Efforts on behalf of ITS earns ITS Champion Award

The 'ITS Champion Award' was presented to US Representative Rush Holt at the ITS Roundtable held on 29 January in Washington, DC.
March 14, 2012 Read time: 1 min
Rush Holt
The 'ITS Champion Award' was presented to US Representative Rush Holt at the ITS Roundtable held on 29 January in Washington, DC. The award was presented by ITS Roundtable member Jeffrey Arch of 134 Telvent Farradyne for the Congressman's efforts on behalf of the ITS industry. Last year, Rep. Holt introduced an amendment to the Energy Bill which called on the US Department of Energy to conduct a study on the benefits of ITS as it relates to energy conservation and fuel efficiency. The amendment was successfully included in the recently passed Energy Bill.

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