WASHINGTON, DC, July 10, 2008 - ITS America meets regularly with House and Senate committees with jurisdiction over transportation, technology, and/or environmental matters that impact the intelligent transportation systems (ITS) community. In the coming months, these committees will hold hearings (involving ITS America member testimony) and gather information on a range of issues, one of which is the extent to which ITS technologies for surface transportation reduce energy consumption and generate environmental benefits.

ITS America is pleased to issue this request for information (RFI), either anecdotal or, if available, more systematic evidence, about innovative transportation technologies and practices shown to reduce energy use and benefit the environment. The information we collect from you will be made available to our colleagues on the Hill to promote a greater awareness of the impact of ITS applications. Of specific interest are 1) applications that reduce congestion or idling and 2) evidence of jurisdictions that have been able to coordinate signal timing and other ITS projects across regions and overcome interoperability challenges. However, respondents are encouraged to not limit or preclude a contribution if it does not address either of these specific considerations.

In your response, please identify the application, the extent of its deployment, and available data indicating energy reductions or other environmental benefits that you anticipate or have already observed. ITS America will assemble the responses and submit them to appropriate Congressional committees, interested government agencies, and other interested parties in support of the work. If you have responsive information that is confidential business information, please contact Paul Feenstra at the e-mail address provided below. Although the work of our colleagues on the Hill will be ongoing, ITS America would like to gather an initial set of submissions by July 18. Responses to this RFI should be made to Paul Feenstra at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

ITS America anticipates this will be the first in a series of requests that we will coordinate to frame new transportation and climate change legislation and regulations. We appreciate your contributions.

We will keep you apprised of our efforts by collecting and disseminating information via ITS America's electronic newsletter, website updates, and other communications.

###