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Unique State DOT CEO Roundtable

Delegates to the ITS America Annual Meeting will have an opportunity, on Sunday, April 21, of attending a unique event – the State DOT CEO Roundtable. Attendees will hear first-hand from more than 19 State DOT CEOs as they discuss how they are using technology to address their transportation challenges, what the results have been, and how their ITS strategy may change given the passage of MAP-21. Never before have so many State DOT leaders come together to discuss in an open forum the issues that matter mos
March 28, 2013 Read time: 2 mins
John Schroer
Delegates to the 560 ITS America Annual Meeting will have an opportunity, on Sunday, April 21, of attending a unique event – the State DOT CEO Roundtable. Attendees will hear first-hand from more than 19 State DOT CEOs as they discuss how they are using technology to address their transportation challenges, what the results have been, and how their ITS strategy may change given the passage of MAP-21.

Never before have so many State DOT leaders come together to discuss in an open forum the issues that matter most to the ITS community, including deployment strategies and funding priorities to develop and maintain state and local transportation networks.

Open to all attendees, this Sunday session, which will run from 4:00 – 6:00pm, will be moderated by 7043 Tennessee Department of Transportation Commissioner and ITS America Annual Meeting Co-Chair, John Schroer, and Rhode Island Department of Transportation Director and AASHTO President, Michael Lewis.

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