The September 2001 attacks and the 2011 Japan earthquake and tsunami disaster are examples of manmade and natural disasters which have revealed the importance of having a disaster management system in place. A great deal of advisory and policy documents need to be developed by various government authorities. The Intelligent Transportation Systems and Services (ITSS) are set to play a crucial ro...

The automatic vehicle license plate recognition (VLPR) is an important key technology in intelligent transportation system. License plate character recognition is a main step in this system. This paper presents an improved algorithm to accelerate the running speed of the network based on the analysis of traditional BP algorithm’s running speed. Looking from the test effect, its recognition effe...

Over the last decades we verified a huge intensification of human, financial, resource and power flow throughout the world economy. This phenomenon, called as globalization, affects goods and passenger movement, and demands the availability of connections, such as communications and transportation, providing citizens wider options and mobility. Nowadays there is a saturation of transportation i...

the lane change maneuver is among the most popular driving behaviors. it is also the basic element of important maneuvers like overtaking maneuver. therefore, it is chosen as the focus of this study and novel multi-input multi-output adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system models (manfis) are proposed for this behavior. these models are able to simulate and predict the future behavior of a driver...

As the deployment of intelligent transportation systems (ITS) technologies moves forward, the issue of sustaining and supporting traffic management systems after they have been constructed becomes increasingly critical. In the midst of limited funding, undocumented costs, competing maintenance needs, aging systems, and institutional barriers, the systems already under operation are struggling t...

In many transportation simulation applications including intelligent transportation systems (ITS), behavioral responses of individual travelers are important. This implies that simulating individual travelers directly may be useful. Such a microscopic simulation, consisting of many intelligent particles (= agents), is an example of a multi-agent simulation. For ITS applications, it would be use...

A proper remote sensing device is required for automatic cruise control (ACC) to avoid collision in transportation system. In this paper we proposed a direct sequence spread spectrum (DSSS) radar for remote sensing in intelligent transporation system(ITS). We have successfully detected single target and through 1D radar imaging we are capable to separate multiple targets. We have also implement...

Many operating agencies are currently developing computerized freeway traffic management systems to support traffic operations as part of the Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) user service improvements. This study illustrates the importance of using simplified data analysis and presents a promising approach for improving demand prediction and traffic data modeling to support pro-active tr...

Climate change is one of the greatest environmental, economic, and social challenges of our time. Urban transportation has had a major negative impact on our environment—most of our air pollution comes from transport. This paper explores ways to move toward a more sustainable transport system by focusing on creating a more efficient and livable city and improving the environmental efficiency of...

Traffic congestion identification is a popular research topic of Intelligent Transportation System (ITS). Many identification methods, such as threshold value based methods, California, McMaster method and so on, have been studied. But the threshold values of these methods are difficult to be determined. A novel threshold value based traffic congestion identification method is proposed in this ...