Document Status
Current
Supplement
Core Supplement
Series
Traffic Advisory Leaflet
Abstract
Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) is a Department of Transport (DfT) initiative to promote information gathering, processing, communication and delivery technologies to provide an integrated transport logistics service. Star Trak is an intelligent transport system which tracks the position of buses using GPS systems, and uses this information to predict their time of departure and is displayed at bus stops, on LED signs, along their routes.
History
Assist is a DfT initiative aiming to encourage and promote the use of Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) as tools to implement local transport policy objectives.
Subjects
- Transport planning
- Traffic management schemes
- Civil engineering, infrastructure and public utilities
- Transport facilities
- Planning and development
- Roads
Publisher History
The Department for Transport is a UK Government department that provides leadership across the transport sector to achieve its objectives, working with regional, local and private sector partners to deliver many of the services. These activities were formerly carried out by the Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions.