The 2nd International Conference on Information Technology and Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITITS 2017) was held in Xi'an on June 10–11, 2017, and provided a platform for professionals and researchers from industry and academia to present and discuss recent advances in the field of information technology and intelligent transportation systems. Intelligent transport systems vary in technologies applied, from basic management systems to more advanced application systems. Information technology plays a large role in intelligent transportation systems, including wireless communication; computational technologies; floating car data/cellular data: sensing technologies and video vehicle detection. The technology of intelligent transportation systems includes theoretic and applied topics such as emergency vehicle notification systems; automatic road enforcement; collision avoidance systems and some cooperative systems.

The conference will foster cooperation among organizations and researchers involved in these fields, invite well-known professors world-wide to further explore these topics, and discuss in-depth technical issues with the presenters. All papers were reviewed by 3–4 referees and the program chairs of the conference committee made a selection based on the score of each paper. This year, ITITS 2017 received more than 200 papers from 4 countries and 65 papers were accepted finally. ITITS 2017 was sponsored by Shaanxi Computer Society, Chang'an University and co-sponsored by Xi'an University of Technology, Northwestern Polytechnical University, CAS, Shaanxi Sirui Advanced Materials CO. LTD and Special Aircraft Engineering Research Institute.

We would like to thank the authors of papers and the reviewers for the expertise and contributions. The assistance provided by the conference committee members and all those involved in the organization of conference is gratefully acknowledged.