U.S. Department of Transportation to Host Complete Trip - ITS4US Webinar on Enabling Components: Technologies and Services

The U.S. Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT) is hosting a series of webinars on the Complete Trip - ITS4US Deployment Program to assist prospective deployers and partners. The third webinar in the series is scheduled for February 27 from 1:00 to 2:00 pm EST. Details on additional webinars will be posted on the program's website.

BACKGROUND

The U.S. DOT launched the Complete Trip - ITS4US Deployment Program to solve mobility challenges of all travelers, regardless of location, income, or disability, in accessing jobs, education, healthcare, and other activities. This program is a multimodal, multi-year effort led by the Intelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program Office (ITS JPO) with support from the Office of the Secretary of Transportation (OST), Federal Transit Administration (FTA), and Federal Highway Administration (FHWA).

The Complete Trip - ITS4US Deployment Program will make up to $40 million available to enable communities to showcase innovative business partnerships, technologies, and practices that promote independent mobility for all. The program expects to procure and award multiple large-scale, replicable, real-world deployments of integrated innovative technologies to address the challenges of planning and executing complete trips.

WEBINAR DETAILS

The third webinar in the series will explore potential enabling technologies and services to support Complete Trip deployments.

Sofia Gallo (Special Assistant, Office of Transportation Policy) will provide a brief introduction of the Complete Trip - ITS4US Deployment Program. Elina Zlotchenko (Program Manager, ITS JPO) will give an overview of the program and upcoming procurement. Deborah Curtis (Highway Research Engineer, FHWA Office of Operations Research and Development) will discuss the technologies and services that could be leveraged to design innovative and integrated Complete Trip deployments. Murat Omay (Senior Transportation Program Analyst, FTA Office of Research, Demonstration and Innovation) will present information on developing large-scale, integrated, replicable, and real-world deployments of integrated technologies.

The webinar will conclude with information for potential deployers about the remainder of the webinar series.

Register in advance for this free ITS JPO webinar. Webinar recordings and information about future webinars will be available on the program's website

SUMMARY

Title: Webinar #3: Enabling Components: Technologies and Services
Date: February 27, 2020
Time: 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EST
Presenters: Sofia Gallo, OST-Policy; Deborah Curtis, FHWA Office of Operations Research and Development; Murat Omay, FTA Office of Research, Demonstration and Innovation; and Elina Zlotchenko, ITS JPO
Registration:  Register Here!

2/18/20