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Converging Infrastructures: Intelligent Tranportation and the National Information Infrastructure

Abstract

This collection explores the opportunities for and possible implications of coordination between two of the major pieces of emerging infrastructure in the United States: Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) and the National Information Infrastructure (NII). Based on a recent workshop that was sponsored by the U.S. Department of Transportation, MIT, and Harvard, Converging Infrastructures frames the programmatic, organizational, and technical issues involved.

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For Academic Citation: Branscomb, Lewis M., and James Keller, eds.. Converging Infrastructures: Intelligent Tranportation and the National Information Infrastructure. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1996.
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Lewis M. Branscomb

Lewis M. Branscomb

  • Director Emeritus of the Science, Technology and Public Policy Program; Aetna Public Service Professor Emeritus of Public Policy and Corporate Management
  • Member of the Board, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
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