Caltrans Official Elected Chair of Intelligent Transportation Society of America Board.SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- The California Department of Transportation The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) is a government agency in the U.S. state of California. Its mission is to improve mobility across the state. It manages the state highway system and is actively involved with public transportation systems in California. (Caltrans) announced today that Chief Deputy Director Randell Iwasaki, one of the nation's leading authorities on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), has been elected by the Intelligent Transportation Society of America as chairman of its board of directors. He is the first official from any state department of transportation to achieve this. Iwasaki has served as vice chair of the board since June 2007. "Improving transportation infrastructure is more than just building new roads," Iwasaki said. "ITS technologies can assist in saving motorists travel time, decreasing air pollution and improving roadway safety." Iwasaki has a distinguished record with Caltrans, serving more than 20 years in a number of high profile engineering and management positions. From December 2004 until December 2005, he managed Caltrans' $8.6 billion Toll Bridge Seismic Retrofit ret·ro·fit v. ret·ro·fit·ted or ret·ro·fit, ret·ro·fit·ting, ret·ro·fits v.tr. 1. To provide (a jet, automobile, computer, or factory, for example) with parts, devices, or equipment not in Program. He earned a bachelor's degree in engineering from California Polytechnic State University This article is about the university in San Luis Obispo, California. For Cal Poly Pomona, see California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. California Polytechnic State University, commonly called Cal Poly , San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo (săn l  `ĭs ōbĭs`pō), city (1990 pop. 41,958), seat of San Luis Obispo co., S Calif., near San Luis Obispo Bay; inc. 1856. , and a master's in
engineering in from California State University, Fresno The campus sits at the foot of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in the San Joaquin Valley. Fresno County is the sixth largest metropolitan area in California. The university is within an hour's drive of many mountain and lake resorts and within a three- or four-hour drive of both Los .
Caltrans has a proud history of achievement in the field of ITS. It has about $2.5 billion in ITS field elements integrated into California's transportation infrastructure. During the current fiscal year, Caltrans will spend $5.7 million on ITS research. In 1996, Caltrans pioneered one of the first automated au·to·mate v. au·to·mat·ed, au·to·mat·ing, au·to·mates v.tr. 1. To convert to automatic operation: automate a factory. 2. freeway incident detection systems in the nation, the Caltrans Automated Warning System (CAWS CAWS Create A Wrestler (video games) CAWS Community Animal Welfare Society (Salt Lake City, Utah) CAWS Close Assault Weapon System CAWS Common Arrangement of Work Sections (engineering) ). Over the past two decades, Caltrans and California's universities have partnered on a wide range of ITS projects. Caltrans and the French ministry of transportation signed an agreement to establish a transportation research partnership involving ITS. The Intelligent Transportation Society of America is the leading advocate for technologies that improve the safety, security and efficiency of the nation's surface transportation system. Members include private corporations, public agencies, and academic institutions. |
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