Through a cooperative agreement with the Federal Highway Administration, the NADO Research Foundation reported on regional development organizations’ ITS activities in NADO publications. The Research Foundation has also gathered ITS-related resources, including resources from federal agencies and links to ITS programs at universities and other organizations.


NADO Research Foundation articles


ITS Potential in Rural America, October 2006 (PDF)

ITS Making Rural Communities Safer, More Efficient, October 2006 (PDF)

RDOs Use GIS Expertise for ITS Advancement, October 2006 (PDF)


Federal Resources


US Department of Transportation-Intelligent Transportation System

USDOT ITS/Operations Resource Guide

USDOT ITS Deployment Statistics Database

USDOT ITS Case Study: Eastern Kentucky Rural Highway Information Project 511 Tourism Service

US Department of Transportation, Turner-Fairbanks Highway Research Center's Operations and Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS)

Center for Transportation Analysis (CTA) in the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)

ITS Decision-Understanding and Applying Intelligent Transportation Systems

Rural ITS 

ITS Public Safety Program

USDOT Intelligent Transportation Peer-to-Peer Program

USDOT ITS Benefits Database

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Universities and other Organizations


National Rural ITS Conference

Intelligent Transportation Society of America

Intelligent Transport Society of Florida

Intelligent Transportation Systems Institute at the University of Minnesota

Center for Intelligent Transportation Systems at Pennsylvania State University

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Intelligent Transportation Systems Program

Intelligent Transportation Systems at the University of Washington

Intelligent Transportation Systems Laboratory at Portland State University

Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Laboratory at the University of Oklahoma

National ITS Implementation Research Center

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