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Statements & Press Releases | Connected Vehicles

ITS America to FCC: Entire 5.9GHz Band Needed to Save Lives on U.S. Roads

March 10, 2020

ITS America has called on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to save lives on U.S. roadways by withdrawing its proposal to give away a majority of the spectrum used for transportation safety critical communications.

Letters | Connected Vehicles

ITS America Meeting with FCC Ex-Parte on V2X Technology Deployment and Testing

August 21, 2019

Webinars | Automated Vehicles

Measuring Mobility Potential: A Novel Metric to Quantify Mobility Energy Productivity (MEP) of Transportation Systems

March 24, 2020 | 2:00–3:00 pmPresented by: Venu Garikapati, Project Leader, Transportation Data Analytics; Stanley Young, Advanced Transportation & Urban Scientist, National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Connected Vehicles

36,560 Lives lost on U.S. roads in 2018 and families shattered. Vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V), vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) and vehicle-to-pedestrian (V2P) communications can change that number.

Intelligent Infrastructure

Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act reauthorization: ITS America’s recommendations on moving people, data, and freight.

Mobility on Demand

Mobility on Demand is a vision for an integrated network of safe, carefree, and reliable transportation options that are available to all.

Top Green Priorities

ITS America's Platform and Recommendations for FAST Act Reauthorization: Moving People, Data, and Freight; Safer, Greener, Smarter

Fact Sheet 2020: ITS America FAST Act Reauthorization Platform and Recommendations

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Statements & Press Releases

Statement of ITS America President & CEO Shailen Bhatt on FCC Vote Reallocating 5.9GHz Safety Spectrum

November 18, 2020

Today, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) abandoned public safety by voting to give away a majority of the 5.9 GHz safety spectrum that currently allows life-saving Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) technologies to work without…

Statements & Press Releases

Statement of ITS America President & CEO Shailen Bhatt on FCC’s Plan for 5.9GHz Spectrum

October 27, 2020

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai made clear today that the Commission intends to move forward with its plan to give away a majority of the 5.9 GHz safety spectrum that currently allows life-saving…

Statements & Press Releases

ITS AMERICA V2X WEEK: September 28th – October 1st

September 25, 2020

To continue highlighting the life-saving benefits of V2X technologies, ITS America has announced September 28 – October 1 “V2X Week,” creating opportunities for members and other stakeholders to virtually…

Statements & Press Releases

28th ITS World Congress to be Held in Los Angeles in 2022

August 18, 2020

WASHINGTON – The Intelligent Transportation Society of America (ITS America), in partnership with Reed Exhibitions, today announced that the 28th ITS World Congress will be held in Los Angeles in 2022, marking the signature event’s…

Statements & Press Releases

ITS America President & CEO Shailen Bhatt Statement on the Passing of the Moving Forward Act.

July 2, 2020

In passing the Moving Forward Act today, the House of Representatives made great strides toward creating a safer, greener, and smarter transportation…

Statements & Press Releases

ITS America President & CEO Shailen Bhatt Statement on the INVEST in America Act

June 3, 2020

The bill recognizes COVID-19’s impact on our nation’s state and local transportation agencies and provides needed support over the next year.

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Agency Filings

ITS America’s Summary of FCC 5.9 GHz Band Proposal First Report and Order, Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, and Order of Proposed Modification

October 30, 2020
On October 28, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released a First Report and Order (First R&O), Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM), and Order of Proposed Modification (OPM) related to its proposal to reallocate the…
Letters

V2X Coalition Letter to the White House Chief of Staff Regarding 5.9 GHz Spectrum Reallocation

September 10, 2020
A letter from a coalition of transportation industry stakeholders comprised of state, city, and county departments of transportation, public transportation, automakers, vehicle suppliers, trucking, transportation safety groups, law…
Letters

Coalition Letter to Congress on FAST Act Extension

September 9, 2020
A letter from a coalition of 88 organizations to Congress regarding the extension of the FAST…
Advocacy Materials

Transportation Stakeholder Coalition Expresses Concern with FCC 5.9 GHz V2X Proposal: Letter to Senate Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, Innovation and the Internet

July 23, 2020
The coalition writes to express significant concern with efforts underway at the Federal Communications Commission to reallocate spectrum in the 5.9 GHz band away from transportation safety.
Agency Filings

ITS America’s Analysis of House Passed H.R. 2 – INVEST in America Act [Moving Forward Act].

July 2, 2020
Our initial analysis of the House-passed INVEST Act.

Events

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Webinars

ITS America Member Webinar: UrbanLogiq

December 3, 2020 | 2:00 pm ETPresented by: Leah Hanvey (Moderator), Former Advisor to the Canadian Minister of Small Business and Tourism and Government House Leader and Head of Business Development at UrbanLogiq

Real-Time Traffic & Performance Management for Large Construction Projects With the City of…

Conferences

ITS Washington State Chapter: 2020 Virtual Annual Meeting

December 8-10, 2020Online

Conferences

ITS New York State Chapter: 2020 Virtual Annual Meeting

December 9-11, 2020Online

Webinars

ITS America Member Webinar: eX² Technology

December 9, 2020 | 2:00 pm ETPresented by: Dan Corey, PE, National ITS & Transportation Broadband Practice Leader, AECOM

A Roadmap to Advancing and Commercializing Broadband…

Conferences

ITS America 2021 Annual Meeting: Atlanta

May 17-20, 2021Georgia World Congress Center

We are pleased to announce that the ITS America 2021 Annual Meeting will take place in Atlanta, Georgia May 17-20, at the Georgia World Congress Center. We look forward to welcoming the entire intelligent transportation community to downtown Atlanta.

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