ITS America President and CEO Shailen Bhatt’s Senate Environment and Public Works Committee testimony on “Innovation and America’s infrastructure: Examining the effects of emerging autonomous technologies on America’s roads and bridges.”

Chairman Barrasso, Ranking Member Carper, and Members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to provide the Intelligent Transportation Society of America’s (ITS America) perspective on “Innovation and America’s Infrastructure: Examining the Effects of Emerging Autonomous Technologies on America’s Roads and Bridges.”

We applaud the Committee for its interest in infrastructure needs to enable the safe and efficient operation of connected and automated vehicles. I am pleased to be joined on this panel with three ITS America members: New York City Department of Transportation Commissioner Polly Trottenberg; Wyoming Department of Transportation Director William T. “Bill” Panos; and the Center for Advanced Automotive Research at the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute Director Dr. Zachary Doerzaph.

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