Washington, D.C.  – The Intelligent Transportation Society of America (ITS America) has launched registration for its Fall 2024 online training course, “Introduction to Transportation Data.” The online, interactive class will be hosted by the organization’s new learning management system (LMS), the ITSA Academy.  In the future, the Academy will host not only the Data Course, but a series of topical learning opportunities designed to deliver the skills needed to stay ahead in the quickly evolving ITS industry. 

The course is designed to teach data principles to infrastructure owner/operator (IOO) staff working in various roles across their organizations. This course is also aimed at private sector staff new to the transportation industry who are working in sales, marketing, and product roles.  

For those directly involved in ITS, this course will debrief the latest technologies and techniques for transportation data capture, management, and analysis. For staff whose roles are not directly related to ITS, this course will serve as an introduction to ITS and showcase the vital role that ITS data plays in their daily work. Ultimately, this course will spread awareness about the importance of transportation data across an IOO, fostering broader support for ITS-related initiatives and preventing data from becoming siloed within the organization. 

“The ITS Academy is an investment not only in the future of more equitable, more sustainable, and more technology-forward transportation systems – it is an investment in the power of people,” said ITS America President and CEO, Laura D. Chace. “The industry needs a platform for busy professionals serving in a variety of roles to learn the skills needed to advance their own careers and advance innovation. We’re thrilled to launch ‘Introduction to Transportation Data’ – it is the ideal first offering from the Academy.” 

“Introduction to Transportation Data” has four main learning objectives: 

• Introduce recent college graduates and industry newcomers to the world of ITS and highlight key data management challenges 

• Provide baseline literacy about transportation data and its use cases, to encourage a common language with which to discuss these concepts 

• Teach basic best practices that are immediately applicable 

• Spread awareness of ITS’s importance across an organization, to set the stage for wide-scale deployment and use of ITS technologies 

Registration for the self-paced course is now open and offers 3 professional development hours (PDH) upon completion. Additional information about the course and the Academy can be found on the ITS America website, www.itsa.org/itsa-academy.  

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The Intelligent Transportation Society of America advances the research and deployment of intelligent transportation technologies to save lives, improve mobility, promote sustainability, and increase efficiency and productivity. Our vision is a better future transformed by transportation technology and innovation: Safer, Greener, Smarter. For All. For more information, please visit www.itsa.org.