Transportation Electrification and Managing Traffic Congestion: The role of intelligent transportation systems

We know two things to be true. One is that we cannot build our way out of traffic congestion, and the other is that traffic-induced air pollution adversely affects the environment. As shown in Figure 1, the transportation sector is one of the largest contributors to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the transportation sector accounts for 28% of such emissions.