ITS Deployment Strategy Based on Pilot Project in Developing Countries: Karajtehran Corridor, an Iranian Example

This paper presents an ITS pilot project in a developing country, Iran, as a way to foster to the development of ITS national strategic plan. The pilot project concerns a high trafficked road corridor, linking the capital Tehran to the largest city in the suburb: Karaj, This corridor was selected among others, by the end of 2002 as a good candidate, due in particular to the variety of problems encountered. In order to launch the pilot project a co-operation was set up in 2004 between ISIS, Groupe EGIS, France and Metra Consulting Engineers Co, Iran and several ITS experts were sent to Iran for two missions in June and July 2004. The mission consisted of detailed on-site visits, interviews of the different stakeholders (Police, transport operators, Municipalities, authorities, etc) and the organization of two ITS workshops for consolidation of the project content. This paper details the results of the study and the design of the pilot projects taking into account the national ITS strategy plan.