Section4 ITS deployment progress in Japan

Provision of safe road environment

- Disaster Prevention Information System

In parallel with the introduction of LAN, the Kansai Branch of the Japan Highway Public Corporation has been improving the drawing control system and the disaster prevention GIS system, which are essential to establish a disaster prevention information system and make LAN a more effective tool for risk management during disasters and for effective road maintenance activities.
The improved disaster prevention information system allows necessary information to be shared among the staff, and updated drawings and disaster prevention information to be quickly and correctly retrieved.
(Kansai Branch of the Japan Highway Public Corporation)


Outline of the system


IT platform for Niigata ITS
The IT platform is a knowledge management system for sharing information obtained by road administrators, and for integrating the existing systems such as road monitoring camera, traffic volume monitoring devices, and meteorological observation apparatuses which have been introduced for various purposes, as well as new systems such as ITS and CALS/EC which will be introduced in the future.
At the Niiagata National Highway Work Office of the Ministry of Construction, the IT platform has been used to promote projects, swiftly execute tasks, and improve the work environment. In addition, it allows necessary information to be shared among the staff in real time, making it easier to take action for disasters and snow-removal, and measures against snow and ice, and strengthens the cooperation among road-related organizations in risk management. The IT platform is expected to play a major role in the development of ITS.
(Niigata National Highway Work Office of the Hokuriku Regional Construction Bureau, Ministry of Construction)



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