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Smart Innovations for Traffic Operations in Urban Networks

ITE JOURNAL / DECEMBER 2000 WHEN PEOPLE TALK ABOUT “smart” innovations, they do not mean gimmicks that pander to the latest craze or pointless uses of technology. Innovation is the creation, exchange, evolution and application of new ideas into marketable goods and services for the success of an organization, the vitality of a nation’s economy and the advancement of society as a whole.1 For large-scale deployment, any innovation will have to attract customers, or fail for lack of funds. The general public will refuse to accept solutions that threaten their interests. Innovation can be planned and managed, for a creative idea has to be taken to a point where it produces something of value to the organization. Traffic operations in urban networks should be preceded by a socio-geographic survey that assesses the current status of and foreseeable trends in user demand for transport services. New and better transport services can then be developed, preferably using generic, cost-efficient new technologies. This feature is confined to passenger transport. It is a compilation of fact and fiction, ideas, suggestions and convictions drawn from the memoranda, reports, papers and discussions produced by the people that make the AVV-Transport Research Centre special. The author owes them a debt of gratitude.