The US Department of Transportation (USDOT) presents “The History of Intelligent Transportation Systems,” a deep dive into the early history of transportation technology, and looks ahead into the future. This report addresses the socio-economic and political factors that can influence transportation design. The authors of this report include Ashley Auer, Shelly Feese, and Stephen Lockwood. The authors indicate that our nation is at the brink of “the most revolutionary changes to our transportation system in decades.”

These fast, revolutionary developments within the realm of automated transportation vehicles like the Ehang184, no passenger, no pilot drone (shown left), and Google’s driverless car are rapidly becoming integrated into our everyday environment. As a result, government regulators and organizations alike must evolve simultaneous to meet more stringent training requirements in line with the increasing demand of safety, security and compliance with better training automation systems. Reliance on manual systems to ensure safety and compliance will not meet the needs of our rapidly changing transportation landscape. Transportation training systems that can think steps ahead for us will help companies sustain their competitive advantage now, and into the future.