Directors of the Intelligent Transport Systems Asia Pacific Board, meeting at the ITS Asia Pacific Forum now on in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, have recommended Intelligent Transport Systems Australia (ITS Australia) host the 23rd World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems in 2016 in Melbourne.
This decision is to be officially approved at the ITS World Congress Board of Directors meeting to be held in Tokyo on 9 May 2012. The World Congress will bring 6,000 to 8,000 ITS professionals to Melbourne from all parts of the world, making it one of the largest congresses to be hosted by the city in 2016.
ITS technologies include communication, data processing and electronic technologies for in-vehicle, vehicle-to-vehicle, vehicle-to-infrastructure and mode-to-mode systems that increase transport safety and mobility, improve the sustainability of travel, reduce congestion, and improve the performance and competitiveness of