ITS America Releases Principles for Inclusive Future Mobility

How Technology Can Create a Safer, Greener, Smarter, and More Equitable Future

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June 22, 2022

WASHINGTON – The Intelligent Transportation Society of America (ITS America) today released principles to guide transportation stakeholders, communities, and policy makers on how best to develop policy and programs that direct investment in technology and drive societal outcomes to save lives, promote sustainability, and advance more access and opportunity for all.

President & CEO Laura Chace outlined the new “Principles for Inclusive Future Mobility” at ITS America’s Digital Infrastructure: Technology and the Future of Transportation forum, which addressed the importance of integrating technology into future infrastructure investments and examined how the U.S. transportation system has evolved from one of paved roads and concrete bridges to one that includes sensors, data, software, and algorithms.

“Transportation creates opportunities – it connects us to jobs, healthcare, education, family, friends, and much more. It is foundational to our overall well-being,” Chace said.

The principles are meant to be holistically considered when developing new ideas or programs. They are outlined in detail here and ask industry officials to:

Focus on the user
Reimagine how we look at safety
Cultivate sustainability and resiliency
Champion equity, diversity, and inclusion in transportation and the workforce
Promote access and opportunity
Educate, engage, and convene stakeholders to listen and build consensus

“If we follow these principles to guide us as we develop and deploy technology, we directly advance our vision of a safer, greener, smarter future with more access and opportunity,” Chace said. “We look forward to continuing to work with our members and all stakeholders and hope the principles will provide critical guidance.”

The principles help advance the U.S. Department of Transportation’s vision of transportation that is what Secretary Pete Buttigieg described as “imaginative, bold, forward-thinking engine for equity” that improves quality of life.

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About ITS America

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 intelligent mobility: safer, greener, smarter. For more information, please visit www.itsa.org

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Technology evolves faster than we can imagine the future. Rapidly evolving transportation innovations are being developed and deployed that promise to entirely reshape the way our transportation network operates, facilitating vast improvements to transportation safety and overall mobility. The promise of these innovations is apparent, but the deployment and application of these technologies is not without challenges. While technology disrupts the transportation ecosystem with new innovations and ideas, government, communities, private companies, and researchers must race to catch up to and contend with ideas never thought possible. How do we accelerate change and safely embrace new technology while promoting collaboration across industry to advance shared societal goals? Through nonprofits like the Intelligent Transportation Society of America (ITS America).

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As advocates for transportation innovation throughout the world’s largest transportation network, ITS America’s public, private and academic members are dedicated to championing smart mobility strategies to ensure safe and thriving communities.
Ramin Massoumi, Global Solutions Director – Mobility, arcadis
Private companies, public agencies and academic institutions committed to influencing the future of intelligent transportation come together at ITS America. Every day, our members advance technology solutions that save lives and improve mobility across the country – in cities, suburbs, and rural communities.
Malcolm Dougherty, National Practice Executive, Transportation, Michael Baker International
At ITS America, our public, private and academic sector members are committed to deploying intelligent transportation technologies to save lives and improve mobility on our nation’s roads. While transportation constantly evolves, we will do all we can to ensure it continues to be the engine that drives our nation’s economy and contributes to improving our quality of life.
Carlos Braceras, Director, Utah Department of Transportation