ITS benefits are presented in a number of classification schemes capturing various topics of interest of transportation professionals.
Each database entry is categorized to the ITS Taxonomy based on the type of ITS evaluated. This organization scheme provides insight to the project managers, planners, and designers considering deployment of or assuming responsibility for a particular ITS application. This will allow, for example, a manager or planner seeking to improve transit system operations to search for example outcomes for the variety of ITS improvements intended to improve transit management (e.g., automatic vehicle location, transit signal priority, electronic fare payment).
Each benefit entry is also categorized by the ITS goal areas affected by the system. Browsing by goal area is helpful to executives, researchers, and planners, interested in learning more about successful approaches to maximizing benefits in key ITS goal areas ranging from safety to customer satisfaction. This categorization enables refined searching for experiences with ITS that, for example, improve safety through freeway management applications.
Database entries are also organized by the geographic location when available. Entries are categorized by the country or U.S. state where the subject ITS technology was deployed or analyzed.