2017 ITS Georgia Annual Meeting

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Opening Session Session One – Innovations Session Two – Coastal ITS Projects Session Three – Connected Vehicles Session Four – Smart Cities Closing Session – Prizes Conference shows off ‘smart’ traffic solutions Session Photos Event Photos Exhibitor Photos Opening Session

ITS Georgia President Mike Holt opening the 2017 Annual Meeting and Expo at the Hyatt Regency in Savannah. He reviewed the chapter’s 20th anniversary year and looked back at the past 20 chapter annual meetings held around the state.

ITS American’s Dan Ronan talked about what the organization is doing to advance ITS development and deployment at the national level.

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Session One – Innovations

Session One focused on new ITS technologies being deployed in Georgia and around the country from signal dilemma zones to smartphone apps that communicate with traffic signals and emergency vehicles.

GDOT’s Sam Harris was our moderator.

Session Two – Coastal ITS Projects

Session Two took a look at various Coastal Georgia Projects that include intelligent transportation solutions. We look at the Port of Savannah, Draw Bridges and Signal Timing in the Savannah area.

Session Three – Connected Vehicles

In Session three, the focus was on connected vehicles and work underway across North America to tie vehicles to the infrastructure. We looked at industry perspectives to test sites in Canada and the U.S.

Keith Strickland of Stantec was the moderator.

Session Four – Smart Cities

Sessions Four brought together a panel of people implementing Smart Cities technology today and provided a glimpse of challenges and opportunities in the future affecting safety and connectivity.

Grant Waldrop of GDOT was the moderator.

Closing Session – Prizes

During the closing session Mike Holt thanked the many members who organized and carried out the annual meeting, announced new officers and directors for 2018 – 2019, and then there were prizes!

Check out these happy faces!

Conference shows off ‘smart’ traffic solutions

DeAnn Komanecky/Savannah Morning News Michael Holt, President of the Georgia chapter of the Intelligent Transportation Society, talks technology at the group’s annual meeting held this week in Savannah.

The old driving instructions “Stop, look and listen” take on a whole new meaning in today’s “smart” world.

From a soon-to-be released smartphone app that alerts drivers of traffic signals and school zones to technology that allows emergency vehicles the power to change stoplights from red to green, intelligent transportation solutions are making the roadway safer and trips faster, developers say………….

Read the full story “Conference shows off ‘smart’ traffic solutions” at SavannahNow

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