USDOT to participate in 2015 ITS America annual meeting

The Intelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program Office (ITS JPO) of the US Department of Transportation (USDOT) is set to participate in the 2015 ITS America annual meeting in Pittsburg. USDOT experts will share their knowledge on a wide variety of topics such as connected vehicles, mobility, emissions, traffic incident management, the use of technology to improve the nation's freight system, automated vehicles, cyber issues, MAP-21 performance measures, truck parking issues, road weather strategies, w
May 28, 2015 Read time: 2 mins

The Intelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program Office (781 ITS JPO) of the 324 US Department of Transportation (USDOT) is set to participate in the 2015 560 ITS America annual meeting in Pittsburg.
 
USDOT experts will share their knowledge on a wide variety of topics such as connected vehicles, mobility, emissions, traffic incident management, the use of technology to improve the nation's freight system, automated vehicles, cyber issues, MAP-21 performance measures, truck parking issues, road weather strategies, work zone strategies, integrated corridor management, accessible transportation, and more.
 
Highlights of the ITS JPO's presence at this year's ITS America annual meeting include: USDOT booth # 601 near the show floor entrance, featuring the award-winning connected vehicle animation as well as representatives from the ITS JPO, Federal Highway Administration, and the Connected Vehicle Test Beds; the Connected Vehicles 102 workshop on Sunday 31 May will provide additional details about future vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle to-infrastructure (V2I) applications; Mobility and the Human Experience Luncheon Panel on Monday 1 June, where ITS JPJO Director Ken Leonard will join executives from Google, AAA, and others to discuss how the human experience connects with the technical world; USDOT Plenary Session, Tuesday 2, featuring senior officials from the USDOT and the US Department of Energy; Emissions Reduction Strategies using ITS session on Wednesday3 June; and V2I Deployment Coalition Meeting on Thursday and Friday 4-5 June, when the newly formed V2I Deployment Coalition will hold a workshop to form technical working groups and increase stakeholder participation in V2I deployment activities.

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