Intelligent transportation system and the case of Ho Chi Minh City

The development of science, technology, economy leads to the change of all aspects in society. Public management of transportation is not out of this indispensable tendency. In order to be suitable for society conditions and to acquire effectivity in transportation management, the state need to innovate policies in management and discover solutions to improve and perfect the transportation system. Ho Chi Minh City is the biggest nucleus of trading, science, technology, economy, finance of Vietnam. While transportation and communications play the momentous function in giving an impulse to economic-social development, the Ho Chi Minh City transportation system exists disadvantages and affect the growth of city. To find out possibilities for the Ho Chi Minh City transportation system, the researcher studied “Intelligent transportation system and the case of Ho Chi Minh City”. This research is studied by using qualitative method, doing in-depth interviews from officials working in (1) Management Authority for Urban Railways of Ho Chi Minh City; (2) Department of Transportation and Communication of Ho Chi Minh City. The research revealed the role of government in transportation management, the change of strategy management in transportation to accord with the situation of current society. Strategy of transportation demand management is feasible for Ho Chi Minh City authorities to make policies in transportation and communication. The study then evaluates the need of building intelligent transportation and suggest appropriate solutions for Ho Chi Minh City transportation system. They are building smart car parks, electronic tickets, electronic toll collection system, traffic information collection two-stage left turn. The study also determined that Ho Chi Minh City needs to improve the transportation system first before applying intelligent transportation solutions