TEXT OF SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION FEDERICO PENA'S SPEECH AT THE RECOGNITION LUNCHEON, IVHS AMERICA 3RD ANNUAL MEETING, SHERATON WASHINGTON HOTEL, WASHINGTON, D.C., FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 1993

This document contains the text of the Secretary of Transportation Federico Pena's speech at the IVHS America 3rd Annual Meeting. Pena discusses the strategies developed by the Federal Highway Administration to use federal funding to accelerate the Intelligent Vehicle Highway Systems (IVHS) program. The strategies include: 1) accelerating IVHS product development through expanded research and development activities; 2) expanding operational testing of promising IVHS technologies and concepts; 3) leveraging existing federal investments in technology; 4) establishing a National Commercial Vehicle Network that uses advanced technologies to increase safety and productivity of the motor carrier industry; and, 5) accelerating the development of the Automated Highway System (AHS). Pena closes his speech with a push for public-private partnerships.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Publication Date: 1993 Published By: U.S. Dept. of Transportation, Office of the Secretary Washington, D.C.
• Corporate Authors:

  Office of the Secretary of Transportation

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Pena, Federico
• Publication Date: 1993

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 5 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automated highways; Intelligent transportation systems; Policy
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Policy;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00773332
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Files: PATH, USDOT
• Created Date: Nov 17 1999 12:00AM