WASHINGTON, DC – On February 28, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA) issued a Broad Agency Announcement to private industry, research organizations, and state and local governments seeking proposals under its SafeTrip-21 initiative that seeks field test sites and commercially available technology applications designed to fight congestion and improve the safety and performance of the nation’s transportation system.
SafeTrip-21 seeks sites and technology applications that can be evaluated in a year-long, multi-application field test of safety and congestion-reducing technologies. Field operational test and evaluation activities will begin at one or more selected sites following an initial exhibition of capabilities during ITS America’s 15th World Congress on Intelligent Transportation Systems, November 16-20, 2008 in New York City. SafeTrip-21 builds upon research into the use of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) information, navigation, and communications technologies to prevent accidents and alleviate congestion by providing drivers with real-time safety warnings, traffic and transit information, and advanced navigational tools.
Broad Agency Announcement No. DTRT57-08-R-20021, “SafeTrip-21 Field Test Sites and ITS Applications is available for viewing and downloading via FedBizOps at: http://www.fbo.gov/spg/DOT/RITA/VNTSC/DTRT57%2D08%2DR%2D20021/listing.html, or directly at: http://volpedb.volpe.dot.gov/outside/owa/proc_docs/F2451/SOL_08R20021.pdf.
