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Congestion-based tolling is an aspect of intelligent transportation systems that is being implemented frequently on highly-congested road networks in the US and around the world. It is a topic that also lends itself to beginning-level programming, based on its iterative nature. Through discussion, analysis, and a hands-on programming activity, students will be able to understand […]

Transportation vehicles – cars, trucks, buses, trains – consume a substantial percentage of our limited environmental resources. Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) can potentially reduce total resource consumption through the use of programmed travelling patterns that minimize fuel-inefficient commuting routes, and maximize large-scale multimodal system use. Students will investigate ITS-based solutions for reducing fuel consumption and

This STEM lesson introduces students to Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) concepts whereby the transportation infrastructure of roadway sensors, signals and communication networks, in combination with our own vehicles, can control traffic signals to minimize wait times and maximize traffic flow efficiency. To introduce and reinforce these ideas, students will observe and count traffic at a

All students are probably aware of methods for traffic safety around their schools – possible special roadway signage, reduced speed limits during dropoff and pick-up times, exclusive routing and waiting areas for buses and for parents, and marked crosswalks with crossing guards. This lesson challenges students to think critically about the safety aspects of the

Vehicles that communicate with each other creates possibilities whereby the vehicles themselves can work together to protect against collisions, erratic behavior of other drivers, or unexpected roadway conditions. This STEM lesson introduces students to the basic ideas of how vehicles can be interconnected to each other as well as to the transportation infrastructure, to provide

Lesson 1: As drivers, we depend on multiple inputs to drive safely in ever-changing conditions. How we respond to those inputs is important to our own safety as well as to the safety of other drivers. Through discussion, analysis, hands-on experiments and group conclusions, students will be able to understand that their own reaction times