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ITS Terminology

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A practical English–Traditional Chinese ITS glossary for Taiwan, with Hanyu Pinyin and terminology notes.

Designed as a practical reference for Intelligent Transport Systems and transport infrastructure cooperation in Taiwan.

English繁體中文PinyinAudioUsage note
Intelligent Transport Systems智慧型運輸系統zhìhuì xíng yùnshū xìtǒngComing laterCommon official Taiwan terminology. ITS is widely used as the acronym.
Variable Message Sign資訊可變標誌zīxùn kěbiàn biāozhìComing laterCMS and VMS terminology are both used in Taiwan.
Traffic Management Centre交通管理中心jiāotōng guǎnlǐ zhōngxīnComing later交控中心 is also used operationally in some contexts.
Road authority道路主管機關dàolù zhǔguǎn jīguānComing laterGeneric term for the responsible road authority.
Tunnel隧道suìdàoComing later
Tunnel operation隧道營運suìdào yíngyùnComing later
Traffic management交通管理jiāotōng guǎnlǐComing later
Traffic data交通資料jiāotōng zīliàoComing later
System integration系統整合xìtǒng zhěnghéComing later
Interoperability互通性hùtōngxìngComing later
Open standards開放標準kāifàng biāozhǔnComing later
Real-time data即時資料jíshí zīliàoComing later
Historical data歷史資料lìshǐ zīliàoComing later
Incident analysis事件分析shìjiàn fēnxīComing later
Operational analysis營運分析yíngyùn fēnxīComing later

Terminology is based where possible on official Taiwanese transport-sector sources and common professional usage. International acronyms and product or standard names are retained where appropriate.

This glossary is intended as a practical reference and language-learning aid, not as an official translation standard.

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