An intelligent transportation system (ITS) is a collection of operational controls and user-facing solutions for coordinating the effective movement of people and goods across different modalities. ITS traffic systems focus specifically on improving the throughput and safety of urban roads through adaptive controls and analytics.

Intelligent transportation systems (ITS), or smart traffic management systems (Figure 1), provide an organized, integrated approach to minimizing congestion and improving safety on city streets through connected technology.

So what is an intelligent traffic management system overall? Basically, it’s any kind of contemporary smart application related to transportation modes, traffic flow, and traffic management. It includes traffic monitoring, analytics, planning, optimization efforts, etc.

An intelligent transportation system (ITS) is an advanced application that aims to provide innovative services relating to different modes of transport and traffic management and enable users to be better informed and make safer, more coordinated, and 'smarter' use of transport networks.