The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) recently awarded $53.2 million in Advanced Transportation and Congestion Management Technologies Deployment (ATCMTD) grants to 10 projects.
ATCMTD funds the early deployment of advanced technologies designed to improve drivers’ mobility and safety and enhance the U.S. highway system.
“These technological tools are helping to support a transportation system that is equipped for the future,” Deputy Federal Highway Administrator Brandye L. Hendrickson said.
The FHWA received 51 applications for projects totaling more than $265 million. Eligible entities include transit agencies metropolitan planning organizations, local governments, and state departments of transportation.
This year’s recipients received between $2.5 million and $12 million. The projects are aimed at connected and autonomous vehicles integration, congestion-relieving traffic management systems, vehicle communications technologies, Integrated Corridor Management and advanced real-time traveler information.
The largest award was granted to the Oregon Department of Transportation for its Oregon Smart Mobility Network.
The mobility network uses 30 smart technologies in urban and rural areas to promote optimal mobility, guide infrastructure investments and ease the impact of rapid growth. Technology also will be used for transportation planning and management.
Technologies include condition assessments, advanced traveler information systems and infrastructure maintenance.
ATCMTD was established under the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act.