book every researher should go through for better ideas on communications, computers, or automotive technology". -- Telematics India

Table of Contents

Part 1 Introduction: what this book is about; how it all began; organization of the discussion. Part 2 Roots of the national IVHS enterprise: smart corridor; California PATH and the university transportation centres program; Pathfinder; TravTek; HELP/crescent; Houston Smart Commuter; observations. Part 3 Overview of the national IVHS enterprise: what makes highways and cars smart; ISTEA - the legislative mandate; IVHS America; participants in the IVHS enterprise; national IVHS strategic plan; IVHS integration; institutional and legal issues; technology from US military development programs. Part 4 Advanced traveller information systems (ATIS): ADVANCE; FAST-TRAC; TravInfo; Oldsmobile's new navigation/information system. Part 5 Advanced public transportation systems (APTS): automatic vehicle location; Denver Smart Bus; Travlink. Part 6 Commercial vehicle operations (CVO): ADVANTAGE 1-75; HELP inc. Part 7 Advanced traffic management systems (ATMS): Minnesota Guidestar; MAGIC in the 1-95 northeast corridor; southeast Florida Intelligent Corridor System. Part 8 Advanced vehicle control systems (AVCS): military research on autonomous land vehicles; California PATH. Part 9 Advanced rural transportation systems (ARTS): assessing user needs; rural applications of IVHS technologies. Part 10 National IVHS development: IVHS architecture development; the automated highway system prototype; AHS precursor systems analysis; IVHS operational tests and the corridors program. Part 11 Europe - advanced transport telematics: ERTI-CO; PROMETHEUS; autonomous intelligent cruise control; route guidance; DRIVE; communications for ATT. SOCRATES. Part 12 IVHS activities in Japan: vehicle information and communications system (VICS); universal traffic management system; advanced road transportation system; advanced safety vehicle; super smart vehicle system.

Additional information

NPB9780890067659
9780890067659
0890067651
Smart Highways, Smart Cars by Richard Whelan
Richard Whelan
Telecommunications library - IVHS series
New
Hardback
Artech House Publishers
1995-12-19
248
N/A
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