Bài giảng Tiếng anh chuyên ngành giao thông Trường Đại học Công Nghệ GTVT (UTT)Unit 3part 1

Unit 3
PART 1

1.

OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF
ROADS AND BRIDGES
INTELLIGENT TRANSPORT SYSTEM (ITS)

VOCABULARY BUILDING AND SPEAKING

Intelligent Transport Systems

a. In groups, look at the following pictures and guess the following terms



b. Look at the following chart which describe the benefits of ITS services and
give ideas to support these benefits (Use the pictures below to find out the
ideas).

ITS FUNDAMENTAL SERVICES
Vehicular
information
transmission

Fee
payment

Information
provision

To identify the
vehicle
or
driver and to
provide
information to
that vehicle or

To
allow
cashless
payment of
various types
of fees that
may
be

To
provide
various types
of road traffic
information
on
roadside
facilities

Information
and warnings

Others

To
provide Pedestrian
drivers with support
information
• Application
and warnings
for
interto
support
vehicle
their driving
communicati


driver
• Probes
• Facility
entry/exit
managemen
t

charged
• Internet
while driving
connection
in a car.
• Multipurpose
payment

• ETC

•

•

Driving
support
informatio
n
Warning
and vehicle
control

on
• Application
using wired
communicati
on.



There
There is
is aa persistent
persistent misunderstanding
misunderstanding of
of Intelligent
Intelligent Transport
Transport Systems.

Systems. ITS
ITS
is
invisible
to
the
public
and
tends
to
be
taken
for
granted.
This
can
lead
to
is invisible to the public and tends to be taken for granted. This can lead to aa
2. lack
READING
of
lack
of appreciation
appreciation of
of its
its importance
importance and
and contribution
contribution to

to today’s
today’s road
road
network
network performance.
performance. IfIf ITS
ITS is
is invisible
invisible it
it is
is also
also non-controversial.
non-controversial. This
This
feature
is
its
to
feature
is really
really
compliment
to
its effectiveness;
effectiveness;
compared
to physical
physical
WHAT
IS aa compliment

AND to
WHAT
MAKES compared
?
infrastructure
infrastructure expansion,
expansion, ITS
ITS offers
offers aa fast
fast and
and cost
cost effective
effective means
means to
to keep
keep
It could
be
said
that
Intelligent
Transport
Systems
(ITS)
began,
for
example,
with
roads
roads flowing.

flowing. So
So let
let us
us look
look at
at what
what ITS
ITS is
is and
and the
the vital
vital role
role it
it is
is playing
playing in
in
the first
level-crossings,
where
roads
meet
railways
without
the
benefit
of
bridges.
major
transport

policy
objectives
–
such
as
road
safety,
the
fight
against
major transport policy objectives – such as road safety, the fight against
traffic
and
emissions,
especially
gases.
traffic
congestion
and reduced
reduced
emissions,
especially
of–greenhouse
greenhouse
gases.
That was
in congestion
the
19th century.
Today,

ITS
may be more
complexof
but it is generally

ITS

ITS

less visible and taken for granted.

The
The ITS
ITS Chain:
Chain: though
though ITS,
ITS, road
road networks
networks can
can be
be operated
operated and
and utilized
utilized
more
more efficiently.
efficiently. The
The term
term encompasses
encompasses many

many systems
systems applied
applied on
on the
the road
road
and
and in
in road
road management
management facilities,
facilities, ITS
ITS applications
applications are
are now
now getting
getting closer
closer to
to
road
road users
users and
and their
their vehicle
vehicle through
through mass
mass media
media and
and in-vehicle
in-vehicle systems.

systems.

ITS: A Multi-Purpose Tool for Better
Roads
A
description
A simplified
simplifiedVisser
description
Caroline
Caroline
Visser

of
of steps
steps involved
involved in
in the
the chain
chain for
for most
most ITS
ITS

applications
is:
applications
is:Programme
IRF,
Geneva

IRF,
Geneva
Programme Centre
Centre
--

Data
Data collection:
collection: on,
on, for
for example,
example, road
road conditions
conditions –– like
like the
the number
number

a. In
pairs, draw
a diagram
illustrate
the steps
involved
in ITS
of
passing
aa certain
and
speed,

but
weather
of vehicles
vehicles
passing
certaintopoint
point
and average
average
speed,
but also
also
weather
conditions.
Other
examples
are
the
positioning
of
vehicles
through
conditions. Other examples are the positioning of vehicles through
chain.
mobile
mobile phone
phone tracking
tracking or
or satellite-based
satellite-based systems.

systems.

