Document ID: DOT-OST-2009-0092-0311
Agency: dot
Document Type: Notice
Title: Meetings: Industry Forums on the Next ITS Strategic Plan
Posted Date: 2013-07-29T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 145 (Monday, July 29, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 45598]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-18020]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Industry Forums on the Next ITS Strategic Plan; Notice of Public 
Meeting

AGENCY: ITS Joint Program Office, Research and Innovative Technology 
Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation.

ACTION: Notice.

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    The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) Intelligent 
Transportation System Joint Program Office (ITS JPO) will participate 
in four industry forums by facilitating workshops to generate feedback 
for the next ITS Strategic Plan (2015-2019). The workshops are designed 
to generate ideas and collect viewpoints on multiple areas of interest 
including multi-modal operations, planning, pricing, standards and 
architecture, education and training, and connected vehicles. The ITS 
JPO will lead participants in a fast paced, interactive discussion that 
will involve hands-on application of critical thinking tools designed 
to draw out information to identify and validate focus areas for the 
next ITS Strategic Plan. The ITS JPO also offers an opportunity for the 
public to share ideas and inputs through an online tool, IdeaScale at 
http://itsstrategicplan.ideascale.com.
     The first facilitated session will take place August 5, 
2013 at the Annual Meeting of the Institute of Transportation Engineers 
(ITE) in the Hynes Convention Center in Boston, MA. Persons planning to 
attend this ITS JPO workshop should register online no later than July 
26, 2013 at http://www.itsa.org/strategicplanwebinar.
     The second facilitated session will take place August 27, 
2013 at the 2013 National Rural ITS Conference (NRITS) in the Rivers 
Edge Convention Center in St. Cloud, MN. Persons planning to attend 
this ITS JPO workshop should register online no later than August 13, 
2013 at http://www.itsa.org/strategicplanwebinar.
     The third facilitated session will take place September 2, 
2013 at the IEEE Vehicle Technology Conference at the Wynn Hotel 
(Encore) in Las Vegas, NV. Persons planning to attend this ITS JPO 
workshop should register online no later than August 19, 2013 at http://www.itsa.org/strategicplanwebinar.
     The last facilitated session will take place September 24-
26, 2013 at the Connected Vehicle Public Meeting at the Holiday Inn in 
Arlington, VA. Persons planning to attend this ITS JPO workshop should 
register online no later than September 13, 2013 at http://www.itsa.org/strategicplanwebinar.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on the 23rd day of July 2013.
John Augustine,
Managing Director, ITS Joint Program Office.
[FR Doc. 2013-18020 Filed 7-26-13; 8:45 am]
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