WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 - The early registration deadline for ITS America's 20 ^th 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.

To kick off the conference, the Texas Senate Committee on Transportation and Homeland Security will convene at the George R. Brown Convention Center to take testimony and discuss issues related to transportation and homeland security. The venue will also host several ancillary meetings held by such organizations as the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, and the Regional Safety Council to provide a window on the collaborative work taking place in the Houston region. Sam Palmisano, Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of IBM, will close out the conference by sharing his vision for creating a smarter transportation network through technology innovations.

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.

Take advantage of the lowest registration rates by registering online by February 12. For the latest conference information and to view the preliminary program, click here or follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itsam2010.

The Intelligent Transportation Society of America represents more than 400 member organizations including public agencies, private corporations, and academic institutions involved in the research, development, and deployment of technologies that improve safety, increase mobility, and sustain the environment. http://www.itsa.org

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