Reimagining America’s Transportation System and Outcomes through Automated Vehicle Technology

Transforming Transportation through Technology – Blueprint Webinar Series

Webinars

Issues:

Automated Vehicles

September 28, 2021 | 3:00–4:00 pm ET

September 28, 2021 | 3:00pm – 4:00pm ET

More than 38,000 people died on US roads in 2020. Our cities, the engine of the US economy, are revving once again, leading to increased congestion. Interstates divide our communities. The transportation sector is responsible for 29 percent of the country’s greenhouse gas emissions. Our highways and bridges built largely between the mid-1950 to 1970s are crumbling and struggling to move goods and people with the efficiency required by the technology-driven global economy.

Twenty-one years into the 21st century, highly automated vehicles present us with a generational opportunity to reimagine our transportation system and transform outcomes – saving tens of thousands of people, reducing greenhouse gas emissions and congestion, and leading to more vibrant and more equitable places. Critical to achieving this future is the government putting in place regulations and investments for the physical and digital infrastructure with developers of AV technology around areas such as safety, equity, climate, and intelligent infrastructure as the technology moves from expanded pilots to full deployment of AV fleets.

In this webinar, you will learn the ways that states, cities, AV developers, and infrastructure leaders are incorporating many of these policies and more into regulation, vehicle design, deployment, and infrastructure.

Speakers Include

• Carlos Monje, Under Secretary for Transportation , U.S. Department of Transportation
• Nat Beuse, Vice President of Safety, Aurora
• Seleta Reynolds, General Manager, Los Angeles Department of Transportation
• Kevin Thibault, Secretary, Florida Department of Transportation
• Kevin Biesty, Deputy Director for Policy, Arizona Department of Transportation
• Desi Ujkashevic, Global Director of Global Automotive Safety Engineering Office, Ford
• Dan Corey, Vice-President & Deputy National ITS Program Leader for ITS, Connected/Automated Vehicles and Emerging Technologies, AECOM

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