With intelligent transportation systems, once inert physical surfaces such as roadways become intelligent, flexible, dynamic platforms capable of addressing such challenges as congestion and safety.

Congress Should Modernize Highway Funding With ‘Chips,’ Not ‘Concrete’

Congress Should Modernize Highway Funding With 'Chips,' Not 'Concrete'

The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation suggests Congress prioritize intelligent transportation systems by devoting no less than 5 percent of Highway Trust Fund money to digital and intelligent transportation systems, writes POLITICO Morning Transportation.

Techies Suggest Congress Adopt ‘Cement and Chips’ Approach

Techies Suggest Congress Adopt 'Cement and Chips' Approach

As Rob Atkinson writes for Morning Consult, the Senate should embrace innovation and charge the Department of Transportation with establishing a national road user charging system.

The Best Way to Fund the U.S. Surface Transportation System

The Trump administration has proposed an infrastructure plan that would help spur necessary investment. But it’s also time to modernize how we pay for infrastructure, says ITIF President Rob Atkinson in an op-ed for Real Clear Policy.

Time to Modernize How We Pay for Infrastructure

Congress should accelerate the transition to a road user charge system, in part by charging the Transportation Department with developing technical standards and regulations for the operation of such a system.

To Do: Establish a National Road User Charge System

Congress should establish a smart-city pilot program and funding mechanism to spur the development of comprehensive smart-city services that leverage the Internet of Things.

To Do: Fund a Globally Competitive Smart-Cities Program

Congress should fund a pilot program supporting experimental approaches to technology transfer and commercialization, and the administration should require labs to collect metrics, identify barriers, and hold labs accountable. 

To Do: Support Experimental Approaches to Tech Transfer and Commercialization

Join us for the release of a new ITIF paper "Innovation Principles for the 2015 Surface Transportation Reauthorization Bill."

To Do: Encourage Deployment of Intelligent Transportation Systems

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