Intelligent Transportation Systems

Evaluating New Designs

SAIC evaluates intelligent transportation system deployments to determine costs and benefits. These have included regional travel planning services, work zone traveler information systems, pedestrian facilities, and advanced transit parking management systems. Evaluations range from traditional deployments of software and operations centers to determining the costs and benefits associated with evolutionary systems including connected vehicles and mileage-based user fees.

As intelligent transportation systems concepts and designs become more innovative and integrated with the vehicle, the evaluation of the technologies and deployments will become more critical to ensuring that these deployments provide the benefits that are outlined in the planning and design phases. SAIC’s experts in intelligent transportation systems evaluate the entire program, including design, implementation, and operations, as well as the overall process as a means to identify areas that are prime for duplication and those that need further refinement or improvement.

SAIC has worked both domestically and internationally to promote best practices for intelligent transportation system evaluation, and is on the leading edge of developing new techniques for independent assessments, outreach, and transition strategies.

Connected Vehicle Systems

The next generation of intelligent transportation systems involves a significant amount of connectivity between the vehicle and the roadway infrastructure and other vehicles. SAIC’s experience with connected vehicles includes operating one of the largest operational test facilities for these technologies in North America, developing the standards these systems will use, and developing applications that implement and test the program’s overall objectives.

Connected vehicles can provide:

• Reduced crash rates and severity
• Improved mobility and system efficiency
• Reduced vehicle emissions