Donal Hodgins has announced he will step down as chair of ITS Nationals, the international network of national Intelligent Transport Systems associations, at the end of his current term.
Explaining that he could no longer dedicate the time required of the voluntary role, Mr Hodgins said: ‘Regrettably, I will not be putting my name forward again. ITS Nationals has been transformed over the past four years and the success of the entity raising its profile internationally and supporting over 2,200 members of national ITS associations requires a level of continued input that would be challenge for me to maintain.
'It is important to me on a personal level that I would rather ITS Nationals continues to grow than restrain the ambition of the group.'
Sharing his thoughts on social media, Mr Hodgins added that he was ‘very proud' of what ITS Nationals has achieved under his leadership, and said that while it was not the news he was hoping to announce, there is an opportunity to ‘build upon the foundations to continue to improve how this inclusive, ethical and cooperative network can benefit our members across Europe and the world'.
Having served as vice chair of the network for two years prior to taking on the chair role, Mr Hodgins also sits on the ITS European and World Congress programme committees and is a senior engineer and head of sustainable transport and traffic management for Kildare County Council.
An election process for a new chair is now underway.
