Advocacy Resources

Court Dismisses Lawsuit Over 5.9 GHz Spectrum Reallocation, August 2022
Amici Curiae Brief, August 2021
V2X Stakeholder Coalition Letter to Mark Meadows, September 2020
ITE Comments to the Federal Communications Commission on Preservation of the 5.9 GHz Safety Spectrum, March 2020
ITE Call to Action, February 2020
ITE Call to Action: Safety Spectrum Reallocation, February 2020
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, February 2020
US DOT Safety Band Website
ITE Letter to US DOT, December 2019
ITS America Connected Vehicle Page

ITE Resources

ITE Praises Passage of Legislation to Improve Nation’s Infrastructure, November 2021
Senate Infrastructure Bill Summary: What's In It for Members, August 2021
Group Letter in Support of Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, August 2021
STRA Senate Action Group Letter to Senator Schumer, June 2021
Transportation Stakeholder to House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and Environment and Public Works Committee, April 2020
ITE Fast Act Reauthorization Principles (Brief), August 2019
ITE Reauthorization Priorities: Safety, Funding, Technology (Media Release), July 2019
ITE Position on Federal Funding for Surface Transportation, May 2017
ITE Fast Act Call to Action, December 2019
CALL TO ACTION: FAST Act Expires September 30, 2020 - ITE Member Advocacy Needed (Published in ITE Spotlite, September 9, 2020)

Side-by-Side Comparison of ITE Reauthorization Principles, Senate and House Bills
White Papers
- Funding and Workforce, March 2020
  - One-Page Overview: Funding and Workforce, August 2020
- Planning and Sustainability, March 2020
  - One-Page Overview: Planning and Sustainability, August 2020
- Research and Innovation, March 2020
  - One-Page Overview: Reseach and Innovation, August 2020
- Safety, March 2020
  - One-Page Overview: Safety, August 2020
- TSMO, March 2020
  - One-Page Overview: TSMO, August 2020

General Resources

Samples

Sample Support Letter (AB 1447 California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006)
Sample Support Letter (Massachusetts Automatic Gas Tax Increase Repeal Initiative, Question 1)
Sample Letter of Concern ( Florida House Bill 1371 – Traffic and Pedestrian Safety)

The Role of the Transportation Professional in the Automated Future, Andy Swisher, P.E. (M), , ITE Advocacy Committee, Senior Traffic Engineer, HR Green, Inc., ITE Journal, January 2019
Elevating the Mississippi River's Role in Global Trade, Mary C. Lamie, P.E, ITE Journal, October 2018
Improving Arterial Roads to Support Public Health: How Can We Do This?, Ed Christopher and Carolyn McAndrews, ITE Journal, May 2018
Providing Vehicular Cyclists with Routine Accommodation in the United States as Part of Complete Streets, Martin Pion, B.Sc., ITE Journal, January 2018
Op/Ed: ITE Advocacy, ITE Journal, November 2017
Driving Home a Long-Term Transportation Funding Solution in Indiana, Representative Ed Soliday, Hardik Shah, P.E., PTOE, Steven J. Davidson, P.E., and Chris Murphy, P.E., ITE Journal, November 2017
Advocacy Column: Why Not? I Dare YOU!, Andrew Cibor, P.E., PTOE, November 2014

Advocacy and ITE, Aliyah Horton
Advocacy: Why Not?, Andrew Cibor, P.E., PTOE
City of Los Angeles Department of Transportation Grassroots Advocacy, Lisa Martellaro-Palmer, P.E.
Raising Awareness on Bicycle Safety, Xavier R. Falconi, P.E.
THE TRANSPORTATION REVOLUTION: How it’s changing everything, Sam Schwartz
Advocacy 101, Monica Suter

Broadway Bikeway: More than Design to Succeed, December 2017
Educating Elected Officials: How to Impart Knowledge to Decision Makers, November 2017
Empowering Our Voice: Advocacy and ITE, May 2017

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