Automated Vehicles

ITS America members work together to address issues of automated technologies, including vehicles, self-driving trucks, automated transit, workforce impacts and mitigation strategies, and land use and transportation system integration.
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Public-Private Framework for Successful AV Deployment

Public-private collaborations have the potential to maximize the benefits of automated vehicle (AV) deployment while reducing risks and improving the likelihood that the technology serves the needs of communities. Successful AV deployment…

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ITS America AV Freight Recommendations to NHTSA

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AV Freight Panel Discussion

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Long Innovative Corridors Spanning Multiple States Panel Brief

Automated Vehicles Committee

The Automated Vehicles Committee champions policies and regulatory frameworks that enable the safe testing, deployment, and integration of automated vehicles. Members work together to address automated vehicle policies and programmatic efforts covering highly automated vehicles, automated transit, advanced driver assistance systems, workforce impacts, automated freight, land use, and transportation system integration. 

2026 Focus Areas 

  • Align local, state, and federal efforts for a unified approach to AV deployment. 
  • Address cybersecurity and data privacy challenges in automated systems. 
  • Support scalable deployments across passenger and freight networks. 
  • Contribute expertise to national strategies for interoperability and safety standards. 

Vehicle Technologies Working Group 

This group explores advancements in vehicle automation technologies, including Level 2 and Level 3 systems. It provides guidance on technical standards and best practices to ensure safe, interoperable deployments while incorporating key infrastructure considerations. 

2026 Full Committee Leadership 

  • Zeke Reyna, TXDOT  
  • Alex Poirot, Beep 

Automated Vehicle Resources

This resources page was developed to provide the automated vehicles industry a one-stop-shop for everything it needs to thrive. Resources about the following topics are included: passenger mobility, logistics, utility, education & training, planning & development, safety best practices, and regulations.

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    V2X Application Mapping in Networked V2X

    This document is intended as a practical guide for members of the Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) community – particularly ITS and Connected and Automated Vehicle (CAV) specialists at state, county, and local DOTs – who are seeking to better understand, plan for, and potentially implement networked V2X solutions.

  • Policies, Principles, and Primers

    ITS America Automated Vehicle Policy Framework

    The Intelligent Transportation Society of America has released its updated Automated Vehicle Policy Framework, calling on strong federal leadership from the U.S. government to set policy that ensures the safe deployment of AVs on the road and looks to encourage further adoption of autonomous mobility options.  

  • Other Materials

    A Blueprint for Transportation Technology

    Delivering Safe, Smart, and Connected Transportation

    As the nation’s leading advocate for the technological modernization of our transportation system, ITS America calls on policymakers and industry leaders to reimagine our understanding of transportation infrastructure to one which…

  • Other Materials

    Long Innovative Corridors Spanning Multiple States Panel Brief

    On August 5th, 2024, ITS America’s AV Freight Working Group held a panel discussion centered around the creation of multi-state intelligent corridors supporting vehicle-to-everything communication and their impact on freight movement. The panelists emphasized the importance of addressing connectivity gaps in major corridors and deploying a variety of technologies to enhance corridor efficiency.

  • Other Materials

    Transforming the I-80 Corridor: A New Era of Connected Freight Movement Panel Brief

    On October 2, 2024, ITS America’s AV Freight Working Group hosted a discussion with Tracy Larkin Thomason, Director of the Nevada Department of Transportation. Tracy discussed one of the AASHTO Moonshot projects announced in 2023, an effort to create a cohesive national transportation vision of the future.