Abstract
The field of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) has witnessed significantly increased activity in recent years, with the application of modern control, communications, and information technology to vehicles, roadway infrastructure, and traffic information systems. The primary objectives of ITS have been focused primarily on improving safety and increasing mobility and associated transportation efficiency. In addition, it is now well known that ITS technology can be used to reduce transportation-related environmental impacts. These environmental impacts include pollutant emissions that lead to poor air quality, as well as energy consumption and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Over the years, we have seen many ITS programs focusing on safety and mobility that end up also having significant environmental benefits. These benefits range widely due to a number of variables. However in recent years, a number of ITS research programs have emerged that are specifically designed to minimize the environmental impacts of transportation. In this manuscript, we briefly outline how the different areas of ITS can impact GHG emissions and then describe a number of recent ITS programs that are specifically aimed at reducing energy and environmental impacts. These environmental ITS programs typically show energy and emission reductions on the order of 5–15 %.
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