Transforming the Future Together
Who We Are:
For more than 30 years, the Intelligent Transportation Society of America (ITS America) has been a leading nonprofit uniting government, industry, and academia to champion policies and investments that make our transportation systems safer, more innovative, and more efficient. We work with agencies and industry leaders to advance technology-driven solutions that improve how people and goods move—enhancing quality of life, supporting a thriving economy, and maintaining America’s global competitiveness.
Each year, the U.S. loses more than 40,000 lives to preventable traffic collisions. Commuters spend 40 to 100 hours stuck in traffic and our economy loses over $300 billion in productivity. Despite billions invested in infrastructure, we continue to face the same challenges.
Through education, convenings, and policy leadership, ITS America champions new and proven pragmatic solutions and emerging technologies that modernize outdated systems and meet the mobility needs of today and tomorrow.
What We Do:
Educate. Convene. Advocate for Best-in-class solutions.
ITS America leads with collaboration—bringing together the brightest minds across sectors to tackle transportation’s toughest challenges and identifying the most promising tech-enabled solutions. We equip local and state agencies with the information, tools, and policy insights they need to advance innovative investments that improve safety and mobility in communities nationwide. We convene industry leaders to share knowledge that shapes the development of real-world solutions—and we partner with policymakers to ensure regulation and investment align with the full potential of today’s technology landscape.
By building cross-sector collaboration and partnerships, we accelerate innovation, advance safer and more efficient systems, and power a workforce to fuel a more resilient economy—ready to confront the needs of today and demands of tomorrow.
Why We Do It:
Safety. Mobility. Growth.
Transportation shapes our daily lives, drives our economy, and lays the foundation for a more resilient and secure future. Yet every day, lives are lost on our roads, and outdated systems continue to waste time, drain resources, and limit our potential. At ITS America, we know there’s a better way. For more than three decades, we’ve been committed to building a transportation system that puts safety first, accelerates innovation, and expands economic opportunity. Confronting the biggest barriers to progress head-on, we can improve lives and rethink mobility. Through the implementation of transformative technologies and investments, we can save lives, grow local economies, enhance mobility, and strengthen our global leadership.
About Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS)
Technology is in a constant state of evolution. Rapidly innovating technologies will reshape how our transportation network operates, facilitating vast improvements to safety and overall mobility.
Decades ago, “intelligent transportation system” technologies included roadside sensors, signs that dynamically changed messaging, and coordinated traffic signals. Now, ITS technologies have expanded to include a much wider spectrum of innovation, including automation; connectivity; digital infrastructure; sustainable technologies; mobility-on-demand technologies; and emerging transportation technologies like electric vehicle takeoff and landing vehicles (eVTOLs), delivery drones, sidewalk robots, and Artificial Intelligence (AI).
The Intelligent Transportation Society of America (ITS America) and its members are at the center of these innovations, advocating for transformational technology to save lives, improve mobility and create a more resilient and sustainable transportation system.
ITS America Membership:
Facilitate Deployment of ITS Technologies
Association participation leads to real impact. ITS America is the only national organization bringing together the private and public sectors in intelligent transportation.
- ITS America convenes experts across the industry fostering innovation in intelligent transportation systems. Our member organizations include state, regional, and local transportation and planning agencies, transit providers, companies providing ITS products and services, major technology firms, auto manufacturers and suppliers, research organizations, academic institutions, and other industry practitioners to deliver efficient, effective technology-forward transportation solutions.
- Increase corporate and personal prestige.
- Drive your organization’s business priorities.
Invest with Confidence in ITS Technology
- We promote legislative and regulatory policy which supports the successful and safe deployment of innovative technologies in our transportation systems to improve transportation safety, efficiency, and mobility in our communities.
- We provide clear direction on standards & legislation. Our Policy staff develops important relationships with policy influencers on Capitol Hill, with Federal administration and leadership, and with state and local officials as an influential voice on deployment of technology.
- ITS America members gain feedback on their specific products and services, paving the way for more investments into their proven solutions and new business partnerships.
Access and Develop Talent
- Access a broader pool of candidates with ITS experience through the ITS Career Center.
- Develop talent and grow internal capabilities through educational and training programs, like the ITSA Academy, USDOT Professional Capacity Building (PCB) trainings; and written white papers, reports, and educational briefs.
Stay Informed
- Stay up to date on tech and policy developments. ITS America informs our members through Friday policy calls, weekly Policy Rundown newsletter, and in-person events, like our Congressional roundtables and annual Policy Summit.
- Explain technology use cases, and how to best apply lessons learned through our ITS Technology Use Case Library.
- We educate stakeholders, conduct research, and build awareness of advancements in smart transportation technologies through resources like webinars, reports, whitepapers, and use cases – helping the industry to incorporate these new technologies.
A Resource for Policymakers
- ITS America works with Congressional members, federal agencies, and leaders across our diverse membership to advocate for the increased funding and adoption of technologies in our transportation system.
- We inform our members and stakeholders of upcoming legislation that will provide for the deployment of technology to save lives, build more resilient infrastructure, and improve mobility.
- Members provide input on regulatory actions and the development of frameworks that enable investment in and deployment of technologies that help us build modern transportation infrastructure to meet societal goals.
Advocating for Increased Technology Funding in Federal Programs
We help our members understand the landscape around surface transportation reauthorization and advocate for policies which will accelerate the adoption of ITS technologies in our transportation infrastructure, including a particular focus on establishing certain and substantial funding for technology deployment, improvements to the technology procurement process, and revisions to Federal transportation statutes to ensure that technology-forward solutions are considered in transportation planning processes on all levels.
ITS America has a strong record of developing policy proposals that advance technology innovation and digital infrastructure to realize transformative safety benefits, maximize the usability of our existing infrastructure, reduce the cost of maintaining that infrastructure, and expand mobility, access, and opportunity across the country.
Advancing ITS Resources and Recommendations
Members serve on ITS America’s Standing Committees, Working Groups and Communities of Practice to develop policy and industry resources that advocate for a favorable transportation regulatory and legislative environment. Committee members prepare topical briefs, reports, speaker summaries, and more to educate the industry and policymakers.
ITS America Standing Advisory Committees
• V2X & Connected Transportation
• Digital Infrastructure
• Emerging Technology
• Automated Vehicles
• Artificial Intelligence
Working Groups
• Future of 5.9 V2X
• Beyond 5.9 V2X
• Reauthorization
• Multimodal Transportation & On Demand Mobility
• Digital Twinning
• Advanced Air Mobility
Task Forces
• AV Freight
• Privacy
• Shared Data Layer
• Multimodal Use Case Ecosystem
Communities of Practice and Cross-Cutting Issue Areas
• Cybersecurity & Privacy
• Workforce Development
• Resiliency
Partnerships and Collaboration:
Technical Programs and Research
Our Technical Programs team supports a deployer’s task force, the National Operations Center of Excellence (NOCoE), and multiple projects with the USDOT, including the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology (OST-R), and the ITS Joint Program Office (ITSJPO).
ITS America also works alongside the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), conducts technical research and trends analysis, and supports multiple grant-funded transportation initiatives. The Technical Programs and Research team also helps promote research findings produced by our member organizations.
Industry Partnerships
ITS America advances public-private partnerships between members and industry stakeholders. These partnerships develop through in-person events, technology showcases, networking opportunities, and other thought-leadership-based collaborations on research, problem-solving, and knowledge sharing.
ITS America State Chapters
ITS America supports 26 state and regional chapters across the U.S., whose members are local transportation professionals and ITS practitioners. State Chapter representatives convene monthly, and Chapters host local annual conferences, convening to share best practices and learn about new technologies and trends.
Contact Us:
Join Today: membership@itsa.org
General Information: info@itsa.org
ITS America Communications: comms@itsa.org
ITS America Policy Team: policy@itsa.org
