WASHINGTON, DC, Feb.19, 2009 - The Intelligent Transportation Society of America (ITS America) and several of its member organizations were featured in The Wall Street Journal. "Smart Roads. Smart Bridges. Smart Grids." addresses several technologies that have the potential to improve the nation's infrastructure.

"The goal is not just funding projects for short-term job gains," says Paul Feenstra, vice president of government affairs at the Intelligent Transportation Society of America, a group that promotes smart-road technologies. "It should be to create systems that are intelligent and improve productivity in the long run."

ITS America members California Department of Transportation, Metropolitan Transportation Commission, University of Texas at Austin, and University of Michigan are also featured in the Feb. 17 article.

To read the full version online, click here.

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