To strengthen the ITS community’s voice in the crowded policy debate, ITS America has 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 and are working through a new Legislative Steering Committee to influence the reauthorization process and promote ITS priorities to policymakers, the media and the broader transportation community as part of the surface transportation reauthorization process and other critical policy debates.  We are working to build a stronger coalition of support across the transportation, business and environmental communities and to better leverage existing partners including our diverse membership and the ITS State Chapters.

 

We are working to raise the visibility of ITS solutions through a series of new outreach activities including a Smart Solution Spotlight initiative.  The ITS America Smart Solution Spotlight award is presented to ITS technologies or projects that have made a real-world impact, or have demonstrated near-term potential, to improve public safety, enhance mobility, create more livable communities, strengthen economic competitiveness, or promote environmental sustainability. 

 

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. 

ACS
California DOT
Caltrans
Eberle Design
Econolite
Global Traffic Technologies
Harris Corporation
HELP Inc./PrePass
Image Sensing Systems
Iteris
ITS Florida
ITS Michigan
ITS Pennsylvania
Metropolitan Transportation Commission
Sensys Networks
Siemens 
Telvent
TransCore

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