A memoir of the ADVANCE project

Abstract

The ADVANCE Project, conducted from 1990 through 1997, was one of the first attempts to undertake a large-scale field test of an emerging technology in the ITS field, specifically in the area of in-vehicle dynamic route guidance. It was also an early example of a public-private partnership involving a large corporation, two university research centers, state and federal governments, and other participants in more specific or minor roles. This memoir, initially written at the close of my involvement in the Project in early 1996, seeks to describe the many institutional difficulties of this undertaking, as well as some of the lessons I learned. Copyright © 2002 TRL Limited.