Study on Evaluation Method for Intelligent Transportation Systems in China

This article is some research results of the national tenth-five year science and technology program.Analysis on ITS development and the difference between that in China and other foreign countries are presented.Then,the necessity of research on ITS evaluation in China is induced.The article discussed the characteristics and difficulties in evaluating ITS.Three-dimensional ITS evaluation framework is put forward based on three dimensions structure by A D Hall.ITS evaluation methods,including Cost benefit analysis,cost effectiveness analysis,and object-oriented method are provided,with a detailed analysis of applicability of each method.Finally,future development trend of ITS evaluation is also presented and the important role of Experimental Traffic Engineering in ITS evaluation is emphasized.