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ITS America Equity Policy

June 21, 2021

Today’s transportation systems suffer from historic and ongoing inequities embedded in infrastructure, access, and cost. As we explore and fulfill the promise of new technologies, we must embrace and support the paradigm shift occurring in our nation, learn from the lessons of the past, and incorporate transportation equity principles into policy, research, and implementation strategies. This must include explicit consideration of technology’s effects on those least prepared to use it or who face particular barriers to adoption to ensure their safety, access, and mobility are not compromised.

Other Materials | Automated Vehicles

FIXING AMERICA’S SURFACE TRANSPORTATION (FAST) ACT REAUTHORIZATION: Platform and Recommendations

April 7, 2021

Other Materials | Smart Infrastructure

ITS America Summary of the Senate Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (H.R. 3684)

August 10, 2021

Webinars | Mobility XX

Attracting and Retaining a Diverse Transportation Industry Workforce: MobilityXX Webinar

April 14, 2021 | 1:00–2:00 pmPresented by: Jodi Godfrey, Mineta Transportation Institute

Automated Vehicles

ITS America supports the AV START Act, which creates a federal framework for HAV development and deployment.

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.

Smart Infrastructure

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

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

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

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ITS America Board of Directors Names Laura Chace President & CEO

August 16, 2021

The Intelligent Transportation Society’s (ITS America) Board of Directors today unanimously elected Laura Chace as President and CEO effective August 30, 2021.

Statements & Press Releases

Statement of ITS America President & CEO Shailen Bhatt on Senate Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal

August 10, 2021

The Senate’s Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act is an historic investment in transportation. It provides an opportunity to modernize our transportation system and work with state and local transportation agencies to build a digital…

Statements & Press Releases

ITS America Calls for Stronger Cybersecurity Strategy to Protect Transportation System

July 21, 2021

Washington – ITS America President & CEO Shailen Bhatt today called for a more robust national transportation cybersecurity strategy to make the U.S. transportation system safer by ensuring transportation agencies meet certain marks determined by the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the Center for Internet Security.

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ITS America Statement on House Passage of Surface Transportation Bill

July 1, 2021

“We appreciate the House’s investments in infrastructure technology and look forward to working with the Senate to complete its process.”

Statements & Press Releases

ITS America President & CEO Shailen Bhatt’s Statement on Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Surface Transportation Reauthorization Bill

June 16, 2021

The STIA Act’s infrastructure technology investments are game-changers. The bill recognizes the pivotal role technology plays in making our transportation infrastructure safer and creating more mobility options for all Americans, no matter where they live.

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ITS America Statement on House T&I Surface Transportation Bill

June 10, 2021

“We appreciate the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure’s investment in technology and look forward to working with the Committee as the bill now moves to the House floor.”

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ITS America Equity, Climate, Safety, and Infrastructure Principles for Automated and Autonomous Mobility

September 24, 2021
ITS America’s Automated Vehicle Standing Advisory Committee established task forces on equity, climate, safety, and infrastructure to develop a set of principles to ensure AV benefits are broadly realized. The resulting principles are intended to inform federal programs, regulations, and recommend best practices that can be implemented today and in the future.
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Mobility Wallet Primer

September 21, 2021
What is a Mobility Wallet? What are the core goals and key functions of a Mobility Wallet? Download our latest Primer to learn the basics.
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ITS America Cross-Industry AV Policy Report: Infrastructure, Federal Regulatory Framework, and Societal Goals

September 7, 2021
The Intelligent Transportation Society of America (ITS America) Automated Vehicle Standing Advisory Committee (‘Committee’) Chair, Nat Beuse, Vice President of Safety at Aurora, and Vice-Chair, Greg Winfree, Director, Texas A&M Transportation Institute, conducted (February 15-March 2, 2021), more than 10 hours of discussions on the deployment of highly automated vehicles (HAVs). The cross-industry discussions focused on significant issues identified by Committee members.
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ITS America Summary of the Senate Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (H.R. 3684)

August 10, 2021
On Tuesday, August 10, 2021, the U.S. Senate approved the roughly $1 trillion H.R. 3684 – Infrastructure Investment and Jobs (IIJA) Act. The bill passed with strong bipartisan support by a vote of 69-30. The bill includes the surface transportation reauthorization slated to expire at the end of September 2021.
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ITS America’s Summary of the House passed INVEST In America Act

July 2, 2021
On July 1, 2021, the U.S. House of Representatives approved H.R. 3684, Investing in a New Vision for the Environment and Surface Transportation in America Act, or the INVEST in America Act. The bill passed largely along party lines in a 221-201 vote, with two Republicans voting for the package, even though the bill included funding for specific projects — known Member Designated Projects — that both Democrats and Republicans had requested for their districts.