Taking a Data-Driven Approach to Understanding Equity Gaps in Transportation

ITSA Member Webinar Series: Google

Webinars

September 9, 2021 | 2:00 pm ET

Initiatives at the federal, state, and local levels on Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities have been set forth. This panel will explore how agencies can use data-driven insights to alleviate chronic transportation inequities that have inhibited the ability of some neighborhoods to prosper. Difficulties in getting people to essential destinations —jobs, schools, and healthcare facilities — negatively affect every aspect of life. With new mobility options, focus and funding, there are real opportunities for making transportation networks safer, sustainable, and more equitable. This panel will explore how we can quantify gaps, implement new approaches and measure progress on addressing equity gaps. It will also highlight how agencies can move from talking about equity in transportation to implementing it in policies and practices.

Speakers include:
Monali Shah, Strategic Business Executive at Google
Jairobe Mcpherson, Google Cloud Engineer
Beth Osborne, Director of the Transportation and Thriving Communities Team at Smart Growth America
Anne Marie Kilgallon, Vice President, North America Revenue and Global Strategic Partnerships at CARTO

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