A ITS program was originally known as Intelligent Vehicle/Highway Systems.

Intelligent Transport Systems come the placed of related technologies, including:

archived data archived information mart archived information warehouse archived information virtual warehouse

advanced public transit systems transit vehicle tracking transit fixed-route operations demand responsive transit passenger & fare management public travel security transit maintenance multi-modal co-ordination en-route transit information multi-modal connection protection

advanced traveler information systems in-vehicle navigation systems variable message signs broadcast traveler information TMC, Traffic Message Channel VICS, Vehicle Information and Communication System interactive traveler information 511 - example of a traffic infoline autonomous route guidance dynamic route guidance ISP-depending route guidance traffic estimation & prediction traveller services payment & reservation ride matching in-vehicle signing ISA (Intelligent Speed Adaptation) Floating Car Data

advanced traffic management systems ramp meters traffic control traffic network flow monitoring probe-depending flow monitoring surface street control highway control HOV lane management traffic reference dissemination regional traffic control incident chance prediction system predictive require management electronic toll collection Automatic number plate recognition emissions management virtual TMC & vehicle-depending sensing basic at-grade crossing control advanced at-grade crossing modal operations co-ordination electronic parking payment & parking facility management reversible lane management road weather information system regional parking management roadway environmental sensing roadway & upwind information fusion environmental tools dissemination roadway micro-prediction maintenance swift management smart work zones dynamic roadway warning variable speed limit and enforcement signal enforcement mixed utilise monitory systems automated non-vehicular road user protection

advanced vehicle safety systems vehicle safety monitoring driver safety monitoring longitudinal warning systems lateral warning systems intersection collision warning pre-collision restraint deployment sensor-depending camping safety enhancement longitudinal collision avoidance lateral collision avoidance intersection collision avoidance automated vehicle operation

automated highway systems

commercial vehicle operations fleet administration freight administration electronic clearance commercial vehicle administrative processes international border crossing clearance weigh-around-motion (WIM) roadside CVO safety on-board safety monitoring CVO swift maintenance hazardous material planning and incident response freight inside-transit monitoring freight terminal management

electronic payment electronic toll collection electronic fare collection DSRC

emergency management systems enhanced 911 emergency response management emergency vehicle routing personal security & mayday support freeway service patrols disaster comm& and control disaster data dissemination e-Call

intelligent vehicles adaptive cruise control

automatic vehicle identification automatic vehicle location

Virtually all advanced skin-deep transport technologies currently come pitched under a ITS rubric. Within Europe, it is typically known as Telematics.