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Smart Roads, Small Towns: Advancing ITS in Rural Communities

When: July 22, 2025 | 3:00 -- 4:30 PM ET

This webinar is presented by the ITE TSMO Council - Smart Communities Committee and National Rural ITS Steering Committee (NRITS).

Webinar Description:

Rural communities across the country are embracing Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) to enhance safety, mobility, and resilience. Join us for Smart Roads, Small Towns: Advancing ITS in Rural Communities, a focused webinar from the TSMO Council's Smart Communities Committee exploring how emerging technologies are being deployed beyond urban centers.

This session will highlight real-world applications of ITS and Smart Community technologies in rural settings, including Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) solutions and Traffic Incident Management (TIM) tools tailored to the unique challenges of smaller towns and remote roadways. We’ll showcase examples such as V2X-enabled curve speed warnings, spot weather impact alerts, road closure notifications, and other innovations making rural travel, both on highways and local roads, safer and smarter.

Via presentations and a panel discussion, this webinar will offer practical insights into how ITS is transforming rural infrastructure and delivering big-city benefits on small-town roads and highways.

Learning Objectives:

  • Identify real-world examples of successful Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) deployments in rural areas and along rural highways.
  • Explore best practices for implementing ITS devices in rural environments.
  • Evaluate the potential risks and benefits associated with ITS deployments in these regions.
  • Examine the functions, advantages, and limitations of various ITS devices and tools used in rural settings.

 

Moderator: Brad Freeze, PE, Deputy Director | Nashville Department of Transportation and Multimodal Infrastructure | Nashville, Tennessee, USA

Presenters:

  • Lee Smith, Deputy Director of Transportation and City Traffic Engineer | City of Murfreesboro | Murfreesboro, TN, USA
  • Blaine Leonard, Transportation Technology Engineer | Utah Department of Transportation | Farmington, Utah, USA
  • Robert Brydia, TTI Senior Research Scientist, Division Head | Texas A&M Transportation Institute | Bryan, TX, USA
  • Sheikh M. Usman, PhD student | Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville | Knoxville, TN, USA

Fees:
ITE Members: Free
Non-Members: Free

Registration for webinar includes the live event, an archived recording with access for 30 days to each registrant. If you are a non-member of ITE you will need to create an account to register. You can create an account here.
 

PDH Credit Certificate: If you would like PDH Credit for this webinar, there is a processing fee for each registrant of $20 regardless of membership status to receive 1.5 PDH credits certificate. Instructions and link will be provided at the conclusion of the live event. Participants are able to purchase and retrieve their certificate until their access to the content expires. After the content expires and goes into archive, the certificate opportunity is forfeit.