2.4 Goals and objectives of ITS creating in railway transport
The goals of creating intelligent railway transport systems are to reduce the transport losses of the population and transport costs in the sphere of economy, business and services, to intensify economic and social processes, to improve traffic safety, to improve the environmental situation, to reduce the negative impact of the human factor on the quality of management, to increase the attractiveness of railway transport for passengers and cargo owners. Achieving these goals involves solving a large number of tasks. These, in particular, include:
■ improving the efficiency of using the existing railway network by more evenly distributing railway rolling stock in time and space;
■ improvement of technological, informational and social components of traffic safety;
■ providing managers at all levels with the necessary information to make operational and strategic decisions based on modeling and assessing the impact on the transport system of new and modernized transport facilities;
■ formation of a rapid response scheme of transport services, which allows to quickly take measures in case of emergencies, adverse weather conditions, etc.;
■ creation of monitoring systems for transport infrastructure and traffic conditions, allowing to assess the state of the transport system in real time and predict its changes.