Advocacy Board Committee

Advocacy Committee

Guiding Principle: We advocate for ITE by exploring and taking action on issues important to our members. 

The Advocacy Committee is established as an advisory committee to the International Board of Direction. Its mission is to explore and suggest ways in which ITE can become more active in furthering the interests of its members and in representing those interests within the transportation community. The committee will attempt to assist ITE members and the Institute in attaining greater visibility and recognition in the profession as well as to develop action plans to promote ITE’s activity relative to its strategic priorities. 

Current Issues

Safety Spectrum Reallocation

• 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

Reauthorization of FAST (Fixing America Surface Transportation) Act

ITE Resources

• 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

• FAST Act Summary (FHWA)
• FAST Act Legislation (FHWA)
• FAST Act Funding (FHWA)
• Moving Forward Framework, January 2020
• Moving Forward Factsheet, January 2020
• Senate Transportation Infrastructure Act of 2019 (Summary)
• Senate Transportation Infrastructure Act of 2019 (Section-by-Section)
• FAST Act Extension Emergency Funding Group Letter, September 2020

Resources

Advocacy Network in ITE e-Community (ITE membership required)

Overview of the Legislative Process

Find your member of Congress

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)

Articles

• 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

Presentations

• 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

Webinars

• 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

Contact Us

If you have a question or would like to discuss an issue in greater detail, please feel free to reach out to one of us or connect with us online.