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title: "Smart Roads, Smart Cars: How IT is Transforming Transportation"
summary: |-
  ITIF President Rob Atkinson discusses the findings from ITIF’s recent report Digital Quality of Life: Transportation that explores the impact of IT on transportation. In addition, ITIF will be joined by a panel of experts to discuss policies Congress and the Administration can consider to drive the use of IT to enhance mobility, increase transportation safety and make a positive impact on the environment.
date: "2009-05-14"
issues: ["Transportation"]
canonical_url: "https://itif.org/media/smart-roads-smart-cars-how-it-transforming-transportation/"
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# Smart Roads, Smart Cars: How IT is Transforming Transportation

ITIF President Rob Atkinson discusses the findings from ITIF’s recent report *[Digital Quality of Life: Transportation](https://cdn.sanity.io/files/03hnmfyj/production/2aee298dfce5b37178ca0a8b35d22d517d483fb4.pdf)* that explores the impact of IT on transportation. In addition, ITIF will be joined by a panel of experts to discuss policies Congress and the Administration can consider to drive the use of IT to enhance mobility, increase transportation safety and make a positive impact on the environment.

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*Source: Information Technology & Innovation Foundation (ITIF)*
*URL: https://itif.org/media/smart-roads-smart-cars-how-it-transforming-transportation/*