This investment can leverage even greater private sector investment, where there is the potential for revenue from users. Multiple methods of providing more useful real-time information to travelers are being constructed. The amounts of state programs are augmented by ITS plans of the several roadway and transit authorities. NJ Transit's ITS plan, completed in 1996, emphasizes system-wide integration of transit vehicle management and customer service measures. It is being designed to provide personalized incident alerts to subscribers by phone, fax, e-mail and pager.
User fees are necessary to attract private sector capital and to support operations.
EZ-Pass will be operating on the New Jersey Turnpike and the Garden State Parkway by 1999. Drivers are warned to avoid the delayed route by highway advisory radio, variable message signs, and media traffic reports or cellular phone. Because of the importance of incidents in delaying travel, virtually all major roads and bridges are under video surveillance or have other types of vehicle detectors. It also regulates merge signals on key ramps and at adjacent intersections to smooth traffic flow. Traffic flow on I-95 in Connecticut is managed by a Traffic Operations Center in Bridgeport.