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Intelligent Transportation System Architecture
The full benefits of ITS technologies cannot be realized unless systems are integrated, rather than deployed as individual components. This is why transportation professionals must now take a "systems approach" to planning, implementing and operating transportation systems.
The ITS architecture provides agencies with a high level physical representation of the important interfaces and major components of the system. An ITS system architecture guides the deployment of ITS projects by public agencies and private organizations and ensures an integrated system. The system architecture provides the blueprint for how the VAST ITS system develops over time. It provides a high-level structure around the processes, data flows, and connections between the ITS elements. These architecture flows and their communication requirements define the interfaces required between subsystems.
The architecture defines the functions performed by ITS components and the various ways in which components can be interconnected to meet regional needs. The VAST system architecture will be used to help the agencies plan and design projects and deployment approaches to meet the needs of our community while keeping options open for future expansion and integration.
The diagram displays architecture concept as envisioned for the VAST Program and shows the stakeholders and subsystems for the region.
System Architecture Concept
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