Citation

Akhtar S, Shah A, Ahn B. J. Adv. Transp. 2006; 40(3): 289-294.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2006, Institute for Transportation, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

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Abstract

The concept of intelligent transportation systems (ITS) was developed to meet the needs of affluent and technologically advanced societies. It is a general perception that these tools are too sophisticated and costly for the existing administrative, institutional, legal and socio-economic environment of developing countries. This study examines this impression along with the premise that practitioners and policy makers in developing countries overlook the ITS option against more orthodox solutions, with the aim of investigating the question of compatibility of ITS for developing countries. Practitioners and policy makers from 14 developing countries in Asia and Latin America were surveyed regarding institutional, financial, available professional personnel and technical infrastructure issues related to the deployment of ITS. They were also surveyed regarding their personal perception and their perspective of the general public response to ITS. The results confirm the generally held opinion regarding the limitation of economic, institutional and technological infrastructure in developing countries to encompass ITS. However, the respondents' perception of ITS and its benefits was overwhelmingly positive, and they believed that the general public would also support ITS.