--

Data
Data transfer,
transfer, processing
processing and
and analysis:
analysis: the
the communication
communication of
of
collected
data
to
central
units
for
aggregation
and
transformation
into
collected data to central units for aggregation and transformation into
decision-making
decision-making information.
information.

--

Use
Use of
of the
the information:
information: this
this might
might be
be aa decision
decision by
by road
road operators
operators
to
apply
certain
measures
on
the
road
network;
it
could
be
a
decision
to apply certain measures on the road network; it could be a decision by
by
a road user to alter his route after receiving traffic information.

b. Read “Safe road and safety driving” passage and decide whether the
following statements are true (T) or false (F).
1……….. ITS plays an important role in both preventing accidents and
minimizing their impacts.
2……….. The best-known ITS application is speed limit enforcement through
radar and speed cameras.
3……….. ITS systems provide early warning and identification of incidents on
road.
4……….. ITS is increasingly installed within the vehicles.
5……….. ITS provides up-to-date and accurate information to road users.


Safe
Safe roads
roads and
and safe
safe driving:
driving:

ITS
ITS plays
plays an
an important
important role
role in
in both
both
preventing
preventing accidents
accidents and

and mitigating
mitigating their
their impacts.
impacts. ITS
ITS helps
helps to
to implement
implement and
and
deliver
the
ambitious
policy
objectives
as
set
by
national
governments
or
deliver the ambitious policy objectives as set by national governments or the
the
European
European Commission.
Commission.
Although
Although most
most road
road users
users might

might not
not perceive
perceive it
it as
as such,
such, the
the most
most common
common
example
example of
of safety-related
safety-related ITS
ITS applications
applications is
is speed
speed limit
limit enforcement
enforcement through
through
radar
and
speed
cameras.
But
much
more
has
been
done

in
this
field
radar and speed cameras. But much more has been done in this field of
of
application.
Road
operators
have
invested
a
lot
of
time
and
money
in
incident
application. Road operators have invested a lot of time and money in incident
management
management and
and accident
accident detection
detection systems.
systems. These
These systems
systems provide
provide early
early
warning

and
identification
of
incidents
on
the
road.
They
enable
a
quick
response
warning and identification of incidents on the road. They enable a quick response
by
by emergency
emergency services
services to
to help
help victims
victims and
and other
other people
people involved
involved in
in the
the incident.
incident.
Furthermore
Furthermore they
they reduce

reduce the
the impact
impact of
of the
the incident
incident on
on the
the flow
flow of
of traffic
traffic by
by
guiding
traffic
around
the
incident
(through
road
signaling
and
information
guiding traffic around the incident (through road signaling and information
provision)
provision) and
and informing
informing travelers
travelers of
of what’s
what’s ahead.

ahead.
ITS
ITS is
is everywhere
everywhere and,
and, increasingly,
increasingly, within
within the
the vehicle
vehicle itself.
itself. In-car
In-car safety
safety systems
systems
increase
increase survival
survival chances
chances in
in aa severe
severe accident
accident and
and other
other systems
systems support
support the
the
driver
driver on
on the
the task

task of
of accident
accident prevention.
prevention.
A
A third
third field
field which
which is
is important
important to
to road
road safety
safety is
is the
the provision
provision of
of up-to-date
up-to-date and
and
accurate
accurate information
information to
to road
road users.
users. Within
Within today’s
today’s mass
mass media,
media, people

people have
have aa
large
display
of
options
available
for
planning
their
trip
and
being
kept
up-to-date
large display of options available for planning their trip and being kept up-to-date
on
on road
road conditions.
conditions. This
This contributes
contributes to
to their
their comfort
comfort level
level which
which in
in turn
turn has
has aa

positive
positive impact
impact on
on road
road safety.
safety. An
An informed
informed and
and comfortable
comfortable driver
driver is
is aa safe
safe driver.
driver.

c. Read “Delivering road sustainability” passage and answer the following
questions.
1. In what ways does ITS contribute to the improved sustainability of roads?
2. What are ITS measures managed from traffic control centres?
3. Why does electronic tolling help decrease the amount of exhaust fumes?


4. What ITS application limits the negative impacts of surcharged urban road
networks and increases the quality of life in surrounding areas?
5. What are the uses of ITS in business?

Delivering
Delivering road
road sustainability:
sustainability: as

as with
with road
road safety,
safety, there
there is
is no
no one
one
single
single way
way ITS
ITS contributes
contributes to
to the
the improved
improved sustainability
sustainability of
of roads.
roads. There
There are
are
many
many ITS
ITS applications
applications either
either aimed
aimed at
at optimizing
optimizing the
the available

available supply
supply of
of road
road
infrastructure,
or
reducing
demand
for
it;
thereby
helping
to
make
road
transport
infrastructure, or reducing demand for it; thereby helping to make road transport
more
more efficient
efficient and
and stabilizing
stabilizing and
and even
even reducing
reducing its
its share
share in
in causing
causing climate
climate

change.
change.
From
From aa road
road operator’s
operator’s point
point of
of view,
view, life
life without
without ITS
ITS is
is unthinkable.
unthinkable. It
It is
is the
the most
most
important
tool
to
fight
congestion
and
optimize
use
of
the
road
network.

important tool to fight congestion and optimize use of the road network.
Controlled
Controlled use
use of
of the
the hard
hard shoulder
shoulder during
during peak
peak hours,
hours, dynamic
dynamic speed
speed limits,
limits,
overtaking
overtaking prohibitions,
prohibitions, the
the display
display of
of travel
travel times
times on
on variable
variable message
message signs
signs ––
all
all are
are ITS
ITS measures,

measures, managed
managed from
from traffic
traffic control
control centres
centres equipped
equipped with
with the
the
latest
technology.
latest technology.
Developments
Developments in
in electronic
electronic tolling
tolling allow
allow people
people to
to use
use toll
toll roads
roads without
without having
having
to
to stop
stop at
at toll
toll stations,

stations, thereby
thereby decreasing
decreasing the
the amount
amount of
of exhaust
exhaust fumes
fumes and
and
obviating
obviating the
the need
need for
for ever
ever larger
larger toll
toll plazas.
plazas. Congestion
Congestion charging
charging schemes
schemes allow
allow
authorities
in
dense
urban
areas
to
limit
the

negative
impacts
of
surcharged
authorities in dense urban areas to limit the negative impacts of surcharged
urban
urban road
road networks
networks and
and increase
increase the
the quality
quality of
of life
life in
in surrounding
surrounding areas.
areas. Well
Well
known
known example
example of
of congestion
congestion charging
charging schemes
schemes have
have been
been successfully
successfully
implemented

in
London,
Stockholm
and
Singapore.
implemented in London, Stockholm and Singapore.
But
But ITS
ITS is
is not
not only
only aa tool
tool for
for infrastructure
infrastructure suppliers.
suppliers. Fleet
Fleet management
management systems,
systems,
allowing
companies
to
track
and
follow
their
vehicles
and
manage
the

allowing companies to track and follow their vehicles and manage the logistics
logistics
chain
chain more
more efficiently,
efficiently, have
have their
their impact
impact on
on the
the demand-side.
demand-side.


3.

LISTENING

Watch and listen to a video and fill in the blanks with suitable word(s)
identify
direction
maps parking

search
congestion
driver
safer
real time
intelligent traffic system

1. Your future vehicle will be equipped with an intel-atom processor to perform
many tasks simultaneously such as improving navigation, communication, and
passenger entertainment, or while enabling (1)________________ and more
efficient travel.
2. Your car will be available to connect to a variety of wireless standard, to the to
internet, to (2)________________ and even to other vehicles.
3. Imagine downloading music, movie and TV show from a cloud. Want
direction? Just ask, you’ll get rounding information complete with rich visible
(3)________________ and satellite images.
4. When the fuel level or the battery power start to get low, your vehicle will
automatically (4)________________ for fuel or recharging station providing
(5)________________ to those with the lowest prices.
5. Inside, camera could recognize (6)________________ and passengers and
adapt seating, navigation and entertainment preferences to match.
6. Outside, sensor will detect link departure, sense and response to potential
danger such as not slowing down for an upcoming stop zone and continually
(7)________________ objects in front of, beside or behind you to avoid
collision, assistant (8)________________, or allow your cruise control to adapt
speed to maintain safe distance from the car in front of you.
6. For example, safety camera will identify (9)________________or accident, or
automatically alert an emergency personnel.
7. Intelligent traffic light will become more provident and smarter than today,
detecting (10)________________ traffic flow from each direction and other
automatically changes circle to improve the traffic flow.


4.

WRITING

Write a paragraph (200 words) to describe benefits of ITS

Useful expressions:
In my opinion,
I believe/agree that

Although/ Though
Similarly


First/ Second/…/ Finally
For example/ In fact
Since/ Because/ Therefore

For the reason above
In conclusion
Obviously