TITLE:
Providing Performance Evaluation Indicators for Intelligent Transportation Systems (The Case Study of Tehran-Karaj Freeway Located in Iran)
AUTHORS:
Arshia Taimouri, Korosh Emamisaleh
KEYWORDS:
Performance Evaluation, Intelligent Transportation Systems, Evaluation Indicators
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Transportation Technologies,
Vol.10 No.2,
March
24,
2020
ABSTRACT: Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) play a fundamental role in
reducing traffic congestion and increasing safety during daily transportation.
These systems can also be useful in improving social welfare leading to general
satisfaction. Proper performance evaluation can be efficient in improving the
performance of these systems, and providing a scientific assessment index
system can assist decision-makers in smart communities to plan for the
development of ITS. However, the evaluation of these systems requires
identifying appropriate indicators of performance evaluation that are
consistent with the views of the beneficiaries of these systems. In this paper,
performance evaluation indicators of ITS have been identified, and three
indicators entitled “environmental and safety”, “assistance in reducing traffic
congestion” and “attractive public transport” are presented to evaluate the
performance of these systems. Moreover, the intelligent transport systems of
the Tehran-Karaj Freeway in Iran are studied, and inferential statistical
methods are employed to test the research hypotheses. It is worth noticing that
in this study, a one-sample T-test method is used for hypotheses assessment and
the SPSS software was used to analyze the findings. Also, the results
demonstrated that the performance of ITS in the Tehran-Karaj Freeway regarding
the indicators, such as “Declaration of route blocking information due to
maintenance or reconstruction” and “Declaration of path geometry conditions”
has not been acceptable.