ITS America Smart Solution Spotlight

ITS Congestion Challenge

Best of ITS

Outstanding State Chapters

Student Essay Competition

ITS Hall of Fame

Best of ITS Awards

Presented by ITS America, the Best of ITS Awards honors the most innovative, effective, and influential achievements in the Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) industry. This highly competitive program recognizes the organizations whose projects have demonstrated specific and measurable outcomes and exemplified innovation by establishing a “new dimension” of performance. 

2011 Winners

• Houston TranStar-"Real Time Monitoring System for Huricane Evacuation Routes"
• Vermont Agency for Transporation-"RWIS-VMS Automation"
• Florida DOT District 6-"95 Express Marketing and Outreach Program"
• Chicago DOT-"Chicago Traffic Tracker"

"Best New Innovative Products or Services"     Video of Finalists

• Florida DOT District 4-"Maintenance Inventory Management System"
• Carnegie Mellon University- "Tiramisu Transit" 
• Houston TranStar-"Cost Effective Arterial Network Travel Times

2011 Outstanding State Chapters Awards

2012 Student Essay Competition

The Student Essay Competition is designed to encourage student interest and future participation in the development of Intelligent Transportation Systems and solutions, provide an opportunity for today’s transportation and engineering students to apply their knowledge in a thought-provoking and hopefully enjoyable competition, and build awareness of ITS as a career path with unlimited potential.

 ITS Hall of Fame

CRITERIA FOR SELECTION

Recipients of ITS America’s ITS Hall of Fame Award personify achievement of the ultimate standard for a leader in the ITS field:

• outstanding leader in the organizations he or she has led,
• thought leader in the ITS field, and
• champion of vision of ITS and its fulfillment within and beyond the ITS community.

The recipients of the 2012 ITS Hall of Fame Awards are selected based on their standard of leadership in the transportation technology arena. Each person has served an outstanding, lifelong career dedicated to organizational leadership in the field and thought leadership contributing to the vision of intelligent transportation systems. All have been tireless advocates for fulfilling ITS’ promise.

James Oberstar  

Gerald Conover

Thomas Larson

CLASS of 2011

• William Millar
• Thomas Deen
• William J. Harris

CLASS of 2010

• Les Lamb
• Frank Francois
• Dick Braun

CLASS of 2009

• Christine Johnson
• Bill Sprietzer
• Bob Darbelnet

CLASS OF 2008

• Mike Walton
• Joe Giglio
• Harry Voccola
• Russ Shields
• Robert Parsons
• Lyle Saxton

ITS Congestion Challenge

The first global ITS Congestion Challenge, announced in June 2009, was open to entrepreneurs, commuters, transportation experts, researchers in all fields, universities, and citizens around the world. Three winners and six finalists from Hungary, Ireland, Canada, the Netherlands, and the United States, were selected by an open global community of more than 4,000 people, including transportation industry professionals and the general public.

1st PLACE

iCarpool provides commuters and other travelers with comprehensive travel choices for modes of travel other than driving alone. Read more.

2nd PLACE

FuelClinic, for their "Eco-System" and "Eco-Driver On Board" programs, which provide tools and certified eco-driving training to improve, track, and manage driver performance for increased fuel efficiency, increased driver safety, and reduced accident rates. Read more.

3rd PLACE

iCone Products, LLC, for an ITS concept to beam real-time traffic information over the Internet to a central web site for use by government officials, emergency response personnel, trucking fleets, the public and information resellers, including media outlets and GPS services. Read more.

FINALISTS

Avego Ltd., for development efforts on a "dynamic ride sharing" offering that uses wireless network technology to match drivers and riders, thereby filling empty car seats, unlocking excess capacity, and reducing congested roads. Read more.
BroadBit Inc., for a solution for enhancing traffic flows by eliminating unnecessary lane changes and allowing travel on hard shoulder surfaces during peak hours. Read more.
Grand Cooperative Driving Challenge, a demonstration of how cooperative driving systems can reduce the incidence of traffic jams, minimize CO2 emissions and prevent accidents on the road. Read more.
Intellione Technologies Corp., for a solution that turns mobile handsets into potential traffic probes that can deliver data to solve traffic congestion. Read more.
Precyse Technologies Inc., for a wireless-based system that uses RFID tags to locate, identify, monitor and communicate with cars on the road. Read more.
Skymeter Corp., for a GPS tolling system that can price reliably in multiple countries using different currencies.  Read more.