The New Vision of ITS America

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The New Vision of ITS America

• ITS Virginia Annual Meeting
• April 29, 2008
• Virginia Beach, VA

Thomas E. Kern Vice President of Member Services
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Overview

• Development of a Strategic Plan and Vision
• Transportation Challenges and Opportunities
• Changes at the Intelligent Transportation Society
  of America
• ITS America / State Chapter Partnership
• 15th World Congress on Intelligent Transport
  Systems featuring ITS Americas 2008 Annual
  Meeting
• Some near term initiatives

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ITS Americas New Vision and Mission

• Vision
• Help save, lives, time and money and sustain the
  environment
• through broad development of interoperable ITS
  technologies.
• Mission
• To be proactive leaders for all ITS stakeholders
  promoting
• collaboration and networking in research,
  development and
• design of ITS technologies to accelerate their
  deployment and
• sustain the environment.

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ITS Americas Guiding Principles

• Our members are our highest priority. They are
  the focus of everything we do.
• Provide maximum value for our members through
  enhanced interactions between the public and
  private sectors.
• Be the preeminent future-thinking organization
  for ITS.
• Be the ITS resource for political leaders, public
  agencies and the business community.
• Support a multimodal surface transportation
  system that is environmentally, financially and
  socially sustainable.
• Apply the highest standards of integrity and
  excellence to all of our practices and
  relationships.

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Transportation Challenges

• Safety 42,000 people die each year in traffic
  crashes, 2.7 million people injured. The cost to
  society is estimated to be in excess of 164
  billion a year.
• Mobility congestion based on traffic delays,
  wasted time and fuel cost taxpayers approximately
  78 billion a year
• Environment transportation accounts for roughly
  28 of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions
• Infrastructure estimates are that we should be
  investing between 225 billion and 340 billion
  annually

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National Surface Transportation Policy and
Revenue Commissions Report

• Transportation for Tomorrow
• Commission authorized by SAFETEA-LU
• Twenty month study period via public hearings and
  technical analysis
• Report and recommendations issued on January 15,
  2008 Transportation for Tomorrow
• Commission Chair and U.S. DOT Secretary Mary
  Peters dissented from the report along with
  Commissioners Cino and Geddes
• Report sets the stage for a new dialogue

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Five Key RecommendationsTransportation for
Tomorrow

1. Significantly increasing investment in surface
   transportation, including investing at least 225
   billion annually
2. Accelerating the time between conception and
   delivery of major transportation projects to
   reduce costs while still addressing environmental
   concerns
3. Retaining a strong Federal role in
   transportation, while depoliticizing investment
   decisions (i.e., performance driven programs
   supported by cost/benefit evaluations rather than
   political earmarking)

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Five Key Recommendations (contd)

• Replacing over 100 current transportation
  programs with 10 programs focused on the national
  interest
• Creating a new National Surface Transportation
  Commission to perform two principal planning and
  financial functionsoverseer of a
  stakeholder-rich planning process whose goal
  would be to develop national strategic plans for
  each of the program areas and establish the cost
  to finance the plan

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SAFETEA-LU Reauthorization

• Reauthorization . . . Last of the old or the
  first of the new
• Presents the opportunity revisit key issues
• Financing opportunities
• Federal and state role
• Public-private partnerships
• Performance and measurement
• ITS will be an important tool for optimizing the
  system
• ITS infrastructure
• ITS research
• New coalitions will be created among strange
  bedfellows

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ITS America Continues to Evolve

• Addition of Tom Kern as Vice President of
  Membership
• Addition of Leslie Bellas as General Counsel and
  Director of Environmental Affairs
• Addition of Marijke Smith as Director of
  Membership Recruitment
• Addition of Paul Feenstra as Vice President of
  Government Affairs
• Recruiting business development (non-dues)
  professional
• Recruiting communications associate

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ITS America Priorities and Focus Areas

• Priorities
• 2008 World Congress and Annual Meeting
• Relationship with U.S. Department of
  Transportation
• Member services
• Focus Areas
• State Chapters
• VII Task Force
• Government Affairs
• Environmental Affairs
• ITS America Councils

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ITS Americas Councils

• Business Leadership Council (BLC) has become a
  hub for activities
• Coordinating Council (CC) being mapped to Federal
  Task Orders and reorganizing along member value
  inputs
• State Chapters Council participating in both BLC
  and CC activities
• All three Councils working closely together

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• ITS America and
• State Chapter Partnership

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Working Together

• ITS Americas Board of Directors has made State
  Chapters a focus area
• ITS America investing new and additional
  resources to support State Chapters
• Investment is beginning to show dividends
• Outreach materials
• Expanded State Chapter awards program
• State Chapter pavilion at World Congress
• Online clearinghouse for State Chapter materials
  and resources

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Leadership

• Congratulations to State Chapters Council Chair
  Durga Panda on resurgence of State Chapters
• State Chapters aided AASHTO in 50th Anniversary
  Celebration in 2006
• State Chapters represent the deployment part of
  ITS America
• State Chapters are our grassroots network

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2008 World Congress and Annual Meeting Update
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Highlights

• Hosting 10,000 attendees from more than 45
  countries
• Combined with ITS Americas 2008 Annual Meeting
• Largest exhibit hall over 250,000 sq. feet
• Major integrated technology demonstration
• National and international media
• Participation of political leaders

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Annual Meeting Highlights

• Annual Meeting Sessions
• 49 sessions number at a traditional Annual
  Meeting
• Forum Showcases
• Awards Program
• Best of ITS Awards
• More awards and new categories
• State Chapter Awards
• New categories
• Student Essay Competition
• New sponsor Southwest Research Institute

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Integrated Technology Demonstrations

• VII Test Beds
• Manhattan
• Long Island Expressway
• VII Transportation Management Center of the
  Future
• 11th Avenue Theater

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VII Test BedsLong Island Expressway and
Manhattan City Streets

• First, fully-integrated demonstration of
  vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-roadside
  communication technologies and services
• First DSRC radio live on Feb. 29
• U.S. DOT, RITA, and Volpe participation
• SAFE-TRIP-21 launch in conjunction with World
  Congress
• New emphasis on aftermarket for quicker
  deployment
• Working with New York City DOT and New York State
  DOT on applications that will be left in place
  after World Congress ends

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11th Avenue Theater

• Playbill Two Acts to be Staged
• Active Safety
• Autonomous Vehicle
• Players
• Active Safety CAMP (Ford, GM, Honda, Mercedes,
  Toyota) , Honda, GM, Mercedes, Nissan, Toyota, VW
• Support from NYC DOT, Connexis, NAVTEQ,
  TechnoCom, University of California PATH Program,
  Caltrans, Others
• Autonomous Vehicles Southwest Research
  Institute SSTI, CMU-GM (interested), Stanford-VE
  (interested), Virginia Tech-GM Ford
  (questionable), IBEO (questionable)
• Maybe Continental, Sirit

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11th Avenue Theater

• Led by automotive manufacturers
• Used for dynamic safety demonstrations
• Narrated, staged show
• Telecast to World Congress attendees at the VII
  TMC of the Future
• Includes vehicles from the Defense Advanced
  Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Urban Challenge

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VII Transportation Management Center of the Future
TMC of the Future
ITS Americas Exhibit Booth
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Exhibition

• Expanded five times
• 250,000 square feet of exhibit space
• 100,000 more square feet than the 2005 World
  Congress exhibit hall
• Over 177 organizations participating
• 36 more businesses compared to San Francisco
• 99 sold out even with the expansion
• Exhibit sales are eight months ahead of schedule
• Only five 10x10 spaces and four 10x20 spaces
  left
• Featuring the first ITS America State Chapter
  Pavilion

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State Chapter Pavilion

• Saving money with this all-inclusive, discounted
  package half the price of exhibiting on your
  own!
• Eliminating hassles because nearly everything you
  need is included in the price.
• Representing your State Chapter at this important
  gathering of ITS decision-makers.
• Networking with your peers at educational and
  social events throughout the week.
• Receiving marketing and PR support through
  official World Congress promotional tools such as
  the event Web site, online trade show, and World
  Congress materials

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Sponsors
DIAMOND SPONSORS
GOLD SPONSORS
SILVER SPONSORS
FRIENDS OF ITS SPONSORS
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Program

• Nearly 1,200 Papers Received
• 50 more received than for San Francisco World
  Congress
• Most number of papers received for any World
  Congress
• 18 Executive Sessions
• 45 Special Sessions
• 132 Technical and Scientific Sessions
• Publication opportunity for scientific sessions
• 6 ITS America Forum Showcases
• 49 ITS America Annual Meeting Sessions

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Technical Tours

• TRANSCOM Communications Center
• Lower Manhattan Rebuilds
• Lincoln Tunnel Exclusive Bus Lane Port
  Authority Bus Terminal Combined
• Grand Central Terminal
• FedEx at Newark Airport
• New York City Joint Traffic Transportation
  Management Center
• Hudson Valley Traffic Management Center
• New York State DOT INFORM Traffic Management
  Center
• New Jersey DOT Statewide TMC in Woodbridge
• More to come . . .

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Networking Events

• An Evening of Broadway Opening Ceremony
• Sunday, Nov. 16
• Exhibit Hall Reception, First-Time Attendee
  Networking Event
• Monday, Nov. 17
• International Benefits, Evaluation and Costs
  Working Group (IBEC) Reception
• Tuesday, Nov. 18

• Grand Central Terminal Reception
• Tuesday, Nov. 18
• Sponsored by ITS Connecticut
• International Reception at New York Transit
  Museum
• Tuesday, Nov. 18
• Sponsored by ITS New York
• A Night in Times Square at the ESPN Zone
• Wednesday, Nov. 19

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Registration and Accommodations

• Online registration
• www.itsworldcongress.org
• Early registration rate available through
  September 1
• Accommodations
• Sheraton New York Hotel Towers (Host Hotel)
• Sheraton Manhattan

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World Congress Will Be Better If You . . .

• Sponsor
• Exhibit
• Provide staffing
• Ensure that peers and partners in both the public
  and private sectors attend
• Bottom Line We Need Your Support!

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Near Term

• VII at World Congress RITA emphasis
• Environment
• Reauthorization
• Coalition Building
• Reorganization
• Expansion of ITS Americas Board Representation

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Thank You

• Intelligent Transportation Society of America
• www.itsa.org
• www.itsworldcongress.org
• 800-374-8472
• Thomas E. Kern
• tkern_at_itsa.org
• 202-721-4211