High-Tech Vehicles & Roads Hailed As Future Of ...

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For more information on this story and others, visit www.newsinfusion.com Policymakers Urged to Increase Investment in Technologies that Save Lives, Reduce Traffic Delay, and Minimize Energy Use and Emissions New York, NY – As millions of Americans prepare their Thanksgiving travel plans – most knowing they will get stuck in highway traffic along the way – government and industry leaders unveiled an array of transportation technologies that promise to save lives, time and money by reducing congestion, improving safety and minimizing wasted fuel and emissions. The demonstration is part of the 15th World Congress on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), a gathering of transportation officials and industry leaders from the U.S. and more than 45 countries that opens today in Manhattan.