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Tuesday,
June 24, 2003
Contact: FHWA, Bill Outlaw,
202-366-0660
USDOT
Under Secretary Shane to Keynote National Intelligent Vehicle Initiative Meeting
On
June 25 at 11:30 a.m. in the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, DC, Jeffrey
N. Shane, the U.S. Department of Transportation's Under Secretary for Policy,
will address a group of government and industry leaders on intelligent vehicle
technologies.
Shane's
keynote address will follow a panel discussion from 9-11:30 a.m.
Senior U.S. Department of Transportation officials will discuss the
benefits to be obtained from technologies that result from the intelligent
vehicle initiative.
Intelligent
vehicle technologies prevent crashes by helping drivers avoid hazardous
mistakes.
The
Bush Administration's 2003 surface transportation reauthorization proposal - the
Safe, Accountable, Flexible, and Efficient Transportation Equity Act of 2003 (SAFETEA),
requests almost $1.7 billion in
Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) funding over six years beginning Oct. 1,
2003. The Department's support for
intelligent highway and vehicle development is part of its ITS program, a 20
percent increase over the current funding level.
WHAT:
Keynote address and panel discussion on intelligent vehicle technologies
WHO:
Keynote address: Undersecretary of Transportation for Policy Jeffrey N. Shane
Panel Discussion:
Federal Highway Administrator Mary E. Peters
National Highway Traffic Safety Administrator Jeffrey W. Runge, M.D.
Acting Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administrator Annette M. Sandberg
Federal Transit Administration Deputy Administrator Robert Jamison
WHEN:
9 a.m. Wednesday, June 25 - panel discussion
11:30 a.m. Wednesday, June 25 - keynote address
WHERE:
Panel discussion - Polaris Foyer, Concourse Level, Reagan Building
Keynote address - Rotunda Ballroom, 9th Floor, Reagan Building
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