Intelligent Transportation Conference Tweets, Day Two

Signal synchronization is enabled by ITS programs.

I spent a few days last week mingling with thousands and thousands of transportation professionals from all over the world at the Intelligent Transportation World Congress. Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) is simply just using electronics, computers and communications to move people and goods faster, safer, and cleaner.

Below are the tweets I sent from the sessions I attended on Wednesday in order of last sent.  See Tuesday’s tweets and Thursday’s tweets.

• Also little about passenger rail RT @redmondsearch: RT @timomio: Walking the #itswc11 exhibits – remarkable how few transit solutions I see….
• “we may need to pivot & explain ITS benefits-impacts on jobs/economy Instead of just benefits to travelers” #itswc11 sprkr
• @RayLaHood speaks at #itswc11 about deplorable condition of US infrastructure + Jobs Act twitpic.com/72ntue via @redmondsearch
• LaHood promoting Jobs Act at the #itswc2011: “nothing partisan about that”, “no bridges to nowhere, no red tape” via @neufrucht
• Spkr: ITS like travel time/incidents info good on I-state but missing from most urban major roads #ITSWC11
• There are 53 sessions on performance measures at ITS conference! #ITSWC11
• RT @IBMTransport: RT @ITSWorld: Bluetooth devices save time in traffic ow.ly/1ySSWi #ITSWC11
• re last tweet: Construc. industry opposes non-construc. ITS spending b/c it would rob $$ from construction program. #ITSWC11
• Wisc DOT: can’t add ITS features on roads unless it’s part of construction project. #ITSWC11 #crazy #shortsighted
• There’s actually TWO translators in my session. I feel so international. #ITSWC11
• Funny example of ITS: TV stories of Ohio escaping exotic animals featured e-variable mssg traffic sign. #ITSWC11
• Wisc DOT spkr: we like to talk abt gizmos & gadgets, instead should talk benefits of ITS to people & communities. #ITSWC11
• Truly the “World Congress” of ITS – there’s a person translating the session for her companion, using a headphone/microphone #ITSWC11