$52m awarded to technology travel projects in eight states

The eight selected projects will help advance intelligent transportation systems (ITS) technologies that improve mobility and safety. The projects include the extension of real-time traffic information and signal timing systems, including for transit, along with other advanced technologies.

Vehicle-to-infrastructure-enabled Rural Highway Traffic Control Signs

Mohave County, AZ

Mohave County will receive funding to deploy 50 vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) traffic control sign systems throughout rural areas of the county targeted to high-speed highway segments and intersection approaches to improve safety. The project area includes opportunity zones and disadvantaged communities.
$1,000,000

Southern California Mobility Wallet
California Department of Transportation

Caltrans will receive funding to deploy its Southern California Mobility Wallet project for open-loop payments technology to offer seamless payment to highway and transit services for Los Angeles County residents. The project area includes areas of persistent poverty and disadvantaged communities.
$7,722,948

Delaware’s Traffic Management and Safety Traffic Management and Safety for Flooding Roadways and Vulnerable Road Users (AIITMS Flood & VRU)

Delaware Department of Transportation

Delaware DoT will receive funding for a project in rural Sussex County to improve safety by optimising transportation systems before and during flood events. The project uses advanced technologies to improve detection of local road users, including pedestrians and cyclists.

$5,000,000

Route on US 50

Maryland Department of Transportation – State Highway Administration

Maryland DoT will receive funding to deploy new technologies and traffic sensors for traffic prediction, signal timing, curve warning and other messaging to improve safety and mobility along 113 miles of US Route 50. The project area includes disadvantaged communities. 

$11,935,000

Boston Regional Transit Signal Priority System

Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority

The MBTA will receive funding for the Boston Regional Transit Signal Priority (TSP) Programme to make transit service more reliable and efficient. The project includes transit-dependent but underserved communities in the Boston area.
$2,960,000

Advanced Transportation Technology and Innovation (ATTAIN) Programme ATTAIN AACE 2.0: The Ann Arbor Connected Environment Reimagined

University of Michigan

The University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) will receive funding to ready the infrastructure for vehicle manufacturing collaborators to test and deploy new technologies under the Ann Arbor Connected Environment (AACE) 2.0 project. The project will use cellular vehicle-to-everything (C-V2X) technology.

$9,859,240

Minnesota’s Autonomous Rural Transit Initiative (MARTI)

Department of Iron Range Resources & Rehabilitation, MN

The Minnesota Department of Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation (IRRR) will receive funding to expand the current MARTI pilot, a free on-demand automated micro-transit service in Grand Rapids, to make transit services more reliant, convenient and accessible in rural communities, including for wheelchair users. The project area includes disadvantaged communities.

$9,302,812

Utah Connected Communities

Utah Department of Transportation

The Utah DoT will receive funding for its Connected Communities programme to expand connected vehicle technology and capabilities, including V2X, statewide. The project area includes disadvantaged communities, project rural and urban parts of Utah.

$5,000,000