This report attempts to derive a more accurate economic model to describe the supply and cost mechanisms that influence the market for traffic information. It first gives a history of the traffic information market, its economies-of-scale, and its potential for future development.e history of...

This study presents an initial step toward an understanding of consumer responses to advanced traveler information systems. Specifically, it is aimed at understanding the role that cellular telephones can play in the management of urban traffic systems. To assess the interrelationships between...

This study seeks to examine the potential impacts of Advanced Public Transportation Systems (APTS) technologies in terms of vehicle emissions, air quality, and fuel consumption. The potential impact of APTS technologies on pollutant emissions and fuel consumption are examined. The results invite...

This paper describes the specifications and the determinants for inclusion of a deliberative process to support intelligent transportation planning. Specifications for a system suitable for transportation planning have been defined, as have the determinants of a prototype for inclusion in early...

This report presents a study in which Advanced Traveler Information Systems (ATIS) user benefits are estimated from a survey of commuting behavior undertaken in the San Francisco Bay Area in 1993. Both reported and stated response to unexpected congestion are used to determine the commuters who...

This working paper is a preliminary review of the state of the art in the study of the economics of traffic information. The focus is on the different methods used to model the decision process of drivers in a traffic system, and on the effect of traffic information on this process. In addition,...