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The role of ITS in accompanying new types of mobility
Yannick DENIS Transport Expert, Center for Studies on Urban Planning, Transportation and Public Facilities (CERTU), (France)
Somewhere between what is called the "first mode", defined as a private vehicle bonding a driver with an infrastructure manager, and the "second mode", consisting of public transit ridership bonding a user with a transport service operator, mobility "niches" have been developed in response to new demands. In so doing, a "third mode" has been constituted, corresponding to the well-informed, reactive "intermodal" traveler, who is not captive of either the first or second mode.