IVHS offers the transport systems users, particularly the transit
community, a unique opportunity to capture the choice user (a user who will be willing to select
an alternate mode other than an inefficient choice) if the presence of real time information
about frequencies, arrival times, delays, and headway are made available. At the same time, the
multimodal infrastructure (facilities) operators (Federal, State, Local, or Private) would benefit,
not only from reductions in non optimal trips, but also increased communication with systems
vehicular operators, who may operate several hundred fleets of vehicles that can act as probes
over the network to monitor (manually or automatically) network performance parameters and
flow conditions. IVHS offers the technology for many systems to accomplish their fundamental
objectives of dependability and energy efficient movement of goods and people.