The Intelligent Transportation Society of America (ITS America) released a bold vision for U.S. transportation and infrastructure in a “Blueprint for Transportation Technology.” 

The Blueprint serves as a foundational guide for the use of technology across the country that will improve the safety, efficiency, and resiliency of our transportation and infrastructure.

The Importance of Building Modern Infrastructure

Building, operating, and maintaining high quality modern infrastructure requires significant investment in the best tools available today — especially technology — which also increases efficiency and lowers costs. 

The Blueprint calls on the Federal government to prioritize and invest in a digital infrastructure that will make the nation’s roads safer; make travel more efficient; strengthen resiliency; bolster Federal, state, and local agencies’ return on investment; maximize physical infrastructure assets; and maintain the country’s global competitiveness and leadership.

ITS America’s Blueprint

As the nation’s leading advocate for the technological modernization of the country’s transportation system, ITS America calls on policymakers and industry leaders to reimagine its understanding of transportation infrastructure to one that reflects the realities of the day and leverages new and emerging solutions.

The document is designed to provide a blueprint for how intelligent transportation systems (ITS) adoption can be successfully implemented, with a focus on how Federal policy can move our shared transportation goals forward. 

The Blueprint covers seven key technology areas, core to the next generation of transportation: 

• Digital Infrastructure

• Artificial Intelligence 

• Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) and Connected Infrastructure

• Automated Vehicles

• Emerging Technologies

• Resiliency

• Workforce and Job Creation.

View the Blueprint here.