At the ‘Intelligent Transport Systems: a Tool or a Toy?’ event in Žilina, Slovakia – a conference co-hosted by the COST Association and the ECTRI Member University of Žilina, the Horizon 2020 Projects: Portal interviewed Dr Floridea di Ciommo (COST Action Chair TU1209/ECTRI Member CENIT) to discuss some of the equity considerations in the field of intelligent transport systems. This article first appeared in issue 13 of Horizon 2020 Projects: Portal, which is now available here.