Development of Real-time Traveler Information System for Hong Kong
Department of Civil and Structural Engineering
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Various models have been developed in the past decade for provision of real-time traveler information system (RTIS) in Hong Kong. These models can be used for intelligent transport systems (ITS) applications in congested road network with uncertainty in demand and supply. This seminar will give an overview of the recent advances and prospective future research on this important topic together with the related research works that have been carried out in the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in the past decade.
Dr. William H.K. Lam, is a Chair Professor of Civil and Transportation Engineering and head of the Construction and Transportation Unit in the Department of Civil and Structural Engineering at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Prof. Lam is currently the President of the Hong Kong Society for Transportation Studies (www.hksts.org) and the Past Chairman of the Civil Division, the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (www.hkie.org.hk). He is the Co-Editors-in-Chief of the Journal of Advanced Transportation and the Editor-in-Chief of the new Journal – Transportmetrica. Prof. Lam is also a member of the International Advisory Committee of the International Symposium on Transportation and Traffic Theory (ISTTT). He has over 25-year professional experience in research and practice for planning of transport infrastructures. Prof. Lam has published more than 200 international journal and conference papers together with 50 consultancy reports. His research interests include: transport network modeling and infrastructure planning, travel demand forecasts and risk assessment, ITS technology and planning, public transport and pedestrian studies.
