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The 2nd Asia-Pacific ITS Seminar 1997 Cairns
The 2nd Asia-Pacific ITS Seminar 1997 Cairns
Profile
Date: 21-22 July, 1997
Venue: Cairns Convention Center Conference
Organising Committee: ITS Australia
Sponsored by:
Queensland Department of Main Roads
VERTIS
Federal Office of Road Safety
Austroads
Statistics
Total Participants: 162
Countries/area: 14
Exhibitors:12
Roundtables: 3
Presentations: 3
Submitted Papers:35
Overview
The event was held in the closed atmosphere with a smaller scale, but it gathered the international delegates to strengthen the network. Although each country and area was on the different stage of the ITS development, they found the common challenges such as “traffic congestion and traffic control and corresponding environmental influence”, ”safety in mixed traffic” and ”public transport management”, and some of which were unique for Asia-Pacific. The discussion extended to “partnership for the ITS deployment and role of the industries”, ”importance of transport systems to strengthen the international competence”, and “integration and interoperability”. The enthusiasm to work on the challenges on “safety”, “traffic management” and “upgrading technologies” were shared among the delegates.
Session Programs
Major Conclusion of the 1st AP Seminar
Country Report Sessions
Roundtable I: “Urban Congestion”
Roundtable II: “Public Transport and Traveler Information”
Roundtable III: “Road Safety in Mixed Traffic Situation”
Exhibition
Exhibitors:
Brisbane City Council
Intergraph Public Safety (IPS)
OPCOM Pty Ltd
Philips Traffic & Engineering Systems
Queensland Transport
Telstra Corporation
Toshiba Corporation
Toyota Motor Corporation
Vehicle Early Warning Systems Pty Ltd
VERTIS
Toshiba
VERTIS
Toyota
Technical Visits
The following technical visits were conducted in Sydney on 24 and 25 July:
Sydney Traffic Control Centre
Sydney Harbour Bridges and Tunnel
M2 Hills Motorway
Fog Warning and Driver Advisory System
Safe-T-Cam
Olympic Site-Homebush Bay
Sydney TCC
M2 TMC
Harbour Bridge