INTELLIGENT VEHICLE/HIGHWAY SYSTEMS - A FEELING OF DEJA VU
R L Wilshire · ITE journal · 1990
The author draws parallels between the emerging Intelligent Vehicle/Highway Systems (IVHS) technologies and the pioneering computer-application technologies that were developed and implemented in the 1960s and 1970s, and recognizes that IVHS applications hold a far greater potential for widespread implementation. Many of the issues are still the same, but this time there is a true convergence of technology, attitude, and public acceptance, creating a groundswell of opinion driving the need for action. It is not just a slick repackaging of old techniques in a glossy new wrapper. These differences are the result of four principal factors: (1) powerful recognition that operations and maintenance are important; (3) recognition of global interdependence; and (4) broad-based involvement.