Early registration deadline extended for ITS America Annual Meeting...
The early registration deadline for ITS America's 20th Annual Meeting & Exposition has been extended to February 12, 2010. ITS America's 20th Annual Meeting & Exposition will provide transportation professionals and policymakers the necessary tools and strategies they need to create communities that are safer, cleaner, more livable and less congested.
As national, state and local leaders are working to find innovative solutions to our nation's transportation challenges in a fiscally-constrained environment, this event is the year's best opportunity to learn more about cost-effective technology solutions for reducing traffic congestion, greenhouse gas emissions, and traffic accidents, financing infrastructure projects, collecting performance measurement data, and improving system management.
Our exposition and networking events will be ideal for building business development networks and the conference program and technical tours will provide attendees with a fresh look at the emerging projects, products, and services that are changing surface transportation.
Early registration ends February 12. Discounted rates are available for members of ITS America, public sector employees, and first-time attendees. To view the preliminary program and to register, click here.Do you have a funny, interesting or unique transportation photo you would like to share? Email to web@itsrm.org.
1-15-2010. The U.S. DOT’s Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA) has released its new 5-Year ITS Strategic Research Plan, which was approved last month by the Department’s ITS Management Council. The plan “explores the potentially transformative capabilities of wireless technology to make surface transportation safer, smarter and greener and ultimately enhance livability for Americans,” according to DOT. IntelliDriveSM is at the “core” of the plan, described as “a multimodal initiative to support safety, mobility and environmental enhancements by providing safe,
interoperable wireless connectivity between vehicles, infrastructure and passengers’ devices.” According to RITA, a key part of the research will examine how to effectively deliver warnings to vehicle operators to enhance overall safety and minimize driver distraction. The plan anticipates spending up to $77 million in 2010 on multimodal research, of which $49 million will be spent on IntelliDriveSM research. An additional $14 million will be spent on technology transfer and evaluation. Additional information on IntelliDriveSM is available here.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 – The Intelligent Transportation Society of America (ITS America) has announced the availability of a Market Data Analysis (MDA) White Paper, which summarizes the results of Phase 1 of a two-phase project being conducted for the Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Joint Program Office, a part of the Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA) of the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT). This initial effort collected information from two states about their ITS expenditures and staffing and from 53 private sector ITS companies about their ITS revenues and employment. To download the report, click http://bit.ly/54bVbw.
