Event Details — Ray LaHood hosts town-hall style meeting to discuss Surface Transportation Reauthorization

Ray LaHood will host this event on Wednesday, day 3 of the Intelligent Transportation Society of America’s (ITS America) 20th Annual Meeting & Exposition in Houston, Texas. Registration information and an event description is included on ITS’s website:

U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood will convene a Surface Transportation Reauthorization Outreach Meeting with stakeholders on Wednesday, May 5th to conclude the Intelligent Transportation Society of America’s (ITS America) 20th Annual Meeting & Exposition in Houston, Texas.
The USDOT Reauthorization meeting is scheduled from 12:30 – 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday, May 5, immediately following ITS America’s Closing Plenary which will feature keynote presentations by Secretary LaHood and Sam Palmisano, Chairman and CEO of IBM. The meeting is part of a series of sessions across the country designed to bring together Federal, state and local officials, as well as transportation providers, users, and other stakeholders, to discuss the upcoming surface transportation reauthorization.
More than 2,000 public and private sector officials and innovation leaders are expected to attend ITS America’s Annual Meeting from May 3 – 5 at Houston’s George R. Brown Convention Center. The event will focus on advancing the development and deployment of intelligent transportation systems (ITS) to reduce traffic crashes, congestion and emissions, strengthen economic competitiveness, create more livable and sustainable communities, and provide Americans with safer, cleaner, and more efficient transportation choices. A few examples of ITS technologies include real-time traffic and multimodal traveler information, vehicle collision avoidance systems, synchronized and adaptive traffic signals, electronic toll collection, smart transit and parking systems, and freight management technologies.
Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Administrator Peter Rogoff, and RITA Deputy Administrator Robert Bertini about the Department’s transportation priorities and the role of ITS technologies in creating a safer, smarter, more efficient and more sustainable multimodal transportation network.