Dr. William Lam, a Chair Professor of Civil and Transportation Engineering and Associate Head of the Department of Civil and Structural Engineering at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, delivered a presentation on the Hong Kong ITS Systems at the NYU on August 6th, 2012. Dr. Lam pointed out that various data collection methods and advanced techniques have been developed in the past decade for estimation of real-time traffic information in freeway and/or expressway corridors. New systems have recently been developed for estimation of real-time travel times on major roads in congested urban areas of Hong Kong. The seminar has give an overview of recent development of intelligent transport systems (ITS) in Hong Kong together with future potential applications. It covered various ITS development in Hong Kong including their applications and validation results. Future research on this important topic was also be discussed together with the related research works that have recently been carried out in the Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

To access Dr. Lam’s presentation, please visit our website at: http://www.utrc2.org/events/intelligent-transport-systems-HK