This page offers links to three tools to help you to determine which intelligent transportation systems are appropriate for your needs. They all use data that you supply to generate responses tailored to your needs.

The expert-system tool asks you to describe your local transportation system and guides you to potential ITS solutions located on this site. You can use this tool if you have information about any of the following:

• population of the project area;
• type of transportation system proposed;
• type of agency implementing the project;
• and type of problem to be solved.

Go to Expert-System Tool

The case-based reasoning tool automatically finds case studies of transportation programs from around the country that are most similar to your setting and speeds up the time needed to research programs by providing quantitative data as well as comments from those who implemented the programs in the case studies. Currently, the case-based reasoning tool analyzes employer-based transit pass programs, automatic vehicle location systems for transit, and freeway service patrols.

Go to Case-Based Reasoning Tool

The Caltrans Transportation Planning Program has developed the Life-Cycle/Benefit-Cost Analysis Model, which is an Excel spreadsheet that provides a method for preparing economic analysis. The user of this tool must be aware that it is to be used in conjunction with other planning analysis practices and that Caltrans cannot be held liable for the information derived from its use.

Download the Life-Cycle/Benefit-Cost Analysis Model (Cal-BC.xls)