ASSESSING THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF USING ITSS (INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS) ON GASOLINE CONSUMPTION IN IRAN (CASE STUDY OF KARAJ-CHALOUS AXIS)

Abstract

The problems and challenges of the transportation business include environmental pollution, reduced amount and increased cost of energy resources, material and moral harms of increased accidents, surveillance, and management of suburban transportation, increased wasted time, and the quick expansion of transportation needs, particularly during rush hour in the metropolises worldwide today. Progress in public knowledge, better living standards, the increased value of time, and the introduction of novel sciences and technologies regarding this business have led to higher expectations. This phenomenon has become a serious threat from one point of view and a chance for profitable investment from the outlook of marketers and experts. In this respect, the ITS (intelligent transportation system) has been employed to tackle these problems. Hence, this study addressed reducing gasoline consumption using the ITS on Iran's Karaj-Chalous axis. The statistical population of the research includes vehicles moving during the eight busy days of September 2017 from 1 am to 24 pm on the Karaj-Chalous axis. Selective sampling was not performed. The results proved that the ITS decreased the travel time on the Karaj-Chalous axis and, therefore, the gasoline usage. The results confirmed that the ITS used in the eight days studied reduced 1096314 liters of fuel consumption in the Karaj-Chalous axis.