Upcoming Webinar: 

Surface Transportation Systems Funding Alternatives (STSFA) Program

May 29, 1:00-2:00 PM ET– This webinar will provide information and accept questions regarding the STSFA program. The currently available Notice of Funding Opportunity seeks applications to provide grants to States to demonstrate user-based alternative revenue mechanisms. These mechanisms must utilize a user fee structure that maintains the long-term solvency of the Highway Trust Fund. 

ITS ePrimer: 

Module 3: Application of ITS to Transportation Management Systems

This module reviews the application of ITS in the management of transportation facilities (freeways, arterials, signals and control devices, transportation management centers, etc.), identifies the benefits of those applications, and highlights associated challenges and lessons learned.  

From the Archive: 

The Role of Connected & Automated Vehicles: How Can Urban Areas Use the Data They Create? (10/11/17)

In this T3e webinar, Dr. Asad J. Khattak and Ph.D. student Behram Wali of the University of Tennessee examine the opportunities and challenges for the development and deployment of connected and automated vehicles. They present a framework for analysis, modeling, and simulation techniques and discuss how higher driving volatility relates to mobility, safety, and the environment. 

Fact Sheets on the Connected Vehicle (CV) Pilot Deployment Sites

The U.S. Department of Transportation has several fact sheets on the CV pilot deployment sites (Wyoming, Tampa, and New York City). The fact sheets provide an overview of the transportation challenges, deployment approach, CV applications, partnerships, and expected benefits for each pilot site.