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Intelligent Transport Systems - Explained



ITS Now exists to provide informative and educational resources about Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS), and should be of interest to technology practitioners in highways and mobility, along with people working in other engineering disciplines and for anyone who has an interest in transport generally. Resources include our YouTube channel, original books and articles on a broad range of related topics

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Intelligent Transport Systems, Explained

Ever wondered what Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) are, or how they work?

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Read the Spring 2025 edition of ITS Edge

In this edition, we start by looking at how the language we use in traffic engineering might influence the solutions we engineer and how this might work to the detriment of progressing how we think about the active transport agenda.

As this is our first edition, we have included an explanatory article about what ITS is. We also have four articles from our series written in the UAE and Oman, about issues that face successful ITS deployments.

We finish this edition with our Technology Insight item for the first episode of Season 4 of the @ITSNow YouTube Channel. In this, we have worked with the Japanese firm NEC to look at their developments for Distributed Fibre Optic Sensing (DFOS), make sure to watch the full video online too!

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Innovation Awards

Find out who won the 2023 @ITSNow Innovation Awards recognise organisations that undertake developments which push the capabilities of Intelligent Transport Infrastructure in the operation and management of the road network.

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Educational And Thought Leadership Articles Relating To ITS, a selection of these is given below, or click on the button to see the full collection.

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What is ITS?
Ever wondered what Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) are?

Despite sounding like a futuristic mode of transport, Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) are actually technologies and systems associated with the management, operation and use of a broad range of transport modes and their inter-relationship with other infrastructure.

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Detecting Vehicles with a Strand of Glass
From Discrete Sensing to Continuous Intelligence with Distributed Fibre-Optic Sensing (DFOS)

The arteries of modern society, our motorways and freeways, demand meticulous and proactive management to ensure the lifeblood of commerce and personal mobility flows unimpeded.

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Beyond the 85th Percentile
Embracing the Extremes in Intelligent Transportation Systems

The foundation of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) analysis rests heavily upon statistical measures, providing a framework for understanding and optimising traffic flow.

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No push buttons on my crossing!
A solution may inadvertently create new issues

The observation of a signalised pedestrian crossing in Mutrah, Oman, devoid of a push button, presents a fascinating case study in urban traffic management.

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