ITSA Academy - ITS America

OVERVIEW OF THE ITSA ACADEMY

The ITS landscape is changing rapidly – with breakthrough innovations emerging month to month. Now, more than ever, transportation professionals need a manageable way of staying up to date on how to assess, deploy, and manage the latest technologies. ITS America, in collaboration with its members, is delighted to unveil the ITSA Academy, a new platform housing a series of training courses designed to deliver the skills needed to stay ahead in the quickly-evolving ITS industry.

Register now for the ITSA Academy’s inaugural course, “Introduction to Transportation Data.” Going beyond the traditional ITS primer, this course familiarizes both existing employees and new hires with the latest best practices regarding the collection, use, and management of data; and arm attendees with practical knowledge applicable to their roles. This introductory course draws on expert insights and real-world case studies to unpack how transportation data can be used to reach key safety and mobility performance goals.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND “INTRODUCTION TO TRANSPORTATION DATA”?

This course is primarily designed for infrastructure owner/operator (IOO) staff working in a variety of roles across their organizations. For those directly involved in ITS, this course will debrief the latest technologies and techniques for transportation data capture, management, and analysis. For staff whose roles are not directly related to ITS, this course will serve as an introduction to ITS and showcase the vital role that ITS data plays in their daily work. Ultimately, this course will spread awareness about the importance of transportation data across an IOO, fostering broader support for ITS-related initiatives and preventing data from becoming siloed within the organization.

This course is also aimed at new hires in private sector sales, marketing, and product roles. By highlighting IOO priorities, key performance indicators (KPIs), and data management challenges, this course will serve as a primer on both the goals IOOs seek to accomplish and the challenges they face in achieving them. Ultimately, “Introduction to Transportation Data” will familiarize private sector hires with key public sector needs.

COURSE OUTLINE AND LEARNING OBJECTIVES

COURSE OUTLINE

“Introduction to Transportation Data” seeks to be as actionable as possible, with four main learning objectives:

Introduce recent college graduates and industry newcomers to the world of ITS and highlight key data management challenges
Provide baseline literacy about transportation data and its use cases, to encourage a common language with which to discuss these concepts
Teach basic best practices that are immediately applicable
Spread awareness of ITS’s importance across an organization, to set the stage for wide-scale deployment and use of ITS technologies

PRICING STRUCTURE

The self-paced online course is designed for flexibility and impact. With updates to keep content fresh, the course will evolve alongside the ITS ecosystem. Discounts are available for groups enrolling ten or more students.

BULK PURCHASES

Interested in buying more than 10 or more tickets for your organization? Contact Victoria Christopher at vchristopher@itsa.org to receive more information.

LEARN MORE

For more information contact Victoria Christopher, Membership and Education Coordinator at vchristopher@itsa.org or reach out via the form below.

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.