Workshop: The future of Intelligent Transportation Systems and its Implication with Regard to Mobility and Sustainability

该奖项是根据2009年《美国复苏和再投资法案》(公法111-5)提供资金的。这次研讨会的目的是召集来自政府、非营利组织、工业和学术组织的专家，探讨ITS技术在改善车辆交通、可持续性和政策制定方面所提供的潜力的各个方面。与会者的专业知识将涉及交通运输系统、汽车工程、能源系统、经济学、消费者行为和接受度以及政策制定。车辆运输占世界能源消耗的很大一部分，仅次于发电。显然，随着发展中经济体对个人机动性的需求不断增加，对能源的需求也将随之增长。因此，在广泛使用其技术的同时，必须深入了解不同运输方式所涉能源问题，并引入石油燃料以外的替代能源供应。在这方面，混合动力电动汽车的引入是智能交通系统中能源和环境问题之间明确区分的一个例子，因为成功地过渡到电力作为替代燃料将需要在混合动力电动汽车中进行路线预测和规划的重要能力。其技术对能源消耗的影响显然并不局限于混合动力汽车。除了技术方面，问题的规模及其对基础设施的依赖使得有必要还考虑与这些技术的引入相关的消费者行为、政策制定和经济方面。所有上述内容的综合性是极其重要的，也意味着需要对需要被视为网络物理系统的大型、复杂、相互关联的动态系统进行研究。研讨会将提供一个机会，让专家们在几个对国家具有战略重要性的广泛领域的交叉点上进行交流：复杂系统、网络使能的发现和创新、动态系统和控制、网络系统、能源系统等。这一研讨会的更广泛影响将包括迈出第一步，以建立能够导致交通运输系统变革的研究议程

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5). The objective of this workshop is to convene experts from government, non-profit, industry and academic organizations to explore various aspects of the potential afforded by ITS technologies as they relate to improvements in vehicular traffic, sustainability, and policy making. The expertise of the participants will cut across traffic and transportation systems, automotive engineering, energy systems, economics, consumer behavior and acceptance, and policy making.Vehicular transportation is responsible for a significant fraction of the energy consumed in the world, second only to electricity generation. It is clear that as demand for personal mobility continues to increase in developing economies, the demand for energy will grow with it. The use of ITS technologies in a broad sense must therefore be coupled with a deep understanding of the energy implications of different modes of transportation and with the introduction of alternative energy supplies, other than petroleum-based fuels. In this context, the introduction of PHEVs is an example of the clear ntersection between energy and environmental issues with ITS, given that a successful transition to electricity as an alternative fuel will require significant capabilities for route prediction and planning in PHEVs. The impact of ITS technologies on energy consumption is clearly not limited to PHEVs. In addition to the technology aspects, the scale of the problem and its dependence on infrastructure makes it necessary to also consider consumer behavior, policy making, and economic aspects related to the introduction of these technologies. The integrative nature of all the above is extremely important and also imply the need for investigations of large, complex, connected dynamic systems that need to be considered as Cyber Physical Systems.The workshop will provide an opportunity for interaction among experts at the intersection of several broad areas that are of strategic importance to the nation: complex systems, cyber-enabled discovery and innovation, dynamic systems and control, networked systems, energy systems, and others. The Broader Impact of this workshop will consist of taking a first step towards establishing a research agenda capable of leading to transformational changes in the transportation system