engleski

Development of project evaluation methodology for intelligent transport systems

Scientific research of transport may be useful if it supports the development of transport system and deployment in effective and efficient manner. Traditional transport planning and project evaluation methodology have to be adapted to the new requirements and features of Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS). It is possible to identify certain shortcomings of traditional methods which were primarily used for investments in physical infrastructure. It is necessary to adopt them to ITS project requirements. ITS projects (solutions) have to be designed to work in a compatible way and there are strong interactions of different parts of ITS (for example, there is a strong interaction between traveller information system, traffic management and emergency management). Proper evaluation methodology must asses the interaction among ITS projects (services) and measure additional impacts for each completed project. There are also strong interactions between ITS and advanced project such as digital (intelligent) city, national critical infrastructure (national safety), etc. The nature and the scope of ITS leads to significantly different requirements for project evaluation including two basic types of evaluation that can be used for ITS development, i.e. formative and summative evaluation. Formative evaluation relates to process and provide guidance to asses ITS projects during their realisation. Summative evaluation is a retrospective look at the whole development and it is related to an outcome or impact. In this paper, basic concept, requirements and a set of criteria for ITS evaluation process will be elaborated and systematized.

transport science; intelligent transport systems; evaluation methodology; systematization

nije evidentirano