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http://www.unece.org/trans/theme_its.html

Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS), defined as systems that integrate information and communication technology into transportation infrastructures and vehicles themselves, offer opportunities to manage travel demand and can help reduce the need for new infrastructure. It enables information to be collected and shared in order to help people make more informed travel choices, make journeys more efficient and help to reduce the impact of transport on the environment. The ITS applications can play an important role for transport, especially in big cities, particularly with respect to: improving traffic flow; improving road safety; improving security and reducing crime; improving public transport; improving freight efficiency; and improving the environment. The Transport Division of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe is aiming at improving high level information concerning Intelligent Transport Systems available and their meaningful integration into the work of several bodies. On 26 May 2010 UNECE hosted a workshop on the future deployment of Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) at the International Transport Forum, held in Leipzig. The workshop addressed how governments, international organizations, and UNECE in particular, can promote the deployment of ITS, and what key policies and actions are required to achieve this.

Information on the International Transport Forum, held on 26-28 May 2010, covering issues such as: innovation in transport; supply chains; and the future of air transport can be obtained at: http://www.internationaltransportforum.org/2010/ForumOutput.html