How Technology is Helping Protect Vulnerable Road Users

The Blueprint Series: Transforming Transportation Through Technology

Webinars

Issues:

December 1, 2021 | 2:00–3:00 pm ETVirtual

Over the past two years, pedestrian fatalities have dramatically increased with speeding and other distracted and dangerous driving. Yet sensor technologies and vehicle communications can help keep people safe as they walk, bike, and roll to school, work, healthcare, and community centers. 2020 saw the largest ever annual increase in U.S. pedestrian fatalities, and we have a need to understand how technology investments can help improve public health for all vulnerable road users, especially those in low-income communities.

The goal of this webinar will be to understand what vulnerable road users and the active transportation community need to keep them safe, showcase innovative technology and how some early deployers are testing out these ideas. We’ll hear from private sector V2X and sensor innovators, city and state officials, and representatives from active transportation to understand how we can collaborate to promote sustainable safety solutions that focus on user needs.

Speakers include:
Christina Aizcorbe, Vice President of Government Affairs, Velodyne Lidar
Everett Lott, Acting Director, DDOT
Jane Terry, Vice President, Government Affairs, National Safety Council
George Villarreal, Deputy Director Traffic Safety Operations, TxDOT
David Bartlett, Chief Technology Officer, Spoke Safety

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