The ITS Blog

July 12, 2023
Pete Goldin
ITSdigest

Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) can help drivers with some driving tasks, however, drivers may lack appropriate knowledge about ADAS (referred to as their mental model) which can translate to misusing or mistrusting the technologies, especially in situations beyond the capability of the system, according to new research from the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety ...

May 17, 2023
Pete Goldin
ITSdigest

The US and Canada announced the first Binational Electric Vehicle (EV) Corridor, which will stretch from Kalamazoo, Michigan, to Quebec City, Quebec, tapping into the 75,000+ miles of Alternative Fuel Corridors in the United States ...

April 26, 2023
Pete Goldin
ITSdigest

On April 24, 2023, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approved a joint waiver allowing 14 states, automakers, and other stakeholders to use the 5.9 GHz spectrum to deploy Cellular Vehicle-to-Everything (C-V2X) technology ...

January 30, 2023
Pete Goldin
ITSdigest

The US Department of Transportation (USDOT) ITS Joint Program Office's ITS Deployment Evaluation Program has developed the Spotlight on ITS for Roadway Safety web pages ...

January 04, 2023
Pete Goldin
ITSdigest

This USDOT has published a Research, Development, and Technology Strategic Plan for FY2022–2026 to establish the department’s leadership role in supporting, fostering, and safeguarding transportation innovation ...

September 14, 2022
Pete Goldin
ITSdigest

Gartner announced "Seven Disruptions CIOs Might Not See Coming" and ITS made the list twice, with flying autonomous vehicles and wireless electric vehicles (EVs) ...

June 09, 2022
Pete Goldin
ITSdigest

President Biden is jumpstarting the construction of a national network of 500,000 electric vehicle (EV) chargers by 2030, and the Federal Highway Administration announced a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on proposed minimum standards and requirements for projects ...

May 16, 2022
Pete Goldin
ITSdigest

The US Department of Transportation (DOT) announced that Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) discretionary grant program — a part of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law — is now accepting applications for grants totaling $1 billion in Fiscal Year 2022 funding. The best part is that projects eligible for the grants include a variety of Intelligent Transportation Systems ...

May 05, 2022
Pete Goldin
ITSdigest

Parking is a source of stress for most drivers, according to a survey of 1,000 US adult drivers, conducted by SpotHero ...

April 28, 2022
Pete Goldin
ITSdigest

"A majority of consumers are unwilling to pay more for advanced technologies in most global markets as they have been trained to expect new vehicle features as a cost of doing business for brands looking to differentiate themselves from their competitors" according to the 2022 Deloitte Global Automotive Consumer Study ...

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