Overview of the Estimated Fiscal 2000 Budget Request for ITS by the Ministry of Construction

(2) Promotion of Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) for the Advanced Use of Information in Road Traffic Systems

Points for Fiscal 2000

Efforts will be made to realize large expansions in the ETC service area and to promote its spread.
Experiments will be performed to demonstrate advanced cruise assist systems, in cooperation with the related government bodies.
We will promote the elimination of dead reception areas for cellular phone communications in tunnels, and promote the introduction of ITS in each region.

Fiscal 2000 Involvement

1. Smartway Development

(1)		To promote the amelioration of traffic congestion at toll gates, we will promote the introduction of ETC on major toll roads, and introduce measures to promote the spread of in-vehicle- equipment and IC cards in order to expand the number of ETC users. (new) Zones where service will begin in fiscal 2000: Tomei and Meishin Expressway, Tohoku Expressway, Sanyo Expressway, Hanshin Expressway, etc. Proportion of toll gates ready by the end of fiscal 2000: About 50% of the about 730 major toll gates nationwide, or about 400 toll gates. (Of these, about 50 toll gates will be ready in fiscal 1999.) To promote land usage around IC and SA/PA and promote regional vitalization, efforts will be made to introduce ICs for exclusive ETC use (smart ICs) and SA/PA to make U-turns possible.
(2)		With the goal of reducing traffic accidents, experiments demonstrating the advanced cruise assist system, providing drivers with danger warnings and driving assistance, will be held with participation from Japan and abroad. Place of demonstration experiments: Public Works Research Institute, etc.
(3)		Based on the system architecture (Note 1), we will promote the development of systems to ensure nationwide interchangeability and future expandability, and promote the introduction of ITS in each region. Examples of introduced systems: Winter road management system, parking information system, etc.
(4)		From the standpoint of improving user convenience and preventing road disasters, in about five years, continuous usage of cellular phones, etc. will be made possible in all tunnels located on expressways in cellular phone service areas, and the major tunnels of directly administered national roads. (new) Areas for elimination of dead reception: Hokuriku Expressway, etc.

[ Services Provided by the Advanced Cruise Assistance System ]
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2. Support for Advanced Use of Information in Society

We will support greater use of information and improved efficiency in road administration, as well as the advanced use of information in each region, by promoting the use of ITS related information and the development of diverse systems based on GIS (Note 2).

Examples: Formation of bases (about 10) to improve the regional use of information, using "road stations" and the like; and more efficient, electronic processing of road permits for special vehicles.

(Unit: 100 million yen)

	Fiscal 2000 Budget Request	Previous fiscal year budget for the projects	Budget for the projects, proportion
Promotion of infrastructure building, etc. (including ETC) Comprehensive promotion of research and development, etc.	717 89	565 82	1.27 1.08

Notes:
Cooperating with the Ministry of International Trade and Industry, Ministry of Transport, Ministry of Posts and Tele-communications, We will Move Ahead with the Research and Development of Intergrated Technology for the ITS Realization in the 21 century. (Funds of Administration Department of the Ministry of Constraction : 2.2 billion yen)

Notes:

System architecture: An overall outline of the design for efficient construction of ITS in Japan, which is being determined by the five government bodies related to ITS (the National Police Agency, the Ministry of International Trade and Industry, the Ministry of Transport, the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, and the Ministry of Construction).
GIS: Geographic Information System, a data system for the searching, collection, and analysis of various types of information, according to basic map data consisting of roads and so on.




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