Infrastructure and transport: challenges to systems engineering

The author develops a conceptual systems model of transport. Following a decomposition determined by the system's dynamic characteristics, three areas are identified in which interdisciplinary systems engineering can contribute to meeting the challenges ahead: (1) long-term strategic choices with respect to transport infrastructures and conditions affecting transport demand; (2) changes and improvements of transport organization, logistics, etc.; and (3) innovations in operational traffic management, advanced vehicle control, fleet management, and real-time traveller information systems.<
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