About 
About
The Intelligent Transportations Systems Joint Program Office (ITS JPO)
OUR VISION:
Accelerate the use of ITS to transform the way society moves.
OUR MISSION:
Lead collaborative and innovative research, development, and implementation of ITS to improve the safety and mobility of people and goods.
Planning for the Future of ITS
The ITS Joint Program Office’s 2020-2025 ITS Strategic Plan
About ITS JPO
Research
Current Research
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s ITS research focuses on several high-priority areas including Emerging and Enabling Technologies, Data Access and Exchanges, ITS Cybersecurity Research, Automation, ITS4US, and Accelerating ITS Deployment. The ITS Strategic Plan includes in-depth discussion of the ITS Program’s strategic goals, these research areas, and four technology transfer programs.
Learn more in the 2020-2025 ITS Strategic Plan.
Research Areas
ITS Deployment
Intelligent Transportation Systems Deployment
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ITS Deployment
- ITS4US
- Vehicle-to-Infrastructure Resources
- Connected Vehicle Pilots
- Connected Vehicle News and Events
- Connected Vehicle Deployer Resources
- Connected Vehicle Deployment Assistance
- Connected Vehicle Applications
- Sample Deployment Concepts
- Connected Vehicle Publications
- National ITS Architecture
- Smart City Challenge
Technology Transfer
Technology Transfer
The ITS Joint Program Office-through the Professional Capacity Building Program (ITS PCB), the FHWA Office of Operations, and training partners-provides opportunities to learn about existing and emerging ITS technologies. Most training courses are free to public sector agencies.
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Technology Transfer
Research Areas
Recent Publications
- Andrew, Eilbert, Ian Berg, and Scott B. Smith. “Meta-Analysis of Adaptive Cruise Control Applications: Operational and Environmental Benefits.” United States. Department of Transportation. Intelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program Office, June 2019. FHWA-JPO-18-743. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/41929.
- Becker, Christopher, Ahmad Nassar, and John Brewer. “Hazard and Safety Analysis of Automated Transit Bus Applications.” United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Transit Administration, April 2020. FTA-0161. https://www.transit.dot.gov/sites/fta.dot.gov/files/2020-05/FTA-Report-No.-0161.pdf.
- Berg, Ian. “System Dynamics Perspective for Automated Vehicle Impact Assessment,” June 2020.
- Cregger, Joshua, Margo Dawes, Stephanie Fischer, Caroline Lowenthal, Elizabeth Machek, and David Perlman. “Low-Speed Automated Shuttles: State of the Practice.” United States. Joint Program Office for Intelligent Transportation Systems, September 2018. FHWA-JPO-18-692. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/37060.
- Eilbert, Andrew. “Performance Comparisons of Cooperative and Adaptive Cruise Control Testing,” June 2020.
- Hassol, Joshua, David Perlman, Lora Chajka-Cadin, and Jingsi Shaw. “Understanding Surveys of Public Sentiment Regarding Automated Vehicles: Summary of Results to Date and Implications of Past Research on the Dynamics of Consumer Adoption.” United States. Department of Transportation. Intelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program Office, November 2019. FHWA-JPO-19-764. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/43628.
- Inman, Vaughan W., Stacy A. Balk, Steven Jackson, and Brian H Philips. “Research Summary Report: Cooperative Adaptive Cruise Control Human Factors Study.” United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration, December 2017. FHWA-HRT-17-025. https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/research/safety/17025/index.cfm.
- Inman, Vaughan W., Steven Jackson, and Peter Chou. “Driver Acceptance of Connected, Automation-Assisted Cruise Control -- Experiment 1.” United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration, July 2018. FHWA-HRT-18-041. https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/research/safety/18041/18041.pdf.
- Jannat, Mafruhatul, Stephanie M. Roldan, and Stacy A. Balk. “Pedestrian Test Bed Phase II: Final Report.” United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration, June 2019. FHWA-SA-19-025. www.its.dot.gov/research_archives/safety/pdf/v2_finalreport.pdf.
- Neumeister, David M., and Douglass B. Pape. “Automated Vehicles in Adverse Weather.” United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration, June 2019. FHWA-JPO-19-755. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/43772/.
- Philips, Brian H. “Assessing the Potential Safety Benefits of Advanced Pedestrian Technologies through a Pedestrian Technology Test Bed,” 2020.
- Rakoff, Hannah, Smith Scott, Satu Innamaa, Yvonne Barnard, Jillian Harrison, and Jingsi Shaw. “Building Feedback into Modelling Impacts of Automated Vehicles: Developing a Consensus Model and Quantitative Tool.” John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.), April 2020. DOT-VNTSC-FHWA-20-10. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/48969.
- Rakoff, Hannah, Scott B. Smith, Ian Berg, Jingsi Shaw, and Jeremy Raw. “A SYSTEM DYNAMICS PERSPECTIVE FOR TRANSPORTATION PLANNING UNDER UNCERTAINTY.” Presentation, Zephyr Transport, May 27, 2020.
- Roldan, Stephanie M., Aaron T. Greenwood, Tracy B. Gonzalez, and David G. Kidd. “Smartphone-Based Mid-Block Crossing in-Vehicle Warning – Phase 2: Final Project Report.” United States. Department of Transportation. Intelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program Office, April 2020. FHWA-SA-20-038. https://www.its.dot.gov/research_archives/safety/pdf/SmartphoneMidblock_Report.pdf.
- Roldan, Stephanie M., Vaughan W. Inman, Stacy A. Balk, and Brian H Philips. “Semi-Autonomous Connected Vehicle Safety Systems and Collision Avoidance: Findings from Two Simulated Cooperative Adaptive Cruise Control Studies.” ITE Journal 88, no. 6 (June 2018): 30–35.
- Sampson, Asare, James Chang, and Barbara L. Staples. “Truck Platooning Early Deployment – Independent Evaluation: Requirements for Performance Measures.” United States. Department of Transportation. Intelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program Office, November 2019. FHWA-JPO-19-773. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/43724.
- Swanson, Elizabeth D., Frank Foderaro, Mikio Yanagisawa, Wassim G. Najm, and Philip Azeredo. “Statistics of Light-Vehicle Pre-Crash Scenarios Based on 2011–2015 National Crash Data.” United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, August 2020. DOT HS 812 745. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/41932.
- Weaver, Starla M., Stacy A. Balk, and Brian H. Philips. “Merging into Strings of Cooperative-Adaptive Cruise-Control Vehicles.” Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems, February 24, 2020, 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1080/15472450.2020.1728264.