Transportation

Governments need to articulate an ITS vision for their country (state, or community). But it must be one fully informed with the input of key stakeholders in the ITS system. The importance of a clearly articulated ITS vision is a recurring theme in the ITS literature. (United States: Lags world leaders but is attempting to catch up.)

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   Governments must provide funding for both ITS R&D and deployment. This funding should support ITS technology develop- ment test beds and proof of concept demonstrations, and then extend to ITS deployment. (United States: Strong at setting up test beds and technology demonstrations. Lagging at transitioning from ITS R&D to ITS deployment.)
   

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