Title The Mechanism of Private Participation in Intelligent Transportation Systems Infrastructure
Dept Transportation Energy and Environment Division
Year 2005
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Summary This study surveys and analyzes domestic and international cases concerning private participation in intelligent transportation systems (ITS) infrastructure to profile the lessons learned for the reference of relative authorities. Besides, based on the characteristics of public and private partnership in implementing ITS, we employ techniques of Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and questionnaire survey to develop an evaluation framework and the criteria weights for evaluating the private participation in ITS infrastructure. The structure and weights of this evaluation framework are determined as: the objective level is composed by three items: the importance to the publics with weight of 0.526, the risk in ITS infrastructure development with weight of 0.145, and the redemption rate of investment with weight of 0.329. The first objective includes two criteria: the importance to public welfare (0.65) and the priority in the list of government policy (0.35). The second objective includes the risk in the changes of political and legal institution (0.20), the risk in technology development (0.35), and the financial risk (0.45). The third objective includes the mature of market (0.44) and self-liquating rate (0.56).
  Besides, this study also employs the techniques of questionnaire survey and statistical analysis to determine the optimal implementing models for various categories of ITS related deployment projects. According to the degree of private participation, six implementing models are proposed to be analyzed: public centered, outsourcing, private participation in operation, joint venture, private participation in construction and operation, and private centered. An integrated index is also proposed to indicate the suitability of the project being implemented by private participation model. A total of 46 interviewees are surveyed with 48% valid questionnaires. The results show that seven out of 30 ITS project categories are evaluated to be both with priority in implementation and suitability for private participation. These projects are electronic toll collection system of freeway and expressway, bus dynamic information system, transit fare collection system, parking guidance information system, intelligent bus rapid transit system, metro transit transfer information system, and tracking and dispatching management system for emergency vehicles. At last, this study also analyzes the obstacles encountered and essential issues as facilitating private participation in ITS projects in Taiwan
corresponding solutions and countermeasures are proposed.
Post date 2006/02/24
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