Intelligent Transportation System: An Overview

Intelligent transportation system (ITS) is a sophisticated application that strives to provide novel services related to various modes of transportation and traffic management, allowing users to be better informed and make safer, more coordinated, and 'smarter' use of transportation networks. Some of these technologies include emergency call-outs in the event of an accident, the use of cameras to police traffic laws, and signs that indicate speed limit changes based on conditions. Although ITS can refer to any mode of transportation, the European Union's directive 2010/40/EU, which took effect on July 7, 2010, defined it as "systems in which information and communication technologies are applied in the field of road transport, including infrastructure, vehicles, and users, as well as traffic management and mobility management, as well as interfaces with other modes of transportation."