Investigating The Factors Impacting On The Development & Deployment Of ITS Solutions In Developing Countries

This paper investigates the factors that affect the development and deployment of Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) in developing countries (i.e., countries with transitional economies). Some observations on the drivers, barriers, current status and the way forward are presented. There are bundles of drivers for developing and deploying ITS solutions for technological advancement and societal modernization, as well as economic growth and sustainability for developing countries. Ironically, there also exit a number of barriers mitigating the development and deployment of ITS technologies in these countries. The main bottlenecks to deploying ITS applications in developing countries include: insufficient understanding of the potentials of ITS and its benefits due to lack of education and awareness, lack of financial resources, lack of technical support, difficulties in integrating ITS applications with existing transportation infrastructures and lack of co-operation between the stakeholders involved. The Methodology for this study was qualitative exploratory research design approach. The main method employed was reviews of related research studies, journal articles, desk top publications focused on the ongoing global concerns and discourses of the development and deployment of ITS solutions in these countries. As our contribution, we propose a conceptual ITS Success Model for ITS applications and solutions in developing countries.