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A modular intelligent transportation system, comprising an environmentally protected enclosure, a system communications bus, a processor module, communicating with said bus, having a image data input and an audio input, the processor module analyzing the image data and/or audio input for data patter

A modular intelligent transportation system, comprising an environmentally protected enclosure, a system communications bus, a processor module, communicating with said bus, having a image data input and an audio input, the processor module analyzing the image data and/or audio input for data patterns represented therein, having at least one available option slot, a power supply, and a communication link for external communications, in which at least one available option slot can be occupied by a wireless local area network access point, having a communications path between said communications link and said wireless access point, or other modular components.

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What is claimed is: 1. A modular intelligent transportation system, comprising:an environmentally protected enclosure, protecting electronic equipment therewithin from uncontrolled weather conditions at a location;a traffic signal interface communicating with a traffic signal device proximate to the

What is claimed is: 1. A modular intelligent transportation system, comprising:an environmentally protected enclosure, protecting electronic equipment therewithin from uncontrolled weather conditions at a location;a traffic signal interface communicating with a traffic signal device proximate to the location;a processor module and memory, within said enclosure, configured to execute a plurality of application programs and communicate through said traffic signal interface to control the traffic signal device, further being configured to receive at least an image data input, at least one application program for execution on the processor module being configured to analyze acceleration of objects represented in said image data input, and said memory storing at least a portion of said image data inputs;at least one option port, within said enclosure, providing an available location for optional hardware, and a mechanical interface for the optional hardware with the environmentally protected enclosure, wherein said processor module has sufficient additional processing capacity beyond that necessary for execution of a real time operating system associated with the processor module and the at least one application program to undertake additional processing tasks relating to the optional hardware located in the at least one option port, and wherein the optional hardware at the location comprises at least one hardware-related application program for execution on the processor module;a bus, within said enclosure, providing an electronic interface between said processor module and the optional hardware within said at least one option port;a power supply, within said enclosure, providing power to said processor module and memory and to the optional hardware located within the at least one option port; anda communication interface for communicating remotely from said enclosure,wherein said processor module is configured to analyze at least an image motion vector derived from the image data input of at least one vehicle at the location to predict an imminent occurrence of a vehicular collision, and to at least correlate a pattern of said image motion vector with an acoustic information pattern.