will better traffic management improve knowledge?
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ITS-systems as metaphors for the idealized plannerBjörn Hasselgren, PhDKTH Royal Institute of Technology
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The key questions• Transport infrastructure systems have to be coordinated: both
the systems and the use of them
• Coordination has to be based on information and knowledge • Traditionally governments have had a strong role in transport
infrastructure coordination
• Will the development of information technology penetration in the sector change the traditional roles in the sector?
A) more government intervention?B) market openings?C) information overload?D) what can professional planners learn?
Development over time of transport infrastructure
Technology Economics
Politics and
”socio-culture”
Public sector
Private sector
Development of transport infrastructure systems
Spontaneous order
Centralized planner
Market failure
Government failure
Coordinated
Un-coordinated
Centralized knowledgeDispersed knowledge
Knowledge and coordination
Separate physical systems
Government coordination of separate physical systems
Spontaneous development of intelligent systems
Current trends
Value added
Improved data processing or overload?More data –> better data processing and knowledge generation? ORA moved knowledge frontier?Adaptation to a new situation crucial
Which of the sectors adapts the fastest: private or public?
Private sector generally faster adapting and dynamic than public sector
Failure or success?
Spontaneous order
Centralized planner
Market failure
Government failure
1. From gov failure to success?
2. From gov failure to market failure?
3. From gov failure to market success?
What can we learn and expect?• These policies seem not to be in the forefront of
the discussion of the different ITS-organizations, public sector authorities and the public in general
What to learn and what to do?• Spontaneous market driven processes are often
dispersed, just as information and knowledge
• Business-cases and cash-flow models have to be developed – these drive development
• The public sector should provide institutional frameworks and (perhaps) regulation that supports spontaneous development
FAILURE?