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）资助的。本次研讨会的目的是召集来自政府，非营利，工业和学术组织的专家，探讨ITS技术所提供的潜力的各个方面，因为它们与改善车辆交通，可持续性和政策制定有关。与会者的专业知识将涉及交通和运输系统、汽车工程、能源系统、经济学、消费者行为和接受程度以及政策制定。车辆运输是世界能源消耗的重要组成部分，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加，因此，在广泛使用智能交通技术的同时，必须深入了解不同运输方式对能源的影响，并引进石油燃料以外的替代能源供应。在这种情况下，引入插电式电动汽车是能源和环境问题与智能交通系统之间明确相互关系的一个例子，因为成功地过渡到电力作为替代燃料将需要插电式电动汽车具有很强的路线预测和规划能力。ITS技术对能源消耗的影响显然不仅限于PHEV。除了技术方面，问题的规模及其对基础设施的依赖性使得有必要考虑与这些技术的引入有关的消费者行为，政策制定和经济方面。所有上述的综合性质是极其重要的，也意味着需要调查的大型，复杂的，连接的动态系统，需要被视为网络物理系统。研讨会将提供一个机会，专家之间的互动在几个广泛的领域，是具有战略意义的国家的交叉点：复杂系统、网络化发现和创新、动态系统和控制、网络化系统、能源系统等。本次研讨会的更广泛的影响将包括采取第一步，建立一个研究议程，能够导致交通系统的转型变化

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