2013 Best of ITS awards finalists announced

The Intelligent Transportation Society of America (ITS America) today announced the list of finalists for the 2013 Best of ITS Awards, a highly competitive program which recognises the most innovative projects and influential achievements in the Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) industry. Winners will be announced during the Opening Plenary session of the 23rd ITS America Annual Meeting and Exposition on Monday 22April 2013 from 9:00 to 10:30 a.m. at the Gaylord Opryland Hotel and Convention Center i
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%$Linker: 2 Internal <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?><dictionary /> 4 9782 0 oLinkInternal <span class="oLinkInternal"><span class="oLinkInternal">RSS</span></span> Events (Diary) false /rss/events/ true false%>The Intelligent Transportation Society of America (560 ITS America) today announced the list of finalists for the 2013 Best of ITS Awards, a highly competitive program which recognises the most innovative projects and influential achievements in the Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) industry.

Winners will be announced during the Opening Plenary session of the 23rd ITS America Annual Meeting and Exposition on Monday 22April 2013 from 9:00 to 10:30 a.m. at the Gaylord Opryland Hotel and Convention Center in Nashville, Tennessee.

The finalists, who are recognised for either best new product or best new practice:

Best new innovative products, services, or applications

• 600 Transurban: 495 Express Lanes
• Tennessee Highway Patrol: CVE Automated Thermal Inspection System (ATIS)
• 4503 Florida Department of Transportation (DOT): Intelligent Transportation System Facility Management (ITSFM) System
• Florida DOT, District Six: Operations Task Manager Software
• Oregon DOT Office of Innovative Partnerships and Alternative Funding: Oregon Road Usage Charge Pilot Program (RUCPP)
• 584 University of Minnesota Department of Civil Engineering: Smart-Signal System and ITS Deployment in Minnesota
• The Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University: SURTRAC: Scalable Urban Traffic Control
• Wisconsin Traffic Operations and Safety (TOPS) Laboratory: Wisconsin InterCAD System 2011-2012 Interoperability Enhancements

Best new innovative practices

• 1789 San Diego Association of Governments: San Diego Interstate 15 (I-15) Integrated Corridor Management Project
• 1687 Michigan DOT: Southeast Michigan Transportation Operations Center
• County of Los Angeles Department of Public Works, Traffic and Lighting Division: Multijurisdictional Wireless Communication System Deployment
• 1676 Serco: Comprehensive Maintenance of NaviGAtor ITS Devices
• 5647 University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute: Connected Vehicle Safety Pilot Model Deployment program
• 144 Vaisala: Vaisala Across America - A Road Weather Technology
• Virginia DOT: Virginia ITS Communication Network: A Public-Private Partnership Success
• Idaho Transportation Department: Winter Performance Measures

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