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Case Studies

Introduction

This section of the ITS Planning Guide contains a series of case studies about specific ITS schemes. The case studies, which cover a range of ITS tools, are representative of the ways in which ITS tools are deployed to meet particular transport objectives and to evaluate their costs and benefits.

An overview of each scheme is provided, summarising the tool(s) involved, the reasons for the deployment, any reported costs and any reported benefits. No attempt has been made to validate the results reported or the approach taken to assess impacts and associated costs and benefits. However, references are given to where further, more detailed information regarding the case study can be sourced. Users of the guidance are encouraged to assess the robustness of the results presented and the likely transferability to their own local environment.

Details of this scheme and of other deployments of the same/similar tools, together with any reported costs and benefits can be found in the ITS Tools Directory.

The following case studies are included:

Case Study	Tools Involved
Active Traffic Management	Car Park and Roadside Security	Data Collection and Monitoring	Incident Detection	Lane Control	Ramp Metering
	Speeding Detection	Variable Message Signs
Centro Real Time Information	Freight & Fleet Management	Multimodal Trip Planning	Passenger Information Systems
Coventry UTMC	Adaptive Traffic Signal Control	Common Databases	Public Transport Priority	Parking Management	Passenger Information Systems
	Car Park and Roadside Security	Dedicated Lane Enforcement
Durham Road User Charging	Access Control	Car Park and Roadside Security	Road User Charging
DVLA Tax Evasion Cameras	Enforcement Cameras
Glasgow Red Light Cameras	Red Light Monitoring
Gloucester Safer City	Public Transport Priority	Speeding Detection	Vulnerable Road User Facilities
Leicester Star Trak	Passenger Information Systems	Public Transport Priority
London Congestion Charging	Road User Charging
Manchester Car Park Guidance System	Car Park and Roadside Security	Parking Management
M25 Controlled Motorway	Incident Detection	Speeding Detection	Variable Speed Limits
M3 / M27 / M6 Motorway Access Management	Ramp Metering
Milton Keynes Co-ordinated Traffic Management	Adaptive Traffic Signal Control	Common Database	Parking Management	Variable Message Signs
NADICS – National Driver Information and Control System	Adaptive Traffic Signal Control	Asset Management Databases	Common Database	Incident Detection	Lane Control
	Passenger Information Systems	Public Transport Priority	Variable Message Signs
Norfolk Interactive Fibre Optic Signs	Vehicle Activated Signs
NoWcard	Public Transport Payment Systems
Preston UTMC Demonstrator	Access Control	Adaptive Traffic Signal Control	Common Database	Parking Management	Variable Message Signs
	Public Transport Priority
Reading UTMC Demonstrator	Access Control	Adaptive Traffic Signal Control	Common Database	Data Collection and Monitoring	Parking Management
	Passenger Information Systems	Variable Message Signs
Stockport Parking Guidance and Information	Common Database	Data Collection and Monitoring	Parking Management	Variable Message Signs
Stratford Upon Avon UTMC	Common Database	Variable Message Signs	Adaptive Traffic Signal Control	Parking Management	Public Transport Priority
	Data Collection and Monitoring
SWWITCH Smartcards	Public Transport Payment Systems
Trafficmaster	Broadcast Congestion Information	Route Guidance and Navigation
Traveline	Multimodal Trip Planning
Wiltshire Wigglybus	Demand Responsive Management
York UTMC Demonstrator	Adaptive Traffic Signal Control	Common Database	Environmental Traffic Management	Parking Management	Public Transport Priority