Making Smartway a Reality
- Implementation of a National Infrastructure : Ready for the 21st Century -
Introduction
1.Significance of Smartway
(1)Streamlining the Movement of People, Goods and Information
(2)Creating a Comfortable Living Environment
(3)Japan : Safety and Peace of Mind
(4) International Contributions to Global Issues
2.Functions and Requirements of Smartway (Functions of Smartway and Conditions It Must Satisfy)
(1)Functions of Smartway
(2)Conditions Required for Smartway
1)Developing a People-Focused System : Responding to Users Needs and the Community
2)Establishing Levels from Simple, Stand-Alone Units to Full-Specification Systems
3)Ensuring a Flexible Response to Future Needs and Maintaining Expandability
4)Planning for System Risk Management
3.Making Smartway a Reality
(1)Approaching the Project
1)Building Social Consensus
2)Establishing a Program with Clear Orderly Goals
3)Cooperation by the Regions
4)The Smooth Introduction of Smartway
(2)Early Provision of Systems and Standards
(3) Promoting Technological Development and Academic Research
(4)Wide-Ranging Liaison and Cooperation at All Levels and in All Ranges
1)Building a Framework for Strengthening Liaisons among Various Fields of Expertise
2)Promoting International Harmonization and Liaisons
4.The Shape of the Society That ITS Will Build
(1)Improving the Road Traffic Environment
1)ITS : Effective in Dramatically Reducing Traffic Congestion
2)ITS : Effective in Dramatically Reducing Traffic Accidents
3)Creating Harmony between Traffic Systems and the Environment
(2)Supporting a Vigorous Economy
(3)Responding to the Multiplicity of Needs of Modern Life and Regional Communities
1)Improving the Quality of Life through Value-Added Services
2)Invigorating Regional Communities through Responsive Deployment of ITS
3)Making Japan a Safer Place to Live
4)ITS : Influencing for Life and Society in the 21st Century
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