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 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...