How Technology Can Create a More Sustainable and Resilient Transportation System

Blueprint Webinar Series – Transforming Transportation through Technology

Webinars

Issues:

Sustainability & Resiliency

July 21, 2021 | 2:00–3:00 pmZoom

The transportation sector is the biggest contributor of our country’s greenhouse gas emissions – responsible for 29 percent of overall U.S. emissions – and that is likely to increase with Americans driving more miles every year. In addition, stronger hurricanes, more intense wildfires, and extreme temperatures are severely impacting the resiliency of our transportation system. Now is the time to deploy innovative technology, such as electric vehicles, fast charging infrastructure, and hydrogen fuel cells, to enhance the sustainability and resiliency of our transportation system, reduce transportation’s outsized impact on the environment, and protect infrastructure from the effects of climate change.

Please join ITS America as we unveil our new Sustainability and Resiliency Policy and discuss the advancement of zero-emission vehicles, charging and alternative fueling infrastructure, power grid capability and resiliency, rights-of-way and roadside management, workforce development, and needed further research and development.

Speakers:

Lori Pepper, Deputy Secretary, Innovative Mobility Solutions, CalSTA
Greg Rogers, Public Policy Manager, Nuro
Aravind Kailas, Advanced Technology Policy Director, Volvo group
Andrew Wishnia, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Climate Policy, USDOT

Let’s Transform the Future Together.

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).

ITS America and its members have been at the center of these innovations, advocating for transformational technology to save lives, promote sustainability, and improve access to mobility.

Join us.

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