To strengthen the ITS community’s voice in the crowded policy debate, ITS America launched the Campaign for Intelligent Transportation Solutions to fund additional advocacy activities including media events, Congressional outreach, social media and our Smart Solution Spotlight initiative.  More than a dozen ITS America members have sponsored the campaign working through a Legislative Steering Committee to influence MAP-21 (the surface transportation reauthorization bill) and promote ITS priorities to policymakers, the media and the broader transportation community. David St. Amant, President and COO of Econolite Control Products, Inc., serves as the Campaign Chair and Ann Flemer, Deputy Executive Director, Policy at the San Francisco Bay Area Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) and former Chair of ITS America's Board of Directors, serves as the Vice Chair.

 

In addition to helping promote key ITS priorities to policymakers and the media and raising the overall profile of the ITS community, there are a number of other benefits to sponsoring the campaign including marketing opportunities in ITS America’s newsletter and web site, priority points toward booth selection at future ITS America events, and free membership in our Congressional Roundtable. 

Caltrans

Cubic Transportation Systems

Eberle Design
Econolite

Federal Signal Technoogies

Global Traffic Technologies
Harris Corporation
HELP Inc./PrePass

INntel

Image Sensing Systems
Iteris

ITS Florida
ITS Nevada

ITS Michigan
ITS Pennsylvania
Metropolitan Transportation Commission
Sensys Networks
Siemens 
Telvent
TransCore

XEROX

Thanks to everyone who attended ITS America’s Smart Transportation Technology Showcase & Reception June 1, 2011, and especially to the companies and organizations that made the event a huge success by sponsoring exhibits and technology demonstrations.  You can view a two-minute video of the Showcase on ITS America's Youtube Channel by clicking here.

 

Among the more than 200 attendees were Members of Congress from both parties including seven House T&I Committee members, professional staff from all of the House and Senate committees of jurisdiction, and numerous other staffers, agency officials, and industry leaders.  Congressional participants included U.S. Reps. Brian Bilbray (R-CA), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Russ Carnahan (D-MO), Chuck Fleischmann (R-TN), Randy Hultgren (R-IL), Duncan Hunter (R-CA), John Lewis (D-GA), Billy Long (R-MO), Loretta Sanchez (D-CA), Albio Sires (D-NJ), and Glenn ‘GT’ Thompson  (R-PA).  Check out ITS America’s facebook page for pictures from the event.

 

Thanks again to the following exhibitors who did a fantastic job representing the industry and raising the profile of ITS solutions on Capitol Hill: ACS, A Xerox Company; Aldis, Inc.; Avego Corporation; Carnegie Mellon University; Cubic Transportation Systems; Econolite Group, Inc.; Free Enterprises; Kapsch TrafficCom IVHS; Meritor WABCO; Sensys Networks; TomTom; TrafficCast; Traficon USA; University of Maryland Center for Advanced Transportation Technology; Vaisala; Volvo Technology of America; and ZoomSafer.

 

 

 

ITS America contact: Paul Feenstra, Vice President of Government Affairs, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , 202-721-4237