Guest Editors' Introduction: Intelligent Transportation and Pervasive Computing

This special issue samples the developing area of pervasive computing in transportation systems through four feature articles and the Spotlight department, which consists of two interviews and two short articles. These contributions were written by automotive industry and academic experts and provide a diversity of views on a range of topics. Although the contributions focus on intelligent vehicular transportation, the technologies discussed also have applications in other transportation systems. This article is part of a special issue on Intelligent Transportation